Night Before Christmas Coffee Cake Recipes

OVERNIGHT COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Lightly grease an 8 inch square baking pan. In a large bowl, cream together the butter, white sugar, and 1/4 cup brown sugar. Beat in the egg until well blended. In a medium bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon. Stir the flour mixture into the creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk. Spread evenly into the prepared baking pan.
• In a small bowl, mix 1/4 cup brown sugar, walnuts, and 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon. Sprinkle over the batter. Cover, and refrigerate overnight.
• The next day, preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Bake the cake for 40 to 45 minutes in the preheated oven, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

MAKE-AHEAD COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy; beat in 1 egg at a time. In another bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, nutmeg and salt; beat into creamed mixture alternately with sour cream. Spread into a greased 13x9-in. baking dish., Mix brown sugar, pecans and cinnamon; sprinkle over top. Refrigerate, covered, overnight., Preheat oven to 350°. Remove coffee cake from refrigerator while oven heats. Bake, uncovered, until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 35-40 minutes., Cool on a wire rack 10 minutes. Mix icing ingredients; drizzle over warm coffee cake.

CHRISTMAS MORNING COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Grease bundt or tube pan and fill around the stem with one layer of rolls.
• Sprinkle with 1/2 brown sugar, pudding powder mix, cinnamon, and nuts.
• Pour 1/2 melted butter over all.
• Repeat the process.
• Place a plate upside down over the pan.
• Let rise overnight or until rolls fill pan.
• Bake 350°F for 35 minutes.

MAKE-AHEAD SOUR CREAM COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Grease and flour a 9x13-inch baking pan.
• Beat butter and white sugar in a bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes.
• Beat eggs and sour cream into butter mixture until smooth.
• Whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda, nutmeg, and salt together in a bowl until thoroughly combined; stir into the sour cream mixture to make a batter.
• Pour the batter into the prepared baking dish.
• Mix the brown sugar, pecans, and cinnamon in a bowl; sprinkle the mixture over the batter.
• Cover the baking dish with plastic wrap and chill 8 hours to overnight.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Remove plastic wrap from the dish; bake until a toothpick inserted into the center of the coffee cake comes out clean, 35 to 40 minutes.

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.