"night before christmas" coffee cake

45 Pinches
Cleveland, AL
Updated on Apr 10, 2014

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.

prep time 30 Min
cook time 30 Min
method Bake
yield 8-10 serving(s)

Ingredients

  • CAKE
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1/4 cup butter
  • 2 - eggs beaten
  • 1/2 cup warm milk
  • 1 package yeast (2 tbls. bulk yeast) desolved in 3 tbls. warm water
  • 3 cups flour
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • TOPPING
  • 1 tablespoon cinnamon
  • 4 tablespoons melted butter
  • 2/3 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup nuts or maraschino cherries,candied red or green cherries

How To Make "night before christmas" coffee cake

  • Step 1
    cream together sugar and butter
  • Step 2
    add eggs,milk,yeast(with warm water),flour,salt,and vanilla
  • Step 3
    beat all these ingredients togehter
  • Step 4
    then set dough aside, covered with damp cloth,let rise, until double in size.
  • Step 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
  • Step 6
    now place in cold oven and leave it over night to rise.
  • Step 7
    the next morning turn oven on 350 degrees and bake 30 min.serve warm.
  • Step 8
    TOPPING
  • Step 9
    combine sugar,cinnamon,melted butter,and nuts or cherriers

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