Christmas Coffee Cake Food

CHRISTMAS MORNING COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 °F. Combine flour, sugar, salt and baking powder. Use a whisk to ensure there are no lumps.
• Remove a 1/2 cup of the flour mixture and set aside.
• Then if you have a food processor, place your pastry blender and "cut in" the shortening until the flour mixture is combined. If you do not have a food processor use a standard mixer or good ole' fashion elbow grease.
• Add milk and beaten egg into flour mixture.
• Place into a 8×8 pan. Sprinkle with 1/2 cup of the reserved flour mixture on top of the batter.
• Sprinkle with cinnamon.
• Bake for 25 minutes.

CHRISTMAS COFFEE

Steps:

• Mix creamer, brown sugar, decaffeinated coffee, sugar substitute, cinnamon, and salt together in a bowl until thoroughly combined. Store in an airtight container.

CHRISTMAS MORNING COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Grease bundt or tube pan and fill around the stem with one layer of rolls.
• Sprinkle with 1/2 brown sugar, pudding powder mix, cinnamon, and nuts.
• Pour 1/2 melted butter over all.
• Repeat the process.
• Place a plate upside down over the pan.
• Let rise overnight or until rolls fill pan.
• Bake 350°F for 35 minutes.

CHRISTMAS COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Cream together shortening, sugar, and vanilla. Add eggs, one at a time, and beat well after each. Sift together flour, baking powder, and baking soda. add 1/3 dry ingredients to batter, then 1/3 sour cream. Repeat additions of dry ingredients and sour cream two more times, beating only until incorporated after each addition.
• For topping: mix with a fork the butter, brown sugar, cinnamon, and pecans. Grease a 9x13-inch pan. Put half the batter in the pan, then half the topping, remaining batter, and remaining topping.
• Bake at 350 for 28 minutes in a metal pan, or at 325 for 30-35 minutes in a pyrex pan.

CHRISTMAS COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine the first five ingredients; mix well. Set aside. Drain cherries on paper towels. In a bowl, cream shortening and sugar. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add vanilla; mix well. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with sour cream. Fold in cherries., Pour half of the batter into a greased 9-in. springform pan; sprinkle with half of the pecan mixture. Top with remaining batter and pecan mixture. Bake at 350° for 45-50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Carefully run a knife around edge of pan to loosen. Remove sides of pan just before serving.

