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"night before christmas" coffee cake

Recipe by
Linda Woodham
Cleveland, AL

This is a great Christmas or Easter morning coffee cake. You have a fresh baked cake with your coffee and your house smells great. Hope you enjoy.

yield 8 -10
prep time 30 Min
cook time 30 Min
method Bake

Ingredients For "night before christmas" coffee cake

  • CAKE
  • 1/2 c
    sugar
  • 1/4 c
    butter
  • 2
    eggs beaten
  • 1/2 c
    warm milk
  • 1 pkg
    yeast (2 tbls. bulk yeast) desolved in 3 tbls. warm water
  • 3 c
    flour
  • 1 tsp
    salt
  • 1/2 tsp
    vanilla extract
  • TOPPING
  • 1 Tbsp
    cinnamon
  • 4 Tbsp
    melted butter
  • 2/3 c
    sugar
  • 1/2 c
    nuts or maraschino cherries,candied red or green cherries

How To Make "night before christmas" coffee cake

  • 1
    cream together sugar and butter
  • 2
    add eggs,milk,yeast(with warm water),flour,salt,and vanilla
  • 3
    beat all these ingredients togehter
  • 4
    then set dough aside, covered with damp cloth,let rise, until double in size.
  • 5
    when your dough has risen to double the size (this may take about 2 hours)put in 9x13-inch greased pan and spread with topping
  • 6
    now place in cold oven and leave it over night to rise.
  • 7
    the next morning turn oven on 350 degrees and bake 30 min.serve warm.
  • 8
    TOPPING
  • 9
    combine sugar,cinnamon,melted butter,and nuts or cherriers

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