| Level: | Intermediate |
| Total: | 55 min |
| Prep: | 25 min |
| Inactive: | 10 min |
| Cook: | 20 min |
| Yield: | 4 coffeecakes |
Ingredients
- 12 tablespoons butter
- 2 cups milk
- 1 (2-ounce) yeast cake
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground cardamom
- 6 cups flour
- 6 tablespoons butter or margarine, softened
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 tablespoon cinnamon
- 1/2 cup chopped or ground almonds
- 1 egg, beaten
- 1/2 cup pearl sugar
- 1/2 cup chopped almonds
Instructions
- Melt butter in saucepan. Add milk and remove from heat. Crumble yeast into a large mixing bowl. In a small bowl, mix together sugar and cardamom. Add sugar cardamom mixture to the yeast and add milk mixture. Stir in the flour a little at a time and work dough until smooth and shiny. Cover and let rise for 10 minutes.
- To make the filling, combine butter, sugar, cinnamon and nuts.
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
- Turn dough out onto a board and knead well. Divide into 4 parts. Roll each piece into a 14 by 8-inch rectangle. Spread with filling. Roll up from the long side and place on a baking sheet. Clip each at 1-inch intervals with a scissors held perpendicular to the top. Pull each cut out to the sides, alternately, to make a pattern exposing the filling. Brush with beaten egg and sprinkle with pearl sugar and chopped almonds.
- Bake for 15 to 20 minutes. Do not overbrown
Nutrition Facts
| Serving Size | 1 of 4 servings |
| Calories | 1791 |
| Total Fat | 75 g |
| Saturated Fat | 37 g |
| Carbohydrates | 250 g |
| Dietary Fiber | 13 g |
| Sugar | 95 g |
| Protein | 37 g |
| Cholesterol | 190 mg |
| Sodium | 87 mg |
Reviews
In search of the perfect coffee cake,I did add 4 eggs to this recipe and next time I would add almond extract. The texture turned out very good. I wasn’t sure about letting them rise before baking so I did let them rise for over an hour. I divided the filling to make 4 coffee cakes and there was not enough in the first one so I used the rest of the almond filling in coffee cake #2. #3 became hazelnut and #4 apricot. Added confectioner sugar icing to all. They all turned out really good.