Refrigerator 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.

PULL-APART COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F. Line bottom of 8- or 9-inch round cake pan with waxed paper. Separate dough into 10 biscuits. Cut each into quarters.
• In medium bowl, mix sugar, raisins, nuts and lemon peel. Dip biscuits in melted butter; place in sugar mixture and toss to coat. Arrange in single layer in waxed paper-lined pan. Sprinkle top with any remaining sugar mixture.
• Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until deep golden brown. Run knife around side of pan to loosen. Place heatproof serving plate upside down over pan; turn plate and pan over. Remove pan and waxed paper. Cut coffee cake into wedges or pull apart. Serve warm.

REFRIGERATOR COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Combine and mix the topping ingredients with a fork and set aside.
• Grease a 8x8 pan.
• Cream the shortening of choice, sugar and egg together until fluffy.
• Add dry ingredients alternately with the milk.
• Turn batter into prepared pan and sprinkle with spicy topping.
• Cover and place in refrigerator overnight.
• Next morning bake in a 375 degree oven for 30-35 minutes.
• VARIATION: UPSIDE-DOWN COFFEE CAKE.
• Grease a 8x8 pan.
• Add 1/4 cup corn syrup to the spicy topping mixture.
• Spread evenly in the bottom of the pan and cover with Refrigerator Coffee Cake batter.
• Place in fridge overnight.
• Bake as for Refrigerator Coffee Cake.
• Turn up-side down immediately.
• Enjoy.

COFFEE COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Spray and line with parchment a 9-by-9-inch baking pan; spray the parchment as well.
• For the crumb topping: In a medium bowl, mix the flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, instant coffee powder and salt. Add the melted butter and mix until crumbs form that you can clump together in your hand. Set aside.
• For the cake: In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, salt and cardamom. In a smaller bowl, whisk together the coffee and sour cream until smooth.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Add the eggs, one at a time, mixing until each is well combined. Then add the vanilla extract and beat until the mixture is light and fluffy.
• Starting and ending with the dry ingredients, alternate adding the flour mixture and the coffee mixture to the stand mixer; mix each addition well, scraping the bowl each additions.
• Pour the batter into the prepared baking pan and top with crumb topping, spreading it evenly. Bake for 45 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
• Remove the cake from the oven and allow to cool for 20 to 30 minutes before cutting and serving.

DELUXE COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• For the topping: Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. In a medium bowl, combine the nuts, flour, sugars, cinnamon and salt. Stir to blend. Stir in the butter. The topping should form sandy clumps. Sprinkle the topping onto the baking sheet to break it up into smaller clumps. Refrigerate.
• For the coffee cake: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Use butter to thoroughly grease the bottom and sides of a 13- by 9-inch baking pan. Set aside.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, cream the butter and granulated sugar together until light yellow and smooth, 5 to 8 minutes. Alternatively, this can be done with an electric hand mixer. Add the eggs, one at a time, and beat until thoroughly integrated.
• Remove the topping from the refrigerator so it has a few minutes to come to room temperature before baking. Meanwhile, sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. In a separate bowl, whisk together the buttermilk and yogurt until smooth. Turn the mixer on low and alternate, adding some of the flour mixture with some of the sour cream mixture. When all has been mixed, give the sides and the bottom of the bowl a scrape and blend to make sure the batter is thoroughly integrated. Transfer the batter to the greased baking pan, spreading it out evenly. Liberally sprinkle the cake with all of the topping. Take care to cover the whole top. Put the pan in the center of the oven and bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 40 to 50 minutes. Remove the cake from the oven and allow to cool for 30 minutes before serving.

PULL-APART COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350ºF.
• Separate biscuits; cut into quarters. Mix dry pudding mix, zest and cinnamon in medium bowl. Add biscuit pieces in small batches; toss to evenly coat. Drizzle with butter; toss lightly. Place in 9-inch round pan sprayed with cooking spray.
• Bake 20 min. Cool 5 min. Remove from pan to wire rack; cool 10 min.
• Microwave cream cheese spread in small microwaveable bowl on HIGH 15 sec.; stir in sugar and milk. Drizzle over cake; sprinkle with nuts.

OVERNIGHT COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Cream butter and add sugar gradually.
• Beat at medium speed until light and fluffy.
• Add eggs one at a time and beat.
• Add sour cream and mix well.
• Combine flour and next 4 ingredients.
• Add to creamed mixture and mix well.
• Pour into greased and floured 13x9 pan.
• Combine brown sugar, pecans and cinnamon.
• Sprinkle evenly over batter.
• Cover and chill 8 hours.
• Uncover and bake at 350 degrees for 35 to 45 minutes or til wooden pick comes out clean.

EASY OVERNIGHT FRENCH TOAST COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Combine softened butter, pecans, brown sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg for topping in a bowl. Put into a generously greased fluted tube pan (such as Bundt®).
• Mix milk, pecans, protein powder, eggs, melted butter, sugar, vanilla, cinnamon, and nutmeg in a bowl until combined.
• Arrange bread slices standing up in the pan. Pour wet ingredients over top. Cover and refrigerate, 8 hours to overnight.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Remove coffee cake from the refrigerator and uncover.
• Bake coffee cake in the preheated oven for 1 hour. Remove from the oven and let cool for 10 minutes. Invert cake over a wire rack or serving platter and shake gently to release.