Apricot Pineapple Coffee Cake Food

APRICOT-PINEAPPLE COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 7x10-inch baking pan.
• Combine apricots, pineapple, and cornstarch in a small bowl. Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda, nutmeg, and salt in a large mixing bowl.
• Combine buttermilk, melted butter, egg, and almond extract in another bowl. Mix wet ingredients into dry ingredients alternately with fruit mixture with a wooden spoon; do not beat. Fold in 1/2 cup almonds. Spread into the prepared baking pan.
• Combine flour, butter, brown sugar, coconut, almonds, and cinnamon for topping together until a crumbly mixture is achieved. Sprinkle evenly over the top of the cake batter.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, about 40 minutes. Allow to cool for about 30 minutes before cutting into it.

APRICOT, ALMOND & PINEAPPLE SOUR CREAM COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, beat butter and sugar until crumbly, about 2 minutes. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in extract. In another bowl, whisk flour, almond flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with sour cream, beating well after each addition., Transfer half the batter to a greased 10-in. springform pan. Mix pineapple and apricot preserves; drop by tablespoonfuls over batter. Carefully top with remaining batter. Sprinkle with almonds. Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 60-65 minutes. Cool on a wire rack 10 minutes. Loosen sides from pan with a knife. Cool completely. Remove rim from pan. Sprinkle with confectioners' sugar if desired.

APRICOT CRUMBCAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter a 10-inch round cake pan, 2-inches deep and line the bottom with a disk of parchment or wax paper.
• In a large mixing bowl, beat the butter and sugar until light and soft. Add the egg and continue beating until light. Add the yolks one at a time, beating well between each addition. Beat in the vanilla. Sift together the flour and baking powder and stir into the batter. Spread the batter evenly in the prepared pan.
• Arrange the apricots skin side down on the batter in concentric rows, overlapping slightly, leaving a margin of about 1-inch around the edge. Don't be concerned if the apricots mounds slightly in the center of the cake, the top will even out as the cake bakes.
• For the crumbs, mix the flour, sugar and cinnamon in a bowl. Melt the butter and stir it in evenly. Rub the mixture to coarse crumbs by hand. Scatter the crumbs over the apricot and the batter at the edges as evenly as possible. Bake the cake 1 hour until a knife point inserted in the center emerges clean. Cool the cake in the pan for about 15 minutes and invert a plate on it. Invert onto the plate and lift off the pan. Peel off the paper and invert a rack on the cake. Invert onto the rack and cool.
• Variations: Substitute 8 pitted and quartered plums or 3 cups fresh cut pineapple.

APRICOT BUTTER CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 3. Butter a 23cm-deep cake tin (preferably not loose-based, see tip below) and line the base with silicone or baking parchment. Mix the topping ingredients and spread over the base of the tin.
• Mix the milk and vanilla together. Put the sugar and eggs into a large bowl and whisk with a tabletop or hand electric mixer until the mixture is thick, pale and increased in volume, about 5 mins. Test it is ready by lifting the whisk blades - if the mixture briefly leaves a trail, you are ready to proceed.
• Add one-third of the flour and whisk slowly to incorporate, then one-third of the milk and mix again. Repeat twice more until all the flour and milk is added. Slowly whisk in the melted butter.
• Halve and stone the apricots. Place, cut-side down, in the base of the tin. Pour the cake batter over the top and slide into the oven. Bake for 1-1¼ hrs until the cake is firm to the touch and springs back when lightly pressed.
• Cool the cake in the tin for 20 mins, then carefully remove from the tin, peel off the lining paper and serve warm or cold.

PINEAPPLE APRICOT UPSIDE-DOWN CAKE

Steps:

• In a buttered 9- by 1 1/2-inch round cake pan combine well the butter and the brown sugar and press the mixture evenly onto the bottom of the pan. Cut the pineapple rings in half and arrange them, patted with paper towels, and the whole apricots, smooth sides down, decoratively on the sugar mixture.
• Into a small bowl sift together the flour, the baking powder, and the salt. In a bowl with an electric mixer beat the shortening and the granulated sugar until the mixture is light and fluffy and beat in the egg and the vanilla. Add the flour mixture alternately with 1/3 cup water, beating after each addition, and stir in the chopped pineapple, patted dry, and the chopped apricots. Turn the batter into the pan, spreading it evenly, and bake the cake in the middle of a preheated 350°F. oven for 40 to 45 minutes, or until a tester comes out clean. Let the cake cool in the pan for 5 minutes, invert it onto a serving plate, and serve it warm or at room temperature with the whipped cream.

