Caramel Crunch Coffee Cake Food

CARAMEL CRUNCH COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Cream together 1/4 cup margarine, 1/2 teaspoon vanilla, 1 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar, 1/2 tablespoon milk.
• Set aside.
• Heat oven to 275 degrees F.
• Combine brown sugar and water in a 4 cup microwave proof cup.
• Microwave on high 5 minutes until sugar is completely dissolved.
• Remove from microwave and stir in vanilla and salt.
• In mixing bowl, mix oats and brown sugar mixture.
• Spread onto parchment lined cookie sheet and bake 45 minutes-1 hour until golden brown.
• Preheat oven to 325°.
• In a large bowl, cream together 1 cup butter, 3/4 cup light brown sugar and 1/2 cup granulated sugar with an electric mixer until smooth and fluffy.
• Add eggs and vanilla and mix well.
• In a separate bowl combine flour, baking powder and salt.
• Add this dry mixture to the moist ingredients a little at a time.
• Add milk and mix well.
• Pour half the batter into a 9 x 13 baking pan that has been buttered and dusted with a light coating of flour.
• Sprinkle with caramels and cinnamon.
• Pour remaining batter over.
• Bake 50 minutes or until edge begins to brown.
• Spread cream cheese topping over slightly cooled cake.
• Sprinkle granola topping over cream cheese.

CARAMEL CRUNCH

Steps:

• Make the caramel crunch: Line a rimmed baking sheet with a nonstick baking mat; set aside. In a small saucepan, combine sugar and 1 1/2 tablespoons water; mixture should look like wet sand. Place saucepan over medium-high heat and cook until sugar is dark amber in color. Immediately pour caramel onto prepared baking sheet; let cool completely.
• Crack cooled caramel into large pieces and place in a resealable plastic bag. Crush into tiny pieces using a rolling pin; you should have a scant 1/2 cup of caramel crunch.

CARAMEL CRUNCH CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F.
• Mix cake flour and sugar together; add egg yolks, water, lemon juice and vanilla and beat until smooth.
• In a large bowl beat egg whites, cream of tartar and salt until a fine foam forms through.
• Gradually add sugar and continue beating until meringue is firm and stands in peaks.
• Fold batter gently into meringue until just blended; do not stir.
• Gently spoon batter into ungreased tube pan.
• Cut through batter with a knife to break up bubbles and level mixture.
• Bake in preheated oven for 50-55 minutes or until top springs back when touched.
• Remove from oven; immediately turn over and place tube over neck of funnel or bottle to cool.
• Let stand until cool, then loosen with spatula and place on plate.
• Split cake into four layers.
• While cake is baking, combine sugar, coffee and syrup in a deep saucepan; stir and bring to a boil and cook until hard crack stage or 310 degrees on a candy thermometer.
• Remove from heat and immediately add soda and stir vigorously just until topping thickens and pulls away from sides of pan.
• Immediately pour into ungreased shallow metal pan.
• Do not stir or spread; let cool without moving.
• Knock out of pan and crush into coarse crumbs between sheets of waxed paper with rolling pin.
• Whip cream, sugar and vanilla until stiff.
• Spread half of cream between layers and remainder on top and sides.
• Refrigerate until ready to serve.
• Just before serving, cover cake with crushed caramel candy.

CHOCOLATE CARAMEL TOFFEE CRUNCH CAKE

Steps:

• Prepare and bake cake in a 9x13" baking pan as directed on back of cake mix. Let cake cool. Using a fork, poke holes all over the top of the cake. Mix together the sweetened condensed milk and caramel topping and pour all over the cake, letting it sink down into the holes. Spread whipped topping over the caramel layer and sprinkle with crushed Heath bars.
• I keep this cake in the fridge- it's delicious cold!

PEAR COFFEE CAKE WITH GINGER PECAN CRUNCH TOPPING

Steps:

• Mix together flour, sugars, salt, nutmeg and oil.
• Set aside 1 cup of mixture for topping.
• Add 2 cups chopped ripe pear to the rest of the above mixture.
• Add egg, buttermilk, baking soda, and baking powder.
• Topping: Add ginger and pecans to 1 cup of reserved mixture.
• Spread in greased 9" x 13" x 2" sheet pan.
• Sprinkle topping over top.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes or until knife inserted comes out clean.

CARAMEL CRUNCH CAKE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the cake mix, water and egg whites; beat on low speed for 30 seconds. Beat on medium for 2 minutes. Pour into a 13x9-in. baking pan coated with cooking spray. , Bake at 350° for 35-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack. , With a meat fork or wooden skewer, poke holes about 2 in. apart into cake. Slowly pour condensed milk and caramel topping over cake; sprinkle with two-thirds of the crushed candy bars. Spread with whipped topping; sprinkle with remaining candy bars. Refrigerate until serving.