Boston Coffee Cake Recipes

QUICK COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9 inch square pan.
• In a large bowl mix together the flour, baking powder, sugar and salt. Cut in the shortening with a pastry blender to the size of small peas.
• In a separate small bowl, beat the egg well, then stir in the milk and vanilla. Add the egg-milk mixture to the flour mixture all at once. Stir carefully until just blended.
• Pour batter into prepared pan and spread evenly. Drizzle top with melted butter.
• In a small bowl mix together brown sugar, 2 tablespoons flour and 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon. Sprinkle on top of cake. Bake in the preheated oven for 15 to 20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.

CINNAMON COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and 2 cups sugar until light fluffy. Add 1 egg at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Combine flour, baking soda and salt; add alternately with sour cream, beating just enough after each addition to keep batter smooth. , Spoon a third of batter into a greased 10-in. tube pan. Combine cinnamon, nuts and remaining sugar; sprinkle a third over batter in pan. Repeat layers 2 more times. Bake at 350° for 60-65 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 15 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely.

BOSTON COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Melt butter, add milk and heat the mixture gently to 38°C.
• Crumble the yeast into the milk mixture, whip lightly to dissolve.
• Add salt, sugar and cardamom.
• Gradually add the flour: stir first with a wooden spoon, then knead into smooth, elastic dough that no longer sticks to the bowl nor to your hand.
• Cover and let rise until doubled in size (about 30 minutes).
• Preheat oven to 200 C and grease a 24 cm round cake pan with a removable bottom.
• Lightly flour the baking board and turn the dough on it.
• Roll the dough out into a rectangle, 40 cm x 45 cm or so.
• Spread the softened butter on the dough; combine the remaining filling ingredients and sprinkle on top of the butter.
• Roll the dough up starting from the longer side and cut into appr. 4 cm pieces.
• Place the pieces into the prepared pan on their side, and quite close to each other; cover and let rise until doubled (about 30 minutes).
• Brush the top with the beaten egg and sprinkle pearl sugar on top of the cake.
• Bake in the preheated oven for about 30 minutes, or until golden brown.
• Cover while cooling.
• You can omit the pearl sugar if you want: just brush the cake with egg before baking and drizzle some powdered sugar icing on top of the cake once it has cooled.

OLD-FASHIONED COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• In a small bowl, cream butter and 1 cup sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg. Combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and 1 teaspoon nutmeg; add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk. Pour into a greased 9-in. square baking pan (batter will be thick). , Combine the remaining sugar and nutmeg; sprinkle over batter. Bake at 350° for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack.

NANA'S COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Grease and flour an 8" or 9" cake pan.
• Combine the topping ingredients (1-1/2 Tablespoons sugar and 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon) in a small bowl. Set aside and reserve for sprinkling on top of batter.
• Combine the dry ingredients for the cake in a bowl.
• In a separate large mixing bowl, beat together egg, shortening and vanilla. Gradually beat in dry ingredients; then beat in sour cream or sour milk.
• Pour into prepared cake pan. Sprinkle the sugar/cinnamon mixture evenly over top of batter.
• Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 40 to 45 minutes.