Thursday, November 29, 2012

Quick Orange Coffee Cake



I've found a few coffee cake recipes that I'd like to try. Coffee cake is intended to be dry and crumbly, yet somehow very delicious. Here is a Pilsbury recipe for an orange twist on coffee cake. It is delicious!!

Here is a recipe I just found for a Paula Dean Orange Coffee Cake that looks even more delicious!
Orange Coffee Cake

 Quick Orange Coffee Cake

Base
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 3 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 6 Tbsp butter
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1/2 cup sour cream
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla
  • 1 egg, beaten
Filling
  • 11 oz can mandarin orange segments, drained welll
Topping
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 2 Tbsp flour
  • 2 Tbsp butter
  • 1/4 cup chopped nuts
  • 1 tsp grated orange peel
Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour 9 inch cake pan. In medium bowl combine 2 cups flour, 1/2 cup sugar, baking powder and salt. Blend well. Using pastry blender or fork, cut in 6 Tbsp butter until mixture is crumbly. Add milk, vanilla and egg; mix well. Spread batter in prepared pan. Arrange orange segment over batter. In small bowl, combine all topping ingredients until crumbly. Sprinkle over orange segments. Bake at 350 degrees for 35 to 45 minutes. Cool and cut into squares.

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