SOUR CREAM STREUSEL COFFEE CAKE RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9x13 inch cake pan* with nonstick spray or rub with butter.
• Make the streusel: In a large bowl, whisk together 3 cup flour, 1 cup brown sugar, 1/2 cup granulated sugar, 1 teaspoon salt, and 2 tablespoons cinnamon.
• Melt 1 cup butter in a small bowl in the microwave. Pour into the larger bowl and stir the butter into the flour. You should end up with a bowl of what looks like wet sand, with lots of big chunks. Don't try to smooth it out. See photo.
• For the cake: In a large bowl or stand mixer, whisk together 2 and 1/4 cups flour, 1 and 1/4 cups sugar, 1 tablespoon baking powder, 3/4 teaspoon baking soda, and 3/4 teaspoon salt.
• Chop 3/4 cup softened butter into chunks. You want the butter to sit out of the fridge for several minutes to that it's not rock-hard, but don't let it soften so much that it's completely creamy.
• Add the chopped butter and 1/2 cup sour cream to the flour mixture. Use the paddle attachment (or electic beaters) to blend the butter in. Eventually the butter will moisten the flour and it will all come together in a ball. Scrape the bottom and sides of the bowl as necessary. Don't over mix, just beat until all the butter is incorporated.
• In another large bowl, whisk together 4 eggs, 1 cup sour cream, and 1 tablespoon vanilla. Beat well until the eggs are well blended.
• Add the egg mixture to the flour mixture in 3 additions, beating for about 20 seconds after each one. Once all the egg mixture is added, beat for another 1 minute until the batter is light and fluffy.
• Spread 2 cups of batter into the bottom of your prepared cake pan. Sprinkle 1 cup of streusel evenly over the top, breaking up any too-large pieces with your hands.
• Spread another 2 cups batter on top and spread it around as best you can.
• Add another 1 cup streusel on top.
• Add the rest of the batter and spread evenly.
• Evenly spread another 2 cups of streusel on top of the cake. Do NOT add all the remaining streusel! There will be some left over. Spread the remaining streusel on a baking sheet to dry out a little bit.
• Bake the cake at 350 for 25 minutes.
• Do this next part fast. Remove the cake from the oven and shut the oven door. Use your hands to sprinkle all the remaining streusel on top of the cake, focusing on any areas where the cake batter has puffed up from the center. Move quickly! Get the cake back in the oven as soon as you can, and keep the oven door shut as much as possible.
• Bake for another 20-25 minutes.* The total bake time for the cake should be about 45-50 minutes, depending on your oven and whether you use a glass or metal pan. Test the cake with a toothpick. It is done when a toothpick inserted in the center comes out with no wet batter on it. The cake should not wobble around at all when you shake the pan.
• Let the cake cool on a wire rack for at least 15-20 minutes for cutting into it.
• Make the icing: In a medium bowl, beat 1/4 cup butter until smooth. (I actually did it by hand with a whisk. You can do this if your butter is ultra soft.)
• Add 1 teaspoon vanilla, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1/4 cup milk, and 2 cups powdered sugar. Beat with a mixer or by hand until very smooth.
• Drizzle the icing over the cake. You can either drizzle it over the whole cake or drizzle each individual serving. I like to drizzle about half the icing over the whole cake, and then save the rest of drizzling over each serving.
• The cake is best served warm! Zap individual servings in the microwave for 10-20 seconds if you are serving after the cake has cooled.
• This cake will keep well covered on the counter for 2-3 days. After that, put it in the fridge.

CHRISTMAS TREE COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• In large mixing bowl throughly mix 2 cups flour, sugar, salt& dry yeast. Set aside.
• In small saucepan combine milk, water and butter.
• Heat to 130ºF (butter does not need to melt).
• Slowly add liquid to the above dry ingredients; beat for 2 minutes with electric mixer, scraping bowl occasionally.
• Add egg and 1 cup flour.
• Beat at high speed additional 2 minutes.
• Stir in enough remaining flour to make stiff dough (approx. 1 cup).
• Cover tightly.
• Refrigerate at least 2 hours or up to 3 days.
• When ready to make rolls, prepare filling.
• In large mixing bowl combine cream cheese, sugar, salt, nutmeg and vanilla.
• Beat just until well blended.
• Stir in drained pineapple.
• Grease 2 large cookie sheets.
• Divide dough in half; keep one half in refrigerator while working with other half.
• On lightly floured surface roll first dough half to an 11" x 10" rectangle.
• Spread with half of the cream cheese pineapple filling.
• Roll up on 11" side- pinch seams to seal.
• Cut into 1" slices and arrange in shape of Christmas tree on cookie sheet.
• Cover lightly with plastic wrap.
• Repeat with remaining dough and filling.
• Let arranged slices rise approximately 1 hour in draft free warm place.
• Preheat oven to 375ºF- Bake 15 minutes; cover with aluminum foil to prevent browning.
• Bake additional 5-10 minutes.
• Remove from oven and allow to cool.
• Place cherries, cut side down in center of each roll.
• Combine powdered sugar with milk and drizzle over the rolls.

COFFEE CAKE WITH BROWN SUGAR CINNAMON RIPPLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Prepare an 8-inch springform or tube pan (with removeable sides) by spraying with non-stick spray.
• Sift flour before measuring, and then sift with baking powder, salt and sugar.
• Cut in shortening until like the consistency of corn meal. NOTE: I did this in the standing mixture but you could use a pastry blender to cut it in the traditional way.
• Blend in well-beaten eggs mixed with milk and vanilla. Beat mixture just enough to mix well.
• To make Streusel: Mix brown sugar, 2 tablespoons flour and cinnamon. Blend in butter and nuts.
• Pour half of the batter into the prepare pan and smooth to evenly distrube. Sprinkle with half the streusel mixture. Add remaining batter and put remaining streusel over the top.
• Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack 15 minutes before releasing the sides of the pan to allow the coffee cake to cool fully.

