Sausage Coffee Cake Recipes

SAUSAGE CAKE

Steps:

• Mix sausage with sugar.
• Add beaten egg and mix well.
• Add the baking soda to the coffee; stir mixture into sausage; mix well.
• Add the raisins, nuts, salt, flour and the spices; mix well. Batter will be stiff.
• Grease the sides of a 9" tube pan. Line bottom with waxed paper.
• Turn batter into prepared pan.
• Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for about 1 hour or until cake shrinks from sides of pan.
• Cool and frost with caramel frosting.
• CARAMEL FROSTING:.
• Combine brown sugar, granulated sugar, butter and light cream in a saucepan.
• Boil to the softball stage, 234 degrees Fahrenheit on a candy thermometer.
• Cool and beat until thick enough to spread on cooled cake.

SAUSAGE CAKE

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients by hand in a large mixing bowl.
• You will bake it like a fruit cake.
• Fill pan almost full (I use an angel food cake pan).
• Cover with paper last hour of baking.
• Bake at 325 degrees Fahrenheit for 1-1/2 hours.
• Bake until toothpick in center comes out clean.
• Cool; wrap in waxed paper or foil.
• In olden days, cakes were wrapped in wine-dampened cloth to keep them moist and mellow.
• Store in air-tight container in cool place.
• This recipe has been passed down from my native American ancestors: my Grandpa was half Cherokee, half Cheyenne.