Crab-filled manicotti shells topped with Alfredo sauce create an excellent lunch for a large group of people.
| Prep Time: | 15 mins |
| Cook Time: | 35 mins |
| Additional Time: | 30 mins |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 20 mins |
| Servings: | 8 |
| Yield: | 8 servings |
Ingredients
- 1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup butter
- ¾ cup white sugar
- 2 eggs
- ½ cup milk
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 teaspoons instant coffee granules
- 2 tablespoons boiling water
- 2 tablespoons cinnamon sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease an 8×8 inch baking pan.
- Sift the flour, baking powder, and salt into a large bowl. Use and electric mixer to beat the butter and sugar in a separate large bowl until light and fluffy. One at a time, beat the eggs into the butter mixture. Beat in 1/2 of the flour mixture, the milk, and the remaining flour. Mix well after each addition. Stir in vanilla extract.
- Transfer about 1/3 of the batter to a small bowl. Dissolve the instant coffee granules in 2 tablespoons of boiling water. Stir the coffee liquid into the small bowl of batter.
- Spoon 1/2 of the vanilla batter into the prepared baking pan, top with the coffee batter. Spoon the remaining vanilla batter over the coffee layer. Use a butter knife to gently swirl the batters together.
- Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 35 to 40 minutes. Cool on wire rack for 30 minutes. Dust cooled cake with cinnamon sugar.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 316 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 44 g |
| Cholesterol | 78 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 5 g |
| Saturated Fat | 8 g |
| Sodium | 374 mg |
| Sugars | 20 g |
| Fat | 13 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Marbled Tea Cake by Lekshmi Remesh. No cinnamon-sugar on top. Lightly sweet. Maybeee a glaze, if again – or not ~E.
3.27.20 … I overbaked this so it was a bit dry, but it was a hit with the co-habitators around here. Those 2T water for the coffee seemed a bit much; really thinned the batter. I like cinnamon & coffee, but not so much together; hence, no cinnamon-sugar on top. It’s lightly sweet. ‘Think a glaze would be nice, but E said that would make it too sweet.
Good, light flavor. I followed the recipe as written and was happy with the results.
This went very well! I did not use instant coffee and I made this in a bundt pan. After 35 minutes, I used a mixture of coffee, cinnamon, nutmeg, ground cloves, melted butter, milk, and confectioners sugar and poured it over the top. It took another 25 minutes to finish baking. After I flipped it, I sifted the same cinnamon/nutmeg/cloves/sugar mixture over the top of the cake. The bottom had caramelized. It was moist, just the right amount of sweetness and had a perfect flavor. Will definitely be making again!
Good recipe. I followed it exactly and thought it was really flavorful. I topped mine with a coffee glaze which really made it full of coffee flavor!
I made this during a family party and everyone loved it! But I changed instead of the coffee on the top, i add a cup of coffee to the rest of the batter.