Coffee Cake For A Crowd Food

EASY COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Combine the flour, salt and baking powder; add to creamed mixture and beat just until combined. , Spread 3-3/4 cups batter into a greased 15x10x1-in. baking pan. Carefully spoon pie filling to within 1 in. of edges. Spoon remaining batter over filling. , Bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean (cover loosely with foil if edges brown too quickly). Cool on a wire rack. , In a small bowl, combine the confectioners' sugar, extract and enough milk to achieve desired consistency. Drizzle over coffee cake.

CINNAMON COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375°F and grease an 8x8" square baking pan with cooking spray and set aside.
• In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, salt, and baking powder.
• Use a pastry cutter to cut the butter into the flour mixture until a coarse crumb forms.
• Add in the egg, milk, and vanilla and mix with a rubber spatula just until combined. The batter will be lumpy. Pour the batter into the prepared baking pan.
• In a small bowl, mix together the cinnamon and brown sugar, then sprinkle it over the top of the batter in the pan. Use a butter knife to cut lines through the batter. Sprinkle the top with the chopped walnuts, if desired.
• Bake for 25 to 30 minutes, then allow the cake to cool in the pan for 15 minutes on a cooling rack.
• Whisk together the water and powdered sugar to make the glaze and drizzle over the top of the cake before slicing and serving.

COFFEE CAKE FOR A CROWD

Steps:

• 1. Topping: mix with a pastry cutter Stir the flour, baking power and salt
• 2. Cream the butter and sugar, add the eggs one at a time (Since this is batter mix with a spoon not a mixer)
• 3. Add the vanilla to the milk. Add 1/3 of the flour mixture to the creamed, then pour half the milk/vanilla in and stir again, flour then milk and ending with the last of the flour. Don't over stir.
• 4. Spread half of the batter in a greased 9x13 then sprinkle half the topping then the rest of the batter and finish with the topping. Bake at 350' for 25 to 30 minutes

MAKE-AHEAD SOUR CREAM COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Grease and flour a 9x13-inch baking pan.
• Beat butter and white sugar in a bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes.
• Beat eggs and sour cream into butter mixture until smooth.
• Whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda, nutmeg, and salt together in a bowl until thoroughly combined; stir into the sour cream mixture to make a batter.
• Pour the batter into the prepared baking dish.
• Mix the brown sugar, pecans, and cinnamon in a bowl; sprinkle the mixture over the batter.
• Cover the baking dish with plastic wrap and chill 8 hours to overnight.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Remove plastic wrap from the dish; bake until a toothpick inserted into the center of the coffee cake comes out clean, 35 to 40 minutes.

CINNAMON COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and 2 cups sugar until light fluffy. Add 1 egg at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Combine flour, baking soda and salt; add alternately with sour cream, beating just enough after each addition to keep batter smooth. , Spoon a third of batter into a greased 10-in. tube pan. Combine cinnamon, nuts and remaining sugar; sprinkle a third over batter in pan. Repeat layers 2 more times. Bake at 350° for 60-65 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 15 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely.