St James Coffee Cake Recipes

ST. JAMES COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• In a medium bowl, combine the flour, sugar and spices.
• Cut or rub in the butter until the mixture resembles corn meal.
• Reserve 1/2 cup of the mixture.
• In a second bowl, combine the buttermilk and baking soda.
• Pour this into the remaining crumb mixture in halves, beating thoroughly after each addition.
• Stir in the raisins and nuts.
• Spread the batter into a greased and floured 9x13 pan.
• Sprinkle the reserved crumb mixture over the top.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour until brown and springy when touched or until a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean.
• Enjoy!

GATEAU ST. JAMES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Spray 10-inch springform pan and line bottom with parchment round.
• Spray again and dust with cocoa powder.
• Grind chocolate and almonds in food processor until fine.
• Cream butter and sugar.
• Add yolks one at a time, beating well.
• Add chocolate/almond mixture and blend well.
• Beat whites to soft peaks.
• Mix 1/3 of whites into chocolate mixture to lighten (it will be stiff).
• Fold remaining whites into chocolate mixture.
• Bake until tests done, about 30 minutes.
• Cool.
• Unmold upside down on to platter.

ST TIMOTHY'S COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350. Grease and flour Bundt pan.
• 2. Cream butter until light and fluffy, add sugar gradually, and continue to cream.
• 3. blend in vanilla; add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• 4. Sift together flour, baking powder, salt and cinnamon. Add nuts and raisins, coat well.
• 5. Add dry ingredients and sour cream alternately. Blend well.
• 6. Turn in to Bundt pan and sprinkle with cinamon sugar.
• 7. Bake for 1 hour.
• 8. Leave in pan for 1 hour before turning out. Turn out and sprinkle with more cinnamon sugar. Serve
• 9. Just a note: I have only added the golden raisins once, and I prefer to leave them out.