Use a loaf tin for best effects, commanded another. Chequered lumps of batter and at least three layers, instructed the third. Off onto the YouTube I went and marvelled at assorted zebra cakes, dainty Japanese marbled sponges, swirly pink veins running through pound cakes.Īfter about two hours of blissful time wasting found the relatively boring, two-colour butter cake that I was after. I set out to make the cinnamon marble cake and recalled an abysmally failed marbling from a couple of years back – a massive clump of white batter was sitting on top of the dark, or the other way round. Still the old YouTube is hugely useful like that, provided you trust the source. Presumably they need a couple of retakes, so must they yank the slabs out of the mortar again or do they end up with the whole back garden paved over? It makes me wonder though when all those people find time to film themselves repointing paving slabs on the patio. How did we ever manage in the times before YouTube? I was holding the scissors at a wrong angle – and the scissors were probably not as sharp as the ones in the video. It turns out I’ve been doing it wrong for years, starting with the name (it’s ‘bangs’, silly). Recently I looked up ‘how to trim your fringe’ and it was a revelation. Starting from ‘how to fix your lawnmower’ and featuring separate videos for all makes, through to ‘how to crochet’, ‘how to make slime’ (wtf?) and ‘how to thread a needle’ – or eyebrows. Practically all possible ‘how-tos’ can be found on YouTube. There are a lot of ideas to try.Half a buttery, tender plain pound cake, half chocolaty, cinnamony, fudgy perfection - swirled into a gorgeous marble cake. A personal favorite is a hot cup of tea and a slice of cake on a cold winter morning!īrowse all of my breakfast recipes to find a delicious dish to serve with it.It goes perfectly with any hot drink like coffee, tea, etc….I love having a slice of coffee cake for breakfast, along with my mini ham and cheese quiche. Let it cool completely, so it doesn’t crumble when you cut and serve.Or until the cake is set and is pulling away from the edges.Place in oven and bake for 25-35 minutes.Pour the remaining batter on and sprinkle with the remaining sugar.Sprinkle ½ of the brown sugar mix over the cake in the pan.Once the cake is made and mixed for 7 minutes, pour half of the batter into the greased 9×13 metal pan.Meanwhile, mix brown sugar and cinnamon in a bowl.Mix all the ingredients for the cake in a mixer for 7 minutes.Preheat oven to 350 grease a 9×13 metal pan.I can promise with just a few simple ingredients, you are on your way to cake perfection.Īnytime I give this recipe to a friend or neighbor, they always, and yes, I mean always, say, “this is the best coffee cake” or “I never knew it was this good.” I have given away the recipe more times than I remember. It is usually served with coffee or tea for breakfast, but I love it as a snack cake. There are many variations, and this recipe is made easy with a cake mix. What is coffee cake?Ĭoffee cake is a sweet, dense cake with a cinnamon sugar crumb topping. Oh, were we wrong! Shelia gave the recipe to my mom, and we were shocked to find out how simple and easy it was. From the taste of it, one would have assumed she worked on it for hours, slaving away in the kitchen till the wee hours of the night making this delicious treat. Shelia Augustine was a gem, and on top of that, she made the best sweet treats EVER! Every camping trip was adorned with her goodies, half of why I loved going.īut their most coveted recipe of hers was this one. I had the best childhood, and many of those memories were with my parent’s dearest friends: the Augustines, Vilhauer, and Gotschall. I call this recipe “Shelia’s Breakfast Cake” because my mom’s dear friend Shelia always made it for us and gave my mom the recipe. Trust me – everyone will want a second slice of this breakfast treat. Use a yellow cake mix and add a homemade topping no one will ever guess you didn’t make it from scratch. A tender, soft coffee cake does not need to be challenging to make friends.
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