Aunt Cathys Coffee Cake Food

AUNT ANNE'S COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13 inch pan. Make the streusel topping: In a medium bowl, combine 1/4 cup flour, 2/3 cup sugar and 1 teaspoon cinnamon. Cut in 1/4 cup butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, combine 2 cups flour, 3/4 cup sugar, baking powder and salt. Cut in 1/2 cup butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Crack an egg into a measuring cup and then fill add milk to make 1 cup. Stir in vanilla. Pour into crumb mixture and mix just until moistened. Spread into prepared pan. Sprinkle top with streusel.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 25 to 30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Allow to cool.

AUNT PATTY'S COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Butter and flour a 12-cup Bundt pan.
• In a small bowl, mix together the sugar, instant coffee, and cocoa.
• Separately whisk together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Using an electric mixer, cream together the butter and sugar. Add one egg at a time, beating until just combined. Beat in one third of the flour mixture, then half of the sour cream, then another third of the flour mixture. Beat in the remainder of the sour cream and the last third of the flour mixture. (Always start with flour and end with flour.) Add the vanilla and mix for another minute or two, scraping the sides of the bowl well with a spatula.
• Pour one third of the batter into the prepared pan and sprinkle half of the filling on top. Pour in another third of the batter and sprinkle the remainder of the filling on top of that. End with the last third of the batter. Run a dinner knife down through the batter and swirl the knife gently to marble the batter in about six places.
• Bake for 50 minutes, or until a cake tester inserted in the middle of the cake comes out clean. Cool on a rack for 30 minutes, then turn out onto a plate or onto foil. The cake can be frozen while still warm.

AUNT FRAN'S COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• In a small bowl combine sugar and cinnamon.
• Set Aside.
• Combine pudding and cake mix with eggs, oil, water and vanilla.
• Mix well.
• Grease and flour 9x13 inch pan.
• (This cake rises considerably and needs a large pan.) Sprinkle half of the nuts on the bottom of the pan.
• Spread half of the batter over the nuts.
• Sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon mixture.
• Add rest of batter.
• Sprinkle top with nuts.
• Bake in a 350 degree oven for 30-35 minutes, or until a wooden tooth pick comes out clean.
• Mix powdered sugar and milk.
• Drizzle glaze over cake whil hot.

AUNT PATTY'S OLD-FASHIONED COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Make the filling: Stir together sugar, coffee, and cocoa powder in a small bowl; set aside.
• Butter a 10-inch (12-cup) Bundt pan. Dust with flour, and tap out excess. Make the batter: Whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl. Put butter and sugar into the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Mix on medium-high speed until pale and fluffy, 3 to 4 minutes. Reduce speed to medium. Mix in eggs, one at a time. Mix in flour mixture in 3 batches, alternating with sour cream. Add vanilla, and mix 1 minute.
• Spread 1/3 of the batter into prepared pan. Sprinkle with half the filling. Spread another third of the batter on top, followed by the remaining filling. Spread remaining batter over top. Run a thin knife through batter to marbleize.
• Bake until a cake tester inserted into center comes out clean, 35 to 38 minutes. Let cool 30 minutes. Invert onto a plate.

AUNT CATHY'S SLOPPY JOES

Steps:

• Brown meat in large skillet, drain, set aside. Saute onion in same skillet. Add rest of ingredients. Return meat to skillet and simmer at least one hour.