Coffee Cake

Ingredients

• 2 cups lukewarm milk
• 1 1/2 yeastcakes
• 1/4 cup water
• 2 cups flour
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup melted butter
• 1/2 cup sugar
• grated rind of 1 lemon

Method

1. 1

   Dissolve yeast in water and beat with flour, then set aside in a warm place.

2. 2

   Add eggs, salt, melted butter, sugar, and enough flour to make a kneadable dough.

3. 3

   Knead until elastic for 25 minutes, then set aside to rise.

4. 4

   Cut down, place in a pan with dough 1.5 inches thick, let rise until double, brush with melted butter, and sprinkle with chopped blanched almonds.

5. 5

   Bake in a moderate oven.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Gancel's culinary encyclopedia of modern cooking (1920) by J. Gancel, page 191. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

coffee cakes Make a stiff dough from 1 lb. of flour, 2 ounces of yeast, a pinch of salt, ~y2 ounces of sugar, a pinch of ground mace, grated lemon rind, 2 eggs, and lukewarm milk. Set to prove; when double its volume, work 2 ounces butter into it heating the dough well to admit plenty of air. When it ceases to adhere to the hand, it is ready for use. According to the amount of goods to be made, this dough can be increased to the quan¬ tity needed. Make small rolls, sprinkle with chopped blanched almonds, coarse granulated sugar or both almonds and sugar together, or cocoanut, etc. The forms may be oval w. pointed ends “S” shape, snails and others. When they are moulded, set on greased pans and let rise; wash them over w. an egg, wash and sprinkle w. sugar or almonds, etc. Some may be only washed and when baked can be iced w. water icing, while they are hot. Must rise double its size. Baked in warm oven. Divers special names of rolls Breakfast, Finger, French, Crescent, Graham, # Gra¬ ham Gems, Milk, Parkerhouse, Rye, Vienna. FANCY ROLLS EASILY MADE AT HOME Coffee Cake 2 cups lukewarm milk, l1/^ yeastcakes dissolved in 14 cup water, beat 2 cups flour and set aside in a — 391 — GANCEL’S CULINARY ENCYCLOPEDIA warm place. Add 2 eggs or 4 yolks well beaten, Itea- spoon salt, y2 cup melted butter, y3 cup sugar, grated rind of 1 lemon

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