APRICOT DANISH COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10x15 inch jellyroll pan. Set aside 1/2 cup of the dry cake mix.
• In a medium bowl, mix together eggs and sour cream. Stir in the package of cake mix. Batter will be lumpy. Spread batter into the prepared pan. Using the back of a spoon, make 15 wells in the batter, 3 rows of 5. In another bowl, beat together the cream cheese and milk until fluffy. Place one tablespoon of the cream cheese mixture into each well. Place 1 apricot half, cut side up, onto each blob of cream cheese.
• In a small bowl, combine the 1/2 cup of reserved cake mix with the butter. stir in the butter until the mixture is crumbly. Stir in the slivered almonds, and sprinkle the mixture evenly over the Danish.
• Bake for 30 to 35 minutes in the preheated oven, or until a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean. To make the glaze, stir together the confectioners' sugar and water until smooth, adding another teaspoon of water if necessary. Drizzle over the Danish when cool.

PINEAPPLE COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Drain pineapple, reserving juice. Set pineapple aside. In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and mace. In a small bowl, combine the egg, oil, milk and reserved pineapple juice. Stir into dry ingredients just until moistened., Transfer to a greased 9-in. round baking pan. In a small bowl, beat butter and honey until well blended. Fold in the cornflakes, coconut and reserved pineapple. Gently spread over batter., Bake at 400° for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Place on a wire rack.

EASY PINA COLADA CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Spray a 13x9-inch baking dish with cooking spray.
• In large bowl, stir together cake mix and pineapple. Pour into prepared baking dish.
• Bake 20 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out almost clean. Cool completely on a rack.
• Spread whipped topping over cake. Sprinkle with coconut. Cover and refrigerate until ready to serve.

PINEAPPLE COCONUT COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Drain pineapple, reserving 2 tablespoons of juice, set pineapple and reserved juice aside.
• Beat butter at a medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy; gradually add granulated sugar and brown sugar, beating well.
• Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition.
• Combine flour and next 3 ingredients; gradually add to butter mixture, beating well.
• Stir in 1 1/2 cups drained pineapple, 3 1/2 oz can coconut, 1 cup pecans, and vanilla.
• Spoon batter into 2 greased and floured 8-inch cake pans.
• Bake at 350°F for 35-40 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Cool in pans on wire racks for 10 minutes.
• Stir together powdered sugar, remaining pineapple, reserved juice, remaining chopped pecans, and 1/4 cup coconut.
• Spread evenly over cakes. Broil 5 1/2 inches from heat for 3-4 minutes, or until lightly browned and bubbly.
• Cool completely in pans on wire racks.

APRICOT CRUMBLE CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• Combine flour, baking powder and baking soda. Beat cream cheese, 1/2 cup butter and granulated sugar in large bowl with mixer until blended. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Blend in milk and vanilla. Gradually add flour mixture, beating well after each addition.
• Pour half the batter into 13x9-inch pan sprayed with cooking spray. Dot with preserves; cover with remaining batter.
• Bake 35 to 40 min. or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Heat broiler. Combine coconut, brown sugar, 1/3 cup butter and cinnamon; sprinkle over warm cake. Broil, 4 inches from heat, 2 to 3 min. or until golden brown. Cool.

PINEAPPLE COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees, and coat an 8 inch square baking pan with cooking spray.
• Whisk both flours, 1/2 cup sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl.
• Whisk egg, yogurt, oil, and vanilla in a large bowl until smooth.
• Add ingredients from step 2 and stir with spatula until blended (Do Not Overmix).
• Fold in pineapple, and scrape batter into prepared pan.
• Combine pecans and remaining 2 tablespoons sugar in a small bowl, and sprinkle over batter.
• Bake cake until the top is golden brown, and a toothpick inserted comes out clean(50-55 minutes.).
• Let cool in pan on a wire rack for 20 minutes.
• Cut into squares and serve warm.

PINEAPPLE APRICOT CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Mix the sugar and butter until crumbly and then stir in nuts (set aside until needed) Drain pineapple, reserving juice: add enough water to measure 1 cup. Heat juice mixture to boiling; pour over raisins and apricots in 2 ½ qt bowl. Let stand for 1 hour. Heat oven to 350. Grease and flour rectangular pan 13x9x2. Add pineapple and remaining ingredients except Nut Topping to the apricot mixture. Beat on low speed scraping the side of the bowl constantly for 1 minute then on medium speed for 2 minutes scraping the bowl occasionally. Pour into pan; sprinkle with nut topping. Bake until wooden pick inserted comes out clean, 45-50 minutes. Best served slightly warm with sweetened whipped cream.