HOLIDAY MORNING COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Unwrap and chop the
• 3 MUSKETEERS® Brand FUN SIZE®.
• Measure 1 cup of chopped candy; set aside.
• Combine the flour, baking powder and baking soda in a bowl; set aside.
• Combine the butter and sugar in a bowl, then beat with an electric mixer on medium speed until light and soft, about 5 minutes.
• Beat the eggs into the batter, one at time, until smooth.
• Decrease the mixer speed to low, and beat in 1/3 of the flour mixture, followed by 1/2 of the sour cream. Stop and scrape again.
• Beat in the remaining flour mixture and sour cream.
• Fold in the chopped 3 MUSKETEERS® Brand FUN SIZE®, reserving the 1 cup of chopped candy for the crumb topping.
• Give the batter a final mix with a large spatula. Set aside.
• To make the crumb topping, stir the ingredients with a mixer until evenly blended.
• Be sure to include the 1-cup of chopped 3 MUSKETEERS® reserved from Step 1.
• Pour the cake batter into a greased 9 x 13-inch pan. Crumble the topping in an even layer over the entire surface of the batter.
• Bake for 50-55 minutes.
• Remove from the oven, transfer to a wire rack, and let cool completely.
• Cut into 2-inch squares (4 lines x 6 lines), and sprinkle a little bit of confectioner's sugar on top.
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NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Cream together sugar and butter. Then add eggs, milk, 1 package of yeast (2 tablespoons bulk yeast) dissolved in 3 tablespoons of warm water, flour, salt and vanilla. Beat all of these ingredients together. Then set dough aside and let it rise, until double in size.
• When your coffee cake dough has risen to double the size (this may take about 2 hours) put it in a 9x13" greased pan and spread with topping.
• To make the topping: Combine sugar, cinnamon, melted butter and nuts (you can use maraschino cherries or candied red and green cherries if you don't like nuts).
• Place in a cold oven and leave it in there overnight to rise.
• The next morning turn oven to 350 degrees and bake for 1/2 hour. Take out and serve warm.

CHRISTMAS CRANBERRY ALMOND COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat over to 350 degrees F(175 degrees C). Grease one 9 inch pie pan.
• Combine flour, sugar, salt, cinnamon, clove. Mix well. Stir in cranberries and the almonds and toss to coat. Or add almonds and put berries in bottom of pie pan. Stir in butter, eggs and extracts. Spread into pie pan.
• For topping: mix sugar, flour, cinnamon, almonds. Press in soft butter until you get a crumble mixture. Put on top of batter.
• Bake for 40 minutes or until a wooden tooth pick inserted near center to come out clean. Serve warm or cold. Heats up nicely in microwave for a few seconds.
• P.S. Frozen berries last one year. Make sure to pick through your frozen berries before using. The more wrinkles on a frozen berry the older it is. The batter will be a little thicker if you use frozen cranberries. It is easier to see the bad berries if you unfreeze them in warm water.

VIOLA'S COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• For the crumb topping: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a 9-inch springform pan with nonstick cooking spray.
• In a medium bowl, combine the walnuts, sugar and cinnamon. Set aside.
• For the batter: In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the butter and sugar on medium speed until fluffy, 3 to 5 minutes. Add the eggs, one at a time, to the butter mixture, allowing each to be fully incorporated. Add the vanilla paste and sour cream and beat until smooth.
• Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a large bowl. Add to the batter and mix until combined.
• Spread the batter in the prepared springform pan and sprinkle with the crumb topping. Bake until a cake tester inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean, about 45 minutes. Place the cake, still in the pan, on a wire rack and let cool to room temperature. Remove from the pan, then slice and serve with a dollop of sour cream if desired.