Indulge in the tantalizing flavors of a delectable plum coffee cake, featuring a moist and tender crumb studded with juicy plum slices. This exceptional coffee cake is elevated by a streusel topping that harmoniously combines the sweetness of brown sugar with the aromatic warmth of cardamom. Additionally, discover a collection of equally enticing recipes, including a classic coffee cake with a simple streusel topping, a scrumptious banana coffee cake bursting with ripe banana flavor, and an indulgent sour cream coffee cake, perfect for any occasion.
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CARDAMOM STREUSEL COFFEE CAKE
When winter hangs on past its welcome, the only solution is to bake it away. This homey spiced coffee cake is good for dessert and even better at breakfast or teatime -- especially when offered while it's still warm from the oven.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Breakfast & Brunch Recipes
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Bake cardamom pods on a rimmed baking sheet until fragrant, about 10 minutes. Transfer sheet to a wire rack; let cool completely. Finely grind cardamom in a spice grinder. Pass through a large-mesh sieve; set aside.
- Make the streusel: Whisk flour, brown sugar, 3/4 teaspoon ground cardamom, and the salt in a medium bowl. Cut in butter with a pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse crumbs; set aside.
- Coat a 10-inch nonstick angel food cake pan with cooking spray; set aside.
- Make the cake: Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda, 3/4 teaspoon ground cardamom, the cinnamon, and salt into a medium bowl. Put butter and sugar into the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment; mix on medium-high speed until pale and fluffy. Reduce speed to medium. Mix in eggs, 1 at a time. Reduce speed to low. Add flour mixture in 2 batches, alternating with the yogurt. Mix in vanilla.
- Spoon half of the batter into prepared pan. Sprinkle with 2 1/2 cups streusel. Top with remaining batter. Squeeze remaining streusel into large and small clumps; sprinkle on top of batter. Bake until golden brown and a cake tester inserted into center comes out clean, 50 to 60 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack; let cool 10 to 15 minutes. Remove cake from pan by slightly raising removable center piece; invert onto baking sheet, and then reinvert onto wire rack to cool completely.
PLUM COFFEE CAKE WITH BROWN SUGAR & CARDAMOM STREUSEL
If you like plums you'll love this. A great recipe from my Fine Cooking Magazine...enjoy!!!
Provided by Doreen Fish
Categories Other Breakfast
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- 1. # Make the streusel: # Put the flour, sugar, kosher salt, and cardamom in a small mixing bowl and stir the ingredients with a fork until thoroughly combined. Drizzle the melted butter over the mixture and stir with the fork until the mixture resembles a clumpy dough. Using your fingers, break the mixture into pistachio-size clumps and large crumbs. (If the streusel is sandy and won't clump, add a little more melted butter, 1 tsp. at a time.) Refrigerate the streusel while you prepare the cake batter.
- 2. Make the cake: Position a rack in the center of the oven and heat the oven to 375°F. Lightly butter and flour an 8x8x2-inch straight-sided cake pan. Beat the eggs lightly in a small mixing bowl. Whisk in the granulated sugar, brown sugar, milk, and vanilla until well blended. Set aside. In a large mixing bowl, whisk the flour, baking powder, table salt, and cardamom until well blended. Add the butter pieces to the bowl and cut them into the flour with a pastry blender until the mixture resembles a very coarse meal strewn with pieces of butter the size of small peas and oat flakes. Add the egg mixture to the flour mixture. With a wooden spoon, fold and stir the ingredients together until it's a thick batter speckled with visible lumps of butter, 45 seconds to 1 minute. Scrape the batter into the prepared pan and spread it evenly. Break up the streusel mixture with your fingers and sprinkle half of it evenly over the batter. Arrange the plum quarters skin side down on the batter, with each piece at a 45-degree angle to the sides of the pan. Sprinkle the remaining streusel evenly over the cake. Bake the cake for 20 minutes and then rotate the pan. Continue baking until the top of the cake is golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out with a few moist crumbs clinging to it, 15 to 20 minutes more. Cool the cake in its pan on a rack for at least an hour before cutting. Serve warm or at room temperature.
PLUM STREUSEL COFFEECAKE
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350°F. and butter and flour a 9-inch round or square baking pan at least 2 inches deep.
- Make streusel:
- In a food processor pulse together streusel ingredients until combined well and crumbly.
- Make cake batter:
- In a bowl with an electric mixer beat butter with sugar until light and fluffy and add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition, and vanilla. Sift in flour with baking powder and salt and beat until just combined.
- Spread cake batter in pan, smoothing top, and arrange plum slices over it in slightly overlapping concentric circles. Sprinkle streusel over plum slices and bake cake in middle of oven 1 hour, or until a tester comes out clean. Coffeecake may be made 1 week ahead: Cool cake completely in pan on a rack and freeze, wrapped well in plastic wrap and foil. Reheat cake, unwrapped but not thawed, in a preheated 350°F. oven until heated through, 35 to 40 minutes. Cool cake slightly on a rack and sift confectioners' sugar over it. Serve coffeecake warm or at room temperature.
PLUM CAKE
Italian plums are good to eat, but even better to bake with. They aren't quite as juicy or sweet as their American cousins, but they keep their shape well and their skin adds a gorgeous purple color to tarts and cakes. The brown sugar cake batter and sweet crumb topping are a perfect complement to the not-too-sweet fruit. It is great for breakfast with a cup of tea and/or with ice cream after dinner. This is a cake that also seems to get better the second day, if there is any left.
Provided by Food Network
Categories dessert
Time 2h5m
Yield One 8-inch cake
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- To make the cake: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease an 8-inch springform pan with butter.
- In a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, cream together the butter and brown sugar, until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add the eggs, one at a time, scraping down the bowl after each. Mix in the zest and vanilla. In a separate bowl whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt. Add the dry ingredients to the butter/sugar mixture and mix on low speed until just combined. Spread half of the batter into the prepared pan.
- Place half of the cut plums on the batter, cut-side up. Spread the remaining batter over the plums. Spread the batter into an even layer and top with remaining plums.
- To make the topping: In a bowl, mix together the flour, sugar, salt, cinnamon and melted butter. You may have to mix it with your hands to get all the butter incorporated.
- Spread the crumb topping over the plums evenly.
- Place the cake on two stacked cookie sheets, to prevent the bottom from getting too brown during the long baking time. Bake for about 1 hour 15 minutes or until a tester come out clean. Cool on a rack.
- Serve it slightly warm or at room temperature.
Tips:
- To make sure your cake is evenly cooked, use a toothpick to check the center. It should come out clean when it's done.
- If you don't have a food processor, you can mix the streusel topping by hand. Just be sure to use a fork or pastry blender to cut the butter into the flour and sugar until it resembles coarse crumbs.
- For a sweeter streusel, add an extra 1/4 cup of brown sugar.
- If you don't have cardamom, you can substitute cinnamon or nutmeg.
- Serve the coffee cake warm with a dollop of whipped cream or ice cream.
Conclusion:
This plum coffee cake is the perfect way to start your day or enjoy as a sweet treat. It's moist and flavorful, with a delicious streusel topping that adds a touch of sweetness and crunch. The cardamom gives the cake a unique and exotic flavor that will leave you wanting more. So next time you're looking for a delicious and easy-to-make coffee cake, give this plum coffee cake a try. You won't be disappointed!
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