Jubilee Coffee Cake Food

JUBILEE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven 400f.
• Grease a 8-9inch log tin.
• Sift flour and pinch of salt.
• Place butter, egg, milk, sugar and half the flour in a bowl and mix well.
• Add the rest of the flour, the currants/sultanas and mix through.
• Spread into log tin, making a hollow in the centre.
• Bake for 20-25 minutes.
• When cool mix icing sugar and a little water together and drizzle over the top of cake.

GOLDEN JUBILEE CAKE

Steps:

• Make the frosted rose petals the day before.
• Separate the petals and spread the castor sugar over a plate.
• Holding one petal at a time, lightly paint both sides with egg white.
• Spoon sugar over it, then using tweezers, shake off the excess.
• Dry on parchment paper for a day.
• (Use only pesticide free roses) Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F).
• Butter two 8-inch round cake tins and line their bases with parchment paper.
• Tip the sugar into a mixing bowl and add the softened butter.
• Beat for a minute or so until pale and fluffy, then beat in the egg yolks.
• Sift together the flour and baking powder, then sift over the cake mixture.
• Fold in as lightly as you can using a large metal spoon, then fold in the almonds and extract.
• Stop folding as soon as the flour traces have gone.
• Whisk the egg whites until they just hold their shape.
• Gently fold in a third of the egg white into the cake mix, using a whisk.
• Repeat with another third, then the final third. Take care not to over mix and lose the lightness of the egg whites.
• Lightly fold in the raspberries.
• Divide between the prepared tins and level the mixture using a round bladed knife.
• Bake for 30-35 minutes.
• Cool in the tin for 5 minutes, then turn out, peel off the lining paper and leave to cool completely.
• Set one cake on a serving plate.
• Spoon the clotted cream on top.
• Scatter the raspberries over and put the other cake on top.
• Blend the icing sugar with 1 to 1 1/2 Tbsp cold water until it is smooth and coats the back of a spoon thinly.
• Drizzle the icing over the cake.
• Scatter the rose petals over and around the cake, dust with icing sugar and serve to some very lucky people.

SWEDISH PUFF COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375.
• Place flour in small bowl.
• Cut in butter until crumbly.
• Gradually add ice water, tossing with a fork until dough holds together when pressed.
• On an ungreased baking sheet, press dough into a 10 inch circle.
• TOPPING:.
• In large saucepan, bring water and butter to a rolling boil.
• Remove from heat; stir in extract.
• Add flour all at once and beat until blended.
• Cook over medium heat, stirring vigorously until mixture pulls away from sides of pan and forms a ball.
• Remove from heat, let stand 5 minutes.
• Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition until smooth.
• Continue beating until mixture is smooth and shiny, spread over pastry.
• Bake 30-35 minutes or until lightly browned.
• Cover loosely with foil during the last 5 minutes if needed to prevent overbrowning.
• Remove from pan to wire rack to cool completely.
• GLAZE:.
• In small bowl beat confectioners sugar, butter, milk and extract until smooth.
• Spread over top, sprinkle with coconut.

SWEDISH COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Cake:.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Cream together butter and sugar, add egg yolks gradually.
• Sift the flour, baking powder and salt into the batter. Stir.
• Add milk, vanilla, lemon juice and lemon rind. Stir.
• Beat egg whites until stiff. Fold into batter.
• Pour into 13x9 baking pan.
• Top with crumb topping and bake for 40 minutes or until tester comes out clean.
• Crumb topping:.
• Mix dry ingredients together.
• Cut in the butter with a pastry blender or the back of a fork until it resembles crumbs.
• Scatter crumbs over unbaked cake.

CHERRY COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Combine 1 1/2 cups cake mix, flour, and yeast in a bowl.
• Add warm water, stirring until smooth.
• Stir in eggs.
• Spoon batter into a greased 13 x9 inch pan.
• Spoon pie filling evenly over batter; set aside.
• Cut butter into remaining cake mix with a fork until mixture is crumbly- Sprinkle or pie filling.
• Bake at 350 for 25-30 minutes.
• Cool in pan on wire rack.
• Combine powdered sugar, corn syrup and water for glaze and drizzle over cake.