Amish Coffee Cake Food

AMISH COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Mix the sugar, flour and shortening until lumpy.
• Do not mix until creamy.
• Reserve 1 cup to use as topping.
• Dissolve the baking soda in the hot coffee and add to the flour mixture.
• Add the egg and vanilla.
• Spread in a 9"x12"x2" pan (please note that this is a thin batter) and sprinkle on the reserved topping.
• Bake at 325°F degrees for approximately 30 minutes.
• Sprinkle with powdered sugar before serving.

COFFEE COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Spray and line with parchment a 9-by-9-inch baking pan; spray the parchment as well.
• For the crumb topping: In a medium bowl, mix the flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, instant coffee powder and salt. Add the melted butter and mix until crumbs form that you can clump together in your hand. Set aside.
• For the cake: In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, salt and cardamom. In a smaller bowl, whisk together the coffee and sour cream until smooth.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Add the eggs, one at a time, mixing until each is well combined. Then add the vanilla extract and beat until the mixture is light and fluffy.
• Starting and ending with the dry ingredients, alternate adding the flour mixture and the coffee mixture to the stand mixer; mix each addition well, scraping the bowl each additions.
• Pour the batter into the prepared baking pan and top with crumb topping, spreading it evenly. Bake for 45 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
• Remove the cake from the oven and allow to cool for 20 to 30 minutes before cutting and serving.

AMISH CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.and grease and flour bottom of 9x13 pan.
• For cake: cream butter and sugar together until fluffy.
• Blend in buttermilk or sour milk and 2 teaspoons of baking soda, there should be some foaming.
• Add 3 cups flour and mix until blended.
• Add vanilla last.
• Pour batter into prepared pan and Bake 25-30 minutes or until knife inserted comes out clean.
• For topping: blend soft butter, milk, brown sugar and nuts in a small bowl.
• When cake comes out of oven and is still warm, spread with topping mixture and return to oven to bake until bubbly. About 1-2 minutes.
• Remove from oven again and cool.

AMISH BUTTERMILK CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x11-inch cake pan.
• Combine flour, white sugar, brown sugar, butter, and baking soda in a bowl until crumbly. Transfer 1 cup of crumbs to a small bowl and set aside. Add buttermilk and cinnamon to remaining crumbs and mix until batter is just combined and moist. Pour batter into the prepared cake pan and sprinkle reserved crumbs on top.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 30 to 35 minutes.

AMISH FRIENDSHIP CAKE

Steps:

• To Make Starter: Dissolve yeast in warm water. Add 1 tablespoon white sugar, 1 tablespoon vinegar, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1 cup of the flour, and 1 cup of the milk in a non-metal bowl and stir with a non-metal spoon until creamy. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and let stand in a warm place for two days to ferment. It will become bubbly and have a sour odor. Do not place in refrigerator. On second day, third day, and fourth day: stir. On fifth day, add 1 cup flour, 1 cup sugar, 1 cup milk, and stir. On sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth day: stir. On tenth day add 1 cup flour, 1 cup sugar, and 1 cup milk. Reserve 1 cup starter; pour remaining starter, 1 cup each, into 3 containers to give away to friends if desired. Starter is enough for 8 loaves.
• To Make Cakes: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease two 8 or 9 inch loaf pans.
• Mix 1 cup of the starter, oil, baking powder, eggs, 1 cup of the sugar, 2 cups of the flour, 1/4 teaspoon of the salt, vanilla, and chopped nuts. Stir in the baking soda just before pouring the batter into the prepared pans.
• Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 45 minutes to 1 hour. Bananas, dates, or raisins can be added for variety.

FRESH PEACH CAKE

Steps:

• Sift together flour baking powder and salt.
• Cut in the shortening.
• Mix egg and milk together, then stir into flour mixture.
• Mix well, and pour batter into a greased oblong pan.
• Cover with peach slices.
• Sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar.
• Bake in 350 degree oven for 35 minutes.

RHUBARB COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Cream butter and sugar together in mixing bowl.
• Beat in eggs one at a time.
• Stir in sour cream and vanilla.
• Mix flour and baking soda together and fold into batter.
• Stir in rhubarb.
• Turn into greased 9x13-inch pan.
• Topping: Mix all ingredients together until crumbly.
• Sprinkle over top.
• Bake 30-40 minutes until done.

AMISH BLUEBERRY CAKE

Steps:

• Cream butter, add sugar a little at a time, add eggs, some of the flour sifted with salt and baking powder, blend slowly adding milk and rest of flour,wash blueberries add to batter pour into 9x13 baking pan bake at 325 degrees for 45 mins.