Orange Cranberry Pull Apart Coffee Cake Recipes

ORANGE PULL-APART COFFEE RING

Steps:

• In a large bowl, dissolve yeast in warm milk. Add the sugar, egg yolks, butter, salt and 2 cups flour; beat until smooth. Stir in enough remaining flour to form a soft dough (dough will be sticky). , Turn onto a floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, about 6-8 minutes. Place in a greased bowl, turning once to grease top. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 hour., Punch dough down. Turn onto a lightly floured surface. Divide into 24 pieces; shape into balls. In a shallow bowl, combine sugar and orange zest. , Sprinkle 1/4 cup almonds into a greased 10-in. fluted tube pan. Dip half the balls in melted butter; roll in sugar mixture. Arrange over almonds. Sprinkle with remaining 1/4 cup almonds. Repeat with remaining balls. Cover and let rise until doubled, about 30 minutes. , Bake on lowest oven rack at 350° for 38-42 minutes or until golden brown (cover loosely with foil if browning too quickly). Cool for 10 minutes before inverting onto a platter.

CRANBERRY ORANGE COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Spray a 9x9 inch baking dish with non-stick cooking spray.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, salt, and baking soda until combined. Whisk in fresh orange zest until orange zest is incorporated throughout flour mixture. Set aside.
• In the bowl of stand mixer, or with an electric hand mixer, cream together butter and sugar. Beat in eggs until creamy. Carefully beat in milk, fresh orange juice, and vanilla extract until combined.
• Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients, and stir until just combined. Fold in cranberries. Pour batter into prepared baking dish.
• Stir together all-purpose flour, sugar, melted butter, and fresh orange juice for the topping in a small bowl. Combine until mixture resembles crumbs. Sprinkle over the top of the batter.
• Bake for 40-50 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in the center comes out with just a few crumbs.
• Remove from oven to a cooling rack.
• While coffee cake is cooling, prepare optional glaze. Stir together confectioner's sugar, 1 Tablespoon fresh orange juice, and 1 Tablespoon half and half until smooth. Add additional fresh orange juice and half and half as needed to reach desired consistency.
• Drizzle over warm cake. Top with fresh orange zest. Allow glaze to harden, and serve.
• Store covered.

ORANGE STREUSEL COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Stir together the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt.
• Stir in orange rind.
• Mix together in separate bowl -- all the wet ingredients.
• Make a well in centre of dry ingredients and add wet ingredients.
• Mix until JUST blended.
• Prepare 8" round cake pan (greased and floured).
• Pour into cake pan.
• Sprinkle with topping.
• Bake at 350 degrees for about 30 minutes or until golden.

ORANGE CRANBERRY PULL-APART COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400° and spray a 9-inch round cake pan with a non-stick baking cooking spray.
• In a medium size bowl, combine the sugar, pecans, cranberries, butter and orange zest.
• Open the biscuits, separate and cut into fourths.
• Toss the biscuits with the sugar mixture and pour into prepared pan; place in preheated oven and bake for 20 to 25 minutes.
• Turn out on a dinner plate and immediately drizzle with glaze.
• Serve warm.