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).

OATMEAL COFFEE CAKE WITH PECAN STREUSEL

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x12-inch baking dish.
• Mix brown sugar, pecans, butter, and flour together in a small bowl for streusel; set aside.
• Pour boiling water over oats in a bowl. Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a separate bowl.
• Cream brown sugar and butter in a large mixing bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating briefly after each addition. Scrape down the bowl and continue beating until mixture is smooth. Mix in oats, vanilla extract, and cinnamon. Stir in flour mixture with a rubber scraper or wooden spoon. Pour batter into the prepared baking dish and cover with streusel.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 35 minutes.

STREUSEL COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350*.
• Prepare streusel.
• Mix all ingredients until crumbly.
• Beat remaining ingredients in large mixer bowl on low speed 30 seconds.
• Beat on medium speed, scraping bowl occasionally, 2 minutes.
• Spread half of the batter in greased oblong pan, 13x9x2" or square pan, 9x9x2"; sprinkle with half the streusel.
• Top with remaining batter; sprinkle with remaining streusel.
• Bake until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean, 35-40 minutes.

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.