Brown Butter Bourbon Cherry Coffee Cake With Pecan Streusel Recipes

BROWN BUTTER-BOURBON-CHERRY COFFEE CAKE WITH PECAN STREUSEL

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Spray 10-inch angel food (tube) cake pan generously with cooking spray, and set it on cookie sheet.
• In 1-quart saucepan or 6-inch skillet, brown 1/2 cup butter by melting over medium heat until it begins to foam, then beat constantly with whisk until solid bits in butter turn dark brown and smell fragrant like toffee. Remove from heat, and pour butter into heatproof dish to cool.
• In small bowl, mix bourbon and cherries; allow to soak about 10 minutes. In medium bowl, beat sour cream, cooled browned butter and eggs with whisk. Beat bourbon-soaked cherries into sour cream mixture with whisk.
• In large bowl, place cake mix and pecans. Fold in sour cream mixture until just combined. Scrape batter into pan.
• In small bowl, mix Streusel ingredients. Pinch butter into mixture until sandy and clumps form when pinched. Sprinkle streusel over batter in pan.
• Bake 45 to 50 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out clean. Cool 20 minutes. Loosen cake from pan using sharp, thin knife; remove from pan. Cool completely before serving with or without glaze (see tip for glaze).

BROWN BUTTER CHERRY COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• For the cherry-almond streusel: Place the butter in a small saucepan over medium heat and cook until the melted butter is golden brown and smells nutty, 3 to 4 minutes. Immediately transfer to a heatproof bowl and place in the freezer to cool and solidify, 10 to 15 minutes.
• Pulse the almonds and freeze-dried cherries in a food processor fitted with the blade attachment until medium ground (not too fine!). Remove 2 tablespoons of the mixture and set aside for garnish.
• Add the almond flour, all-purpose flour, sugar and salt to the food processor and pulse again to combine. Spoon in the chilled brown butter and pulse until the mixture forms pea-sized crumbles. Transfer to a bowl and refrigerate until ready to use.
• For the cherry cake: Place the cherries on the parchment-lined baking sheet and roast just until they soften and begin to release juice, 9 to 10 minutes.
• Remove the cherries from the oven and lower the temperature to 350 degrees F. Allow the cherries to cool to room temperature. Cut the cherries into 1/2-inch pieces and set aside (about 1 1/2 cups chopped).
• Spray the bottom and sides of an 8-inch springform pan with baking spray.
• Whisk together the eggs, sour cream and almond extract in a large bowl until pale yellow and combined.
• Add the all-purpose flour, sugar, almond flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Whisk together until a thick batter forms, 1 to 2 minutes. Place half of the batter into the springform pan. Top with half of the cooled cherries. Top with remaining half of the cake batter, then the remaining cherries and then the Almond-Cherry Streusel.
• Bake until the streusel begins to brown, the center is set and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 55 minutes to 1 hour.
• Allow to cool in the pan on a wire rack for 20 minutes, then remove from the pan and cool for another 20 minutes. Sprinkle with the reserved 2 tablespoons ground cherries and almonds. Slice and serve.

APPLE-BACON COFFEE CAKE WITH BROWN BUTTER STREUSEL

Steps:

• Brown Butter Streusel: Cook butter in medium saucepan over medium heat until melted. Once melted, stir often until butter begins to brown and smell nutty, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat and add in pecans, sugar, cinnamon, and flour. Cool and reserve.
• Cake: Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9x13-inch baking pan.
• Whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, and sugar in large bowl.
• Stir in melted butter, sour cream, milk, eggs, vanilla, and apples until smooth. Pour into prepared pan.
• Sprinkle bacon on top of batter, followed by streusel.
• Place pan in oven and bake for 30 to 45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.