Miss Helens Coffee Cake Recipes

Steps:

• Cut stick of butter in half length-wise, then cut each half in half lengthwise, to make 4 long pieces.
• Cut 4 pieces into cubes and keep cold.
• Mix topping and set aside.
• Mix batter ingredients.
• Spread stiff batter into buttered 9x13 baking dish.
• Push butter cubes into batter.
• Pour topping evenly over batter.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 20-30 minutes, until inserted knife comes out clean.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350*F.
• Butter a 10" tube or Bundt pan and dust with flour.
• Coarsely chop apricots and prunes. Toss to combine.
• Sift together flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
• Beat butter until fluffy.
• Gradually beat in sugar, then eggs, one at a time.
• Add vanilla.
• Blend in flour mixture, alternately with sour cream, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Blend until just smooth. Gently fold in prunes and apricots.
• Mix the first four streusel ingredients with a fork until crumbly. (Will make approximately 1 cup of streusel). Turn 1/3 of batter into prepared pan, spreading evenly.
• Sprinkle with 1/3 of streusel mixture.
• Repeat, layering the remaining batter and streusel twice.
• Bake 55 to 60 minutes, or until cake tester comes out clean.
• Let cool in pan 20 minutes.
• Remove from pan to platter.
• Sift icing sugar over top if desired.
• This cake can be served warm.

Steps:

• Cake:.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Cream together butter and sugar, add egg yolks gradually.
• Sift the flour, baking powder and salt into the batter. Stir.
• Add milk, vanilla, lemon juice and lemon rind. Stir.
• Beat egg whites until stiff. Fold into batter.
• Pour into 13x9 baking pan.
• Top with crumb topping and bake for 40 minutes or until tester comes out clean.
• Crumb topping:.
• Mix dry ingredients together.
• Cut in the butter with a pastry blender or the back of a fork until it resembles crumbs.
• Scatter crumbs over unbaked cake.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Grease and lightly flour a 10 inch fluted tube pan.
• In a bowl whisk together coffee, sugar, oil, honey, vinegar and vanilla.
• Add eggs; whisk until combined.
• In another bow combine flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, soda, salt and nutmeg.
• Whisk in coffee mixture until combined. Add 1 cup hazelnuts; stir to combine. Pour batter into prepared pan.
• Bake in preheated over about 1 hour or until a wooden pick inserted near centre comes out clean.
• Cool in pan on wire rack for 20 minutes.
• Remove from pan to serving plattewr. Brush with some of the coffee-hazelnut syrup.
• Cool for 30 minutes. Brush again with syrup.
• Sprinkle with the 1/4 cup hazelnuts.
• Serve cake warm with remaining syrup.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• In a large bowl, cream together 1/4 cup butter and 1/3 cup of sugar until smooth. Beat in egg and vanilla until well blended. Combine 1 1/2 cups of flour, salt and baking powder; stir into the creamed mixture alternately with the milk. Spread evenly in a 9x9 inch baking pan.
• In a small bowl, stir together 2 tablespoons flour, 5 tablespoons sugar, and cinnamon. Add 2 tablespoons of butter, and pinch into the dry mixture using your fingers until the mixture is crumbly. Sprinkle over the top of the cake.
• Bake for 25 minutes in the preheated oven, until a knife inserted into the center comes out clean.