Christmas Coffee Cake Recipes

CHRISTMAS COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine the first five ingredients; mix well. Set aside. Drain cherries on paper towels. In a bowl, cream shortening and sugar. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add vanilla; mix well. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with sour cream. Fold in cherries., Pour half of the batter into a greased 9-in. springform pan; sprinkle with half of the pecan mixture. Top with remaining batter and pecan mixture. Bake at 350° for 45-50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Carefully run a knife around edge of pan to loosen. Remove sides of pan just before serving.

COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a Bunt pan with nonstick spray.
• Using an electric mixer, mix together the butter and 2 cups of sugar in a small bowl. Add the eggs, 1 at a time, then add the sour cream and vanilla and mix until blended. In a separate bowl, mix together the flour, baking powder and salt. Add half of the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients and mix until just blended, then and the remaining dry ingredients and mix until well combined.
• In a small bowl, combine the remaining 1/4 cup sugar, cinnamon, brown sugar and mix until well combined.
• Pour half of the batter into the Bunt pan. Sprinkle the cinnamon sugar mixture over the batter, then pour the remaining batter over the sugar mixture. Bake until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, about 50 minutes to 1 hour. Let cool until just slightly warm. Remove the cake from the Bunt pan to a serving dish and sprinkle powdered sugar over the top.

GRANNY'S CHRISTMAS COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease a 10-inch Bundt pan or tube pan with butter, then dust with flour, shaking out any excess. For the batter: Sift together the 2 cups of flour, baking powder and salt onto a sheet of wax paper. Combine the 2 sticks of butter and the sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer or hand-held electric mixer; beat on low speed to incorporate, then on medium-high speed for about 3 minutes or until light and fluffy. Reduce the speed to low; add the eggs one at a time, beating to combine each time. Add the sour cream and vanilla extract, beating to incorporate, then add the sifted flour mixture; beat until well combined. For the filling/topping: Combine the brown sugar, pecans and cinnamon in a small bowl; mix well. Use a spatula to transfer one-third of the batter to the pan, spreading it evenly. Spread three-quarters of the brown sugar mixture evenly over the batter. Cover evenly with the remaining batter, then top with the remaining one-quarter of the brown sugar mixture. (Alternatively, spread half of the batter evenly in the pan, then cover evenly with the filling mixture. Top with the remaining half of the batter.) Bake for 1 hour or until a tester inserted into the top half of the cake comes out clean. Cool;transfer to a serving plate. Per serving: 359 cal.; 4 g pro.; 42 g carb.; 20 g fat (10 sat., 8 monounsat., 2 polyunsat.); 64 mg chol.; 70 mg sod.; 1 g fiber; 28 g sugar; 50 percent calories from fat.

CHRISTMAS MORNING COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the baking mix, sugar, cinnamon and allspice. Combine the eggs, bananas, milk and vanilla; stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Pour into a greased 9-in. square baking pan. , Place the cranberry sauce in a bowl; stir. Spread over batter. Combine topping ingredients; sprinkle over cranberry sauce. Bake at 400° for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Remove to a wire rack.

CHRISTMAS COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Cream together shortening, sugar, and vanilla. Add eggs, one at a time, and beat well after each. Sift together flour, baking powder, and baking soda. add 1/3 dry ingredients to batter, then 1/3 sour cream. Repeat additions of dry ingredients and sour cream two more times, beating only until incorporated after each addition.
• For topping: mix with a fork the butter, brown sugar, cinnamon, and pecans. Grease a 9x13-inch pan. Put half the batter in the pan, then half the topping, remaining batter, and remaining topping.
• Bake at 350 for 28 minutes in a metal pan, or at 325 for 30-35 minutes in a pyrex pan.

NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Cream together sugar and butter. Then add eggs, milk, 1 package of yeast (2 tablespoons bulk yeast) dissolved in 3 tablespoons of warm water, flour, salt and vanilla. Beat all of these ingredients together. Then set dough aside and let it rise, until double in size.
• When your coffee cake dough has risen to double the size (this may take about 2 hours) put it in a 9x13" greased pan and spread with topping.
• To make the topping: Combine sugar, cinnamon, melted butter and nuts (you can use maraschino cherries or candied red and green cherries if you don't like nuts).
• Place in a cold oven and leave it in there overnight to rise.
• The next morning turn oven to 350 degrees and bake for 1/2 hour. Take out and serve warm.