German Coffee Cake

Ingredients

• a piece of bun dough
• granulated sugar
• cinnamon
• melted butter
• sliced sour apple (optional)
• preserves, jam, or jelly (optional)

Method

1. 1

   Roll a piece of bun dough into a sheet half an inch thick, lay on a shallow baking pan, cover with granulated sugar, cinnamon, and melted butter.

2. 2

   Let rise for 2 hours until very light, then bake in a moderate oven.

3. 3

   Optionally, sliced sour apple can be laid over the cake when light, or the sugar, cinnamon, and butter can be omitted, and the cake spread with preserves before baking.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from The art of cookery (1899) by Emma P. Ewing, page 89. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

German Coffee Cake. — Roll a piece of bun dough after it has risen the second time into a sheet half an inch thick, lay on a shallow baking pan, cover with granulated sugar, then with cinnamon, and lastly with melted butter

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