Beer And Date Coffee Cake Recipes

DATE COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking pan.
• Place dates in a bowl. Sprinkle 1 teaspoon baking soda on top and mix well. Add 1/3 cup boiling water, stir, and set aside until dates have swelled, about 10 minutes. Squeeze with your hands to remove most of the liquid.
• Meanwhile, mix flour and 1 teaspoon baking soda together in a bowl. Combine instant coffee, milk powder, and 2 tablespoons boiling water in a separate bowl; mix until dissolved.
• Beat sugar, margarine, and eggs together in a large bowl with an electric mixer until well blended. Add coffee mixture and dates; beat until well mixed. Gradually mix in flour. Pour batter into the prepared baking pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 35 to 40 minutes.

BEER AND DATE COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Grease a 10-inch tube pan; line with waxed paper and grease again.
• If you don't line the pan, you may never get the cake out.
• Beat brown sugar and butter together well.
• Add the eggs, beating well after each one.
• Sift cinnamon, allspice, cloves, flour, baking soda and salt together.
• Use a small amount of the flour mixture to dust the walnuts and dates.
• Add remaining flour mixture to the creamed mixture, alternately with the beer, blending well after each addition.
• Stir in the walnuts and dates.
• Spoon batter into prepared pan.
• Bake in preheated 350º oven for 1¼ hours or until cake tester comes out clean.
• Let stand 10 minutes, invert onto a wire rack; carefully peel off paper.
• Sprinkle with powdered sugar and place on a serving plate.

GERMAN BEER COFFEE CAKE, OVER A 100 YEAR OLD RECIPE

Steps:

• 1. Mix first 4 items in a bowl, set aside. Then Combine dates and nuts,stir in small amount of flour mixture to coat,set aside. In a large bowl cream butter and sugar. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each. Add flour mixture alternately with beer, blending well. Stir in dates and nuts. Pour into a well-greased and floured 12 cup fluted tube pan. Bake in a pre-heated 350 oven. 1 hour and 15 minutes. Cool in the pan 10 minutes. then turn out on a rack to cool completely. Wrap in foil, and let stand 24 hours before serving. Sprinkle with powdered sugar.
• 2. Optional: Rum butter spread. Whip 1/2 cup softened butter with 2 Tablespoons rum till light and fluffy. Rum extract can be used.
• 3. THANK YOU, Baben P. for sharing your treasured recipe. Nancy P.