Overnight Cherry Chocolate Coffee Cake Food

OVERNIGHT CHERRY-CHOCOLATE COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Grease a 9-inch pie plate. For streusel topping, in a medium bowl, stir together the 2/3 cup flour, oats, brown sugar and cinnamon. Using a pastry blender, cut in the 1/3 cup butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in chocolate pieces and dried cherries. Set aside.
• In a bowl, stir together the 1 cup flour, whole wheat flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. In a large mixing bowl, beat the 1/2 cup butter with an electric mixer for 30 seconds. Add granulated sugar and beat until fluffy. Add eggs and sour cream; beat until combined.
• Add flour mixture and beat on low speed until just combined. Spread half of the batter into pie plate. Sprinkle with half of the streusel mixture. Spread on remaining batter and top with remaining streusel topping. Cover and refrigerate for 4 to 24 hours.
• Uncover. Tent with foil and bake in a 350 degree F oven for 30 minutes. Uncover and bake for 20 to 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Serve warm. Makes 8 servings.

SOURDOUGH COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Combine sourdough starter, oil and egg.
• Stir together dry ingredients and add to sourdough mixture.
• Put dough into greased 9 inch square pan.
• Crumble topping ingredients together (I use a pastry blender) and sprinkle topping on top of batter.
• Bake for 35 minutes at 350 degrees.

OVERNIGHT COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Lightly grease an 8 inch square baking pan. In a large bowl, cream together the butter, white sugar, and 1/4 cup brown sugar. Beat in the egg until well blended. In a medium bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon. Stir the flour mixture into the creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk. Spread evenly into the prepared baking pan.
• In a small bowl, mix 1/4 cup brown sugar, walnuts, and 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon. Sprinkle over the batter. Cover, and refrigerate overnight.
• The next day, preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Bake the cake for 40 to 45 minutes in the preheated oven, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

CHERRY CRUMB COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• In mixing bowl, cream together butter and sugar. Add eggs, one at a time. Mix well. Add remaining ingredients except pie filling. Beat well.
• Spread half of the batter in a greased 13 x 9" baking pan. Spread cherry pie filling over batter. Cover with remaining batter.
• For topping: combine all ingredients except.
• butter and nuts in a small mixing bowl. Cut in butter. Stir in nuts. Sprinkle topping over batter.
• Bake at 350º about 45 minutes until cake springs back when lightly pressed with finger.

OVERNIGHT COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Cream butter and add sugar gradually.
• Beat at medium speed until light and fluffy.
• Add eggs one at a time and beat.
• Add sour cream and mix well.
• Combine flour and next 4 ingredients.
• Add to creamed mixture and mix well.
• Pour into greased and floured 13x9 pan.
• Combine brown sugar, pecans and cinnamon.
• Sprinkle evenly over batter.
• Cover and chill 8 hours.
• Uncover and bake at 350 degrees for 35 to 45 minutes or til wooden pick comes out clean.

CHERRY-CHOCOLATE COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Position a rack in the lower third of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees F. Make the streusel: Spread the almonds on a baking sheet and bake until toasted, 5 to 7 minutes; let cool and transfer to a food processor. Add the sugar, butter, flour, cinnamon, orange zest and cocoa powder and pulse until the nuts are ground and the mixture starts to clump. Refrigerate until ready to use.
• Make the filling: Toss the cherries, almond extract and cherry liqueur, if using, in a bowl. Stir in the flour and sugar.
• Make the cake: Whisk the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a large bowl. In a small bowl, whisk the sour cream and vanilla and almond extracts. Beat the butter and sugar in a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment on medium speed until smooth, about 5 minutes. Scrape down the bowl. Beat in the eggs one at a time, until light and fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes.
• Beat in half of the flour mixture on low speed until almost incorporated, then beat in half of the sour cream mixture. Beat in the remaining flour mixture, then the sour cream mixture; finish mixing the batter by hand (do not overmix).
• Butter the bottom and sides of a 10-inch springform pan. Spread half of the batter in the pan. Sprinkle half of the streusel on top, then cover with the cherry filling. Drop spoonfuls of the remaining batter on top of the cherries and smooth with the back of a spoon. Top with the remaining streusel.
• Bake on the lower oven rack until the cake springs back in the center when pressed, about 1 hour, 20 minutes. Transfer to a rack to cool. Run a knife around the inside of the pan, then remove the side.

OVERNIGHT CAKE 1964

Steps:

• Early in the day or last thing at night, sift the sugar flour and salt together well.
• Add the boiling water and stir until well blended.
• Cover and leave until cold a 8 hours or overnight.
• Later that day or next day,.
• When you are ready to make your cake, preheat your oven to 250 degrees.
• In a large bowl,( wiped down with vinegar just to make sure there are no oils) add the room temperature egg whites and beat until foamy.
• Add the pinch of salt and the tartar, beat until stiff peaks but not dry.
• While whites are beating, to the cold batter, add the two teaspoons baking powder, the almond and vanilla extracts, and stir well.
• Once the whites are ready, fold in a little of it to lighten into the batter.
• Fold in all the whites now into batter, trying to fold in well, and not deflate.
• Place into a ungreased angel food tube pan.
• Place into preheated 250 degrees oven and bake for 15 minutes on the medium centre rack.
• After 15 minutes increase heat without opening door to 300 degrees and bake for another 20 minutes.
• After the 20 minutes increase heat to 350 degrees, without opening the door, and finish baking for 15 minutes.
• Test cake to see if its completely cooked with a long skewer.
• If done remove, if not reduce the heat to 325 and continue until tester shows done. I have never had to leave in any longer but all ovens are different. Also please use a timer for each of the oven temperatures when increasing.
• When done, remove to wire rack.
• Turn upside down until cool, and then run knife around edges and release cake.
• I do have to run the knife around all edges then remove the bottom part of the pan and then again under the bottom.
• I always use a two piece tube pan for this recipe.
• The almond and vanilla can be as original recipe one teaspoon each or more as I have increased . The combination of both is a must in the recipe.