Panettone Italian Coffee Cake Recipe 465 Recipes

PANETTONE - ITALIAN COFFEE CAKE RECIPE - (4.6/5)

Steps:

• Combine 1 ½ cups of the flour, sugar, salt and undissolved yeast in a mixing bowl. Mix thoroughly. Combine milk, ½ cup water and butter in saucepan. Heat to very warm (120-130º). Gradually add to flour-yeast mixture, beating with electric mixer at medium speed for two minutes. Add 3 eggs and ½ cup of the flour. Beat at high speed for two minutes. Stir in candied fruit and raisins. Gradually add enough remaining flour to make a soft dough. Turn dough out onto floured surface. Knead until smooth and elastic, about 8 to 10 minutes. Place in greased bowl, turning over once to grease the top of the dough. Cover and let rise in warm place until doubled, about one hour. Punch down dough. Cover and let rise until doubled, about 30 minutes. Punch down dough again. Divide in half. Let rest 10 minutes. Form each half into a ball. Place on opposite corners of a greased baking sheet. Cover and let rise in warm place until doubled, about 1 hour. Beat together one egg and 1 T water. Brush egg mixture on top of loaves. Bake in 350º oven 30 to 35 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from baking sheet; cool on racks. Serve warm or cold. Makes two coffee cakes.

PANETTONE

Steps:

• Sprinkle yeast over milk in the bowl of a mixer fitted with the dough-hook attachment. Let stand until foamy, about 5 minutes. Sprinkle 2 ounces flour (about 1/2 cup) and 1 tablespoon granulated sugar over top. Cover with plastic, and let stand for 1 hour.
• Add remaining 12 ounces flour and 3 tablespoons granulated sugar, the beaten eggs, and the salt. Mix together on medium speed until dough forms a smooth, stiff ball, about 5 minutes. Add butter, 1 tablespoon at a time, mixing well after each addition. Mix dough on medium-high speed for 5 minutes. Reduce speed to low, and add extracts, orange peel, and raisins. Mix until combined.
• Turn out dough onto a clean surface, and form into a ball. Transfer to a lightly oiled bowl. Cover with plastic, and refrigerate overnight.
• Bring dough to room temperature, and divide in half. Form each half into a ball; place each in a 5 1/4-by-3 3/4-inch paper panettone mold or a small brown paper bag that has been rolled down to about 5 inches. Transfer to a baking sheet. Cover with plastic wrap and let stand in a warm place until doubled in volume, about 2 hours.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly beat remaining egg. Brush egg wash onto panettone dough, and sprinkle with pearl sugar and almonds. Bake until golden brown, about 50 minutes.
• Remove molds from oven, and run two wooden skewers horizontally through the center of each panettone loaf. Hang loaves upside down by propping ends of each skewer on 2 large heavy canisters or cans. Let cool completely.

ITALIAN COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Mix flour, sugar, brown sugar and salt. Then add oil. Blend well and take out 3/4 cup of mixture and set aside.
• 2. Add egg, baking powder, baking soda, nutmeg and buttermilk to remaining mixture. Mix well.
• 3. Add nuts and cinnamon to set aside mixture. This will be the topping.
• 4. Pour batter into prepared 9x13 pan. Sprinkle topping on cake batter. Bake at 350 for 30 minutes. Eat warm or cold.

PANETTONE

Steps:

• Grease a panettone tin (see Tip) or a 20cm deep cake tin, or use a panettone case.
• Place the warm milk in a bowl and add the yeast and 1 tsp of sugar and leave for a few minutes.
• Put the remaining sugar in a large bowl and beat together with the butter and vanilla extract until really light, creamy and pale.
• Stir in the lemon and orange zest. Add the eggs a little at a time until all are well incorporated. Spoon in a tablespoon of the flour if the mixture starts to curdle and beat this in with the eggs.
• Place the flour in a large bowl and mix with a good pinch of salt and make a well in the centre. Add the yeast mixture then the butter and egg mixture, folding in with a large spoon to make a soft dough. Knead for 5 mins in the bowl until it all starts to come together. It will be a pretty sticky dough at this stage.
• Turn out the dough onto a floured surface and knead for a further 10 mins, until everything has come together and you have a very soft and stretchy dough. Add a light sprinkling of flour to the surface and your hands as you go to stop the mixture sticking, but try not to add too much. Place in a lightly greased bowl and cover. Place in the fridge overnight to prove.
• Place the raisins and sultanas in a small saucepan with the rum and heat gently for 5 - 7 mins until the fruit has absorbed the liquid and is plump and juicy. Set aside to cool.
• When the dough is risen, tip it out onto a lightly floured surface and knead for another 5 mins. Gradually knead in the soaked raisins, sultanas and chopped candied peel. Shape the dough into a ball and pop into the prepared tin. If using a 20cm cake tin, wrap a layer of baking parchment around the outside of the tin, to come up about 5cm above the rim, and secure the paper with string. This will help contain the dough as it rises. Cover lightly with cling film and leave to rise for 3-4 hours depending on your room temperature, until it has doubled in size.
• Preheat the oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Adjust the oven shelf to the right height. Mix together the almonds, caster sugar and egg white for the topping and gently brush over the top of the panettone. Place in the oven and bake for 40 - 50 mins until golden and risen and a skewer comes out clean when inserted into the middle of the cake. Leave to cool in the tin for 10 mins before turning out onto a wire rack. Leave to cool completely before dusting lightly with icing sugar and cutting into wedges to serve.