Miss Karens Coffee Cake Recipes

THE BEST COFFEE CAKE RECIPE EVER

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Coat a 9×13 baking dish with nonstick spray. Set aside.
• In a medium bowl prepare the cinnamon filling by whisking together the brown sugar, flour, and cinnamon until combined. Set aside.
• To prepare the crumb topping, mix together the melted butter, brown sugar, cinnamon, and flour in a medium bowl until it resembles coarse crumbs. Use your hands to mix to form larger crumb pieces. Set aside.
• For the cake, mix the butter, granulated sugar, and light brown sugar in the bowl of your stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment on medium speed for 2 minutes until light and fluffy.
• Add in the eggs, vanilla, sour cream, salt, and baking powder and mix for 1 minute until combined and smooth, scraping the sides of the bowl as necessary.
• Turn the mixer to low and add in the flour and milk in alternating portions, beginning and ending with flour. Mix until just combined and smooth, again, scraping the sides of the bowl as necessary.
• Spread half of the cake batter into the prepared pan. Sprinkle the cinnamon filling evenly on top of the batter. Carefully spread the remaining cake batter on top of the cinnamon layer. Evenly sprinkle the crumb topping on top.
• Bake for 40-45 minutes, or until the cake is set and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Remove cake from oven and place pan on a wire rack to cool completely.
• Whisk together the powdered sugar and milk until smooth and drizzle on top of the cooled cake. Or alternately sprinkle with powdered sugar instead of making the icing.

CLASSIC SOUR CREAM COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Combine the flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, and salt in a small bowl and mix to combine. Add the butter and mix thoroughly with your fingers or a fork until all of the butter has been evenly distributed and incorporated into the flour. Form into small to medium clumps with your fingers.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter an 8-inch square cake pan.
• Whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a small bowl.
• Beat the butter and granulated sugar together in a large bowl with an electric mixer on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add the eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in the vanilla. Reduce the speed to low and add the flour mixture in 3 batches, alternating with the sour cream, beginning and ending with the flour, beating until just incorporated.
• Spoon the cake batter (it will be very thick) into the prepared pan and smooth with an offset spatula. Sprinkle on the crumb topping.
• Bake until the cake and topping are golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, about 1 hour. Let cool in the pan 20 minutes, then invert onto a plate and re-invert onto a rack to cool completely.

MARION CUNNINGHAM'S COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F. Grease and flour a 10-inch tube pan or Bundt pan.
• Put the butter in a large mixing bowl and beat for several seconds. Add the sugar and beat until smooth. Add the eggs and beat for 2 minutes, or until light and creamy. Put the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a bowl and stir with a fork to blend well. Add the flour mixture to to the butter mixture and beat until smooth. Add the sour cream and vanilla and mix well.
• Spoon the batter into the pan. Bake for about 50 minutes, or until a straw comes out clean when inserted into the center. Remove from the oven and let rest for 5 minutes in the pan. Invert onto a rack and cool a little bit before slicing. Serve warm.

SOUR-CREAM COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees and generously butter a 9-by-13-inch baking pan. Cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• In a separate bowl, sift flour with baking powder, baking soda and salt. With the mixer on low speed, add the flour mixture to the butter mixture alternately with sour cream and vanilla until just combined. Do not overmix. Pour batter into prepared baking pan.
• Make the topping: Combine sugar, cinnamon, flour and nuts in a small bowl and mix well.
• Sprinkle the topping evenly over the cake and bake 30 to 35 minutes, or until a cake tester comes out clean. Cool, cut into pieces and serve.

MISS KAREN'S COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Mix together flour and brown sugar in a large bowl; cut in butter until crumbly. Press 2-3/4 cups of mixture into a greased 13"x9" baking pan; set aside remaining mixture. In a separate bowl, combine sour cream, egg, vanilla, ginger and baking soda; add remaining crumbly mixture. Pour over crust. In a small bowl, combine sugar, cinnamon and pecans; sprinkle over sour cream mixture. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 to 30 minutes. Tip: Share a cup of tea with a special friend. On a doily-covered tray, arrange a cream pitcher, small bowls of sugar cubes and lemon wedges alongside a pot of hot spice tea. Add a basket of muffins...what could be more cheerful?

MISS HELEN'S COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Cut stick of butter in half length-wise, then cut each half in half lengthwise, to make 4 long pieces.
• Cut 4 pieces into cubes and keep cold.
• Mix topping and set aside.
• Mix batter ingredients.
• Spread stiff batter into buttered 9x13 baking dish.
• Push butter cubes into batter.
• Pour topping evenly over batter.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 20-30 minutes, until inserted knife comes out clean.