Fruit And Streusel Coffee Cakes Recipes

ROASTED FRUIT CINNAMON COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• For the fruit: Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) and grease a 9-inch square baking pan and another pan large enough for the fruit with cooking spray.
• Add the cinnamon sticks to the pan and nestle in the fruit, cut side up. In a small bowl, stir together the butter, syrup, orange zest and juice and vanilla extract and pour over the fruit.
• For the streusel: Mix together the brown sugar, flour, cinnamon, cocoa powder, salt and pecan pieces, if using, in a small bowl. Pour over the melted butter and rub the mixture together with your fingers until crumbly and well combined.
• For the cake: Use a hand or stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment to cream the butter and sugars together until pale and fluffy, 1 to 2 minutes. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition, then stir in the vanilla extract and yogurt.
• Whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt in a medium bowl. Add the dry ingredients to the wet and stir just to combine.
• Spread a little less than half of the cake batter into the 9-inch pan. Scatter with half of the streusel mixture then carefully cover with the remaining cake batter. Sprinkle with the remaining streusel.
• Bake the cake and the fruit for 30 to 35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean and the fruit is cooked down and soft. Set aside to cool slightly or all the way to room temperature
• To serve, cut the cake into squares and serve topped with the roasted fruit.

RASPBERRY STREUSEL COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, cook raspberries and water over medium heat 5 minutes. Add lemon juice. Combine sugar and cornstarch; stir into fruit mixture. Bring to a boil; cook and stir 2 minutes or until thickened. Cool., Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder and baking soda. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in eggs, sour cream and vanilla (batter will be stiff). , Spread half into a greased 13x9-in. baking dish. Spread raspberry filling over batter; spoon remaining batter over filling. Combine topping ingredients; sprinkle over top. , Bake 40-45 minutes or until golden brown. Combine glaze ingredients; drizzle over warm cake.

HARVEST STREUSEL COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Peel peaches, (but not plums or nectarines, if using).
• Cut fruit in half and remove pits.
• Place, cut side down, on cutting board, slice thinly; set aside.
• In a large bowl, beat butter with sugar until light and fluffy.
• Beat in eggs, one at a time, beat in vanilla.
• In a separate bowl, whisk together, flour, baking powder, baking soda, ginger and salt; stir into butter mixture alternately with sour cream, making 3 additions of dry ingredients and 2 of sour cream.
• Spread batter evenly in greased 13 x 9-inch cake pan.
• Without overlapping, arrange sliced fruit attractively over top.
• Streusel: In a bowl, mix together sugar, flour, almonds and ginger with pastry blender of 2 knives, cut in butter until crumbly.
• Sprinkle evenly over fruit.
• Bake in centre of 350°F oven for about 1 hour or until cake tester inserted in centre comes out clean.
• Let cool in pan on rack.

WINTER FRUIT COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• In a small bowl, soak the raisins in brandy for 1 hour. , In a small bowl, combine brown sugar and cinnamon. With clean hands, work butter into sugar mixture until well combined. Add pecans. Refrigerate for 15 minutes., Meanwhile, in a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, spices and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with sour cream. Fold in the apple, pear and raisins (do not drain raisins). Pour into a greased 13x9-in. baking dish., Sprinkle with topping., Bake at 350° for 28-32 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack.

ANY-FRUIT COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• FOR THE FIRST INGREDIENT: You may use raspberries or 2 cups chopped, peeled apples, apricots, peaches, pineapple, or blueberries.
• In a medium saucepan combine fruit and 1/2 cup water.
• Simmer, covered, for 5 minutes or till fruit juice is tender. Stir in lemon juice.
• Mix the 1/2 cup sugar and cornstarch; stir into fruit mixture.Cook and stir till thickened. Cool.
• Mixing bowl: stir together 1 1/2 cups flour, 1/2 cup sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, mace, and 1/4 teaspoon salt. Cut in 1/2 cup margarine or butter till mixture resembles fine crumbs. Combine egg, milk and vanilla. Add to flour mixture, mixing till blended. Spread half of the batter in a greased 9x9x2 inch baking pan.
• Spread the cooked fruit over batter. Spread remaining batter over fruit. Combine the 1/4 cup sugar and 1/4 cup flour, cut in the 2 tablespoons margarine till mixture resembles course crumbs. Stir in nuts. Sprinkle nut mixture over batter in pan.
• Bake in a 350°F oven for 40 to 45 minutes or till done.
• Cool.