Banana Coffee Cake With Strawberry Glaze Food

GLAZED STRAWBERRY JAM-FILLED COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Put the flour, brown sugar, cinnamon and salt in a small bowl and stir to combine. Add the butter and mix thoroughly with your fingers or a fork until all of the butter has been evenly distributed and incorporated into the flour. Form into small to medium clumps with your fingers.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter an 8-inch square cake pan.
• Whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a small bowl.
• Beat together the butter and granulated sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add the eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in the vanilla. Reduce the speed to low and add the flour mixture in 3 batches, alternating with the sour cream, beginning and ending with the flour, beating until just incorporated.
• Spoon half of the cake batter (it will be very thick) into the prepared pan and smooth with an offset spatula. Dollop the strawberry jam on top and carefully smooth with the spatula. Spoon the remaining cake batter on top and smooth the top. Sprinkle on the crumb topping.
• Bake until the cake and topping are golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, about 1 hour. Let cool in the pan 20 minutes, then invert onto a plate; invert back onto a rack to cool completely.
• When the cake is cool, whisk together the confectioners' sugar and milk in a medium bowl until smooth. Drizzle the glaze over the cake and let set.

BLUEBERRY-BANANA COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Spray a 9x13-inch baking pan with cooking spray.
• Combine blueberries, bananas, eggs, flax seed, and wheat germ in a large bowl; mix by hand with a wire whisk until combined. Add flour, oats, milk, sugar, oil, vanilla extract, baking powder, baking soda, and salt; gently mix by hand for 2 minutes until thoroughly combined.
• Combine brown sugar, pecans, flour, and cinnamon for the topping in a medium bowl; mix with a fork until combined. Add melted butter; stir well.
• Pour 2/3 of the cake batter into the prepared pan and sprinkle with 1/2 of the topping. Gently ladle the rest of the cake batter over top, and sprinkle with remaining topping.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 10 minutes. Reduce heat to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) and continue baking until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 30 to 35 minutes more. Remove from the oven and allow to cool for 15 minutes.
• While the cake is cooling, combine confectioners' sugar and milk in a bowl. Whisk to desired consistency, adding more milk if necessary. Drizzle over warm cake and serve immediately.

BANANA-TOFFEE COFFEE CAKES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°F. Spray 12 regular-size muffin cups with cooking spray.
• In medium bowl, stir coffee cake ingredients with whisk or spoon until blended. Divide batter among muffin cups.
• In small bowl, mix flour and brown sugar. Cut in butter and peanut butter, using pastry blender or fork, until mixture looks like small peas. Sprinkle topping evenly over batter.
• Bake 17 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes. Gently run knife around edge of cups; remove to cooling rack.
• In small microwavable bowl, microwave baking chips and whipping cream uncovered on High 30 to 60 seconds or until chips are melted; stir until smooth. Place sheet of waxed paper under cooling rack. Drizzle glaze back and forth over tops of cakes with tines of fork. Serve warm.

BANANA STREUSEL COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Set oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease a 13" x 9" baking pan.
• Cream 3/4 cup butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
• Add eggs and vanilla, beating well.
• Stir in cream; mix well.
• Sift together dry ingredients; add to creamed batter; mixing well.
• Then fold in sliced bananas.
• Spread mixture into prepared baking pan.
• FOR STREUSEL: Mix together brown sugar, flour and cinnamon; cut in butter, until mixture is crumbly.
• Sprinkle on top of coffeecake.
• Bake for 45-50 minutes, or until cake tests done.

BANANA COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking pan.
• Sift flour, baking powder, and baking soda together in a large bowl. Mix brown sugar and cinnamon together in a small bowl until well combined.
• Combine sugar and butter in a large mixing bowl; beat with an electric mixer until creamy. Add banana and vanilla extract; mix until smooth. Mix in beaten eggs. Add flour mixture alternately with sour cream.
• Pour 1/2 of the batter into the prepared baking pan, sprinkle with 1/2 of the brown sugar mixture, and 1/2 of the chocolate chips; repeat layers once more.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 45 to 50 minutes.

CRANBERRY BANANA COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Combine the dry ingredients; add to the creamed mixture alternately with bananas, beating well after each addition. Spread into a greased 13x9-in. baking pan. Top with cranberry sauce., In a small bowl, combine the brown sugar, pecans and flour; stir in butter. Sprinkle over cranberries. Bake at 350° for 45-50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in pan on a wire rack.

BANANA COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, beat the cream cheese, butter and sugar until blended. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add the bananas and vanilla. Combine flour, baking powder and baking soda; gradually add to the creamed mixture. Combine topping ingredients; add half to batter. , Transfer to a greased 13x9-in. baking pan. Sprinkle with the remaining topping. Bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack.

BANANA COFFEE CAKE WITH STRAWBERRY GLAZE

Steps:

• CAKE.
• Preheat oven to 350.
• Spray an 8x8 inch cake pan with butter-flavored cooking spray.
• In a large bowl, combine baking mix, sugar, and nutmeg. Stir well to combine.
• In a smaller bowl, beat the egg slightly, stir in the sour cream, milk & vanilla.
• Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients; pour in the liquid.
• Stir well to combine.
• Fold in mashed banana.
• Spread batter evenly into prepared cake pan.
• Bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cut into squares & serve warm or cold -- or with Strawberry Glaze and dust with powdered sugar, if you wish.
• GLAZE: In small saucepan, combine mashed strawberries, powdered sugar. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until clear and slightly thickened (add water, if needed). Cool. Pour glaze over cake. Chill.