Best Cinnamon Date Coffeecake Recipes

CINNAMON DATE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• In a small saucepan, place dates and add water just to cover. Bring to a boil and remove from heat. Drain dates and place in food processor. Blend until dates have a paste-like consistency.
• In a large bowl add all dry ingredients and mix gently with a fork. Add butter, eggs, and warm dates. Beat with hand mixer until all ingredients are thoroughly blended.
• Pour ingredients into a greased and lightly floured metal pan. Bake for 40 minutes or until inserted knife or skewer comes out clean.

OLD FASHIONED COFFEE CAKE WITH CINNAMON-STREUSEL TOPPING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9x13-inch baking dish; set aside.
• Prepare cinnamon layer by stirring brown sugar, flour, and cinnamon together in a small bowl until well combined; set aside.
• Prepare streusel topping by combining brown sugar, flour, cinnamon, and salt in a small bowl. Add butter and stir with a fork until mixture is crumbly; set aside.
• Prepare cake by whisking together flour, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl.
• Beat sugar and butter in a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment on medium speed until fluffy, about 3 minutes. Scrape the sides of the bowl, then turn the mixer on low speed and beat in eggs until well blended. Gradually mix in flour mixture and milk. Add sour cream and vanilla and beat for 30 seconds.
• Pour 1/2 of the batter into the prepared baking dish. Sprinkle the cinnamon layer over the batter, then pour the remaining batter over top. Spread streusel topping evenly over the cake, pressing very lightly so it adheres to the batter.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 40 to 50 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool completely before serving, about 30 minutes.

CINNAMON COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and 2 cups sugar until light fluffy. Add 1 egg at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Combine flour, baking soda and salt; add alternately with sour cream, beating just enough after each addition to keep batter smooth. , Spoon a third of batter into a greased 10-in. tube pan. Combine cinnamon, nuts and remaining sugar; sprinkle a third over batter in pan. Repeat layers 2 more times. Bake at 350° for 60-65 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 15 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely.

CINNAMON COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease an 8-inch square baking pan. In a medium bowl, combine flour, 3/4 cup sugar, baking powder, and salt. Using a pastry cutter or two knives, cut in shortening until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Put 1/2 cup of the mixture in a small bowl, stir in remaining 2 tablespoons sugar and cinnamon, and set aside. Stir egg and milk into remaining flour mixture.
• Spoon batter into the prepared pan, and smooth the surface. Pour melted butter over the top. Sprinkle reserved crumb mixture evenly over the butter. Bake the cake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 35 minutes.

CINNAMON DATE COFFEECAKE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Prepare your pan. You can either put this into an 8" cake pan or on a parchment lined baking sheet. It will spread out more on the baking sheet, up more in the cake pan. Rub crisco or oil into the cake pan if using. I usually cut a piece of parchment to fit in it.
• 2. In one mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, salt and baking powder. Cut the butter in with a pastry cutter or your fingers. In another smaller mixing bowl mix the milk and egg together. Pour this into the bowl with the flour mixture and mix with a fork until a cohesive dough. If it seems too dry to come together, add a teaspoon of milk at a time until it works. Pull it out onto a floured surface and knead lightly 2-3 times. Set aside.
• 3. Rinse out the egg bowl and to it put the chopped dates (they do love to stick to the knife), brown sugar and rum or vanilla. Mix this up with a fork. Set aside. Have soft butter ready.
• 4. On a floured surface, roll out the dough into a rectangle about 8" x 14". There will be stickiness. Just add sprinkles of flour as needed. Spread the soft butter over the surface. Sprinkle the brown sugar date mixture over the butter. When done you can sprinkle on chopped nuts if you are using. (I once even added chopped fresh cranberries I had on hand. You could add chocolate chips, apricots or all kinds of things.)
• 5. Roll up the dough from one of the long sides. You may have to use the help of a bench scraper or spatula to help it when sticking to counter. When rolled, pinch the long edge shut. Gently roll back and forth a little pressing gently. You will have a snake like tube now. Slice this tube in half the long way, so you have 2 long half tubes, cut sides up. Pinch one of the ends together and now pick each half up gently and twist them around each other, picking up the right side and laying over the left one, now take the new right one and cross over the left one, etc. Try to keep the cut side up. When done, form a circle by pinching the 2 ends together to make a ring. You can bake it just like this. Or once I added some sprinkles of streusel and sliced almonds on top before baking.
• 6. Put into the hot oven and bake for 25-30 minutes, keeping an eye. When it is barely golden brown, take it out. You can glaze with a powdered sugar/milk mixture if you like. Or a light glaze made with powdered sugar, milk, a teaspoon of butter and a few drops of vanilla. Speaking of vanilla, if you dont want rum in the cake, but a teaspoon of vanilla in instead.