Cinnamon Date Coffeecake Recipes

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.

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.

Steps:

• For the fruit: Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) and grease a 9-inch square baking pan and another pan large enough for the fruit with cooking spray.
• Add the cinnamon sticks to the pan and nestle in the fruit, cut side up. In a small bowl, stir together the butter, syrup, orange zest and juice and vanilla extract and pour over the fruit.
• For the streusel: Mix together the brown sugar, flour, cinnamon, cocoa powder, salt and pecan pieces, if using, in a small bowl. Pour over the melted butter and rub the mixture together with your fingers until crumbly and well combined.
• For the cake: Use a hand or stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment to cream the butter and sugars together until pale and fluffy, 1 to 2 minutes. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition, then stir in the vanilla extract and yogurt.
• Whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt in a medium bowl. Add the dry ingredients to the wet and stir just to combine.
• Spread a little less than half of the cake batter into the 9-inch pan. Scatter with half of the streusel mixture then carefully cover with the remaining cake batter. Sprinkle with the remaining streusel.
• Bake the cake and the fruit for 30 to 35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean and the fruit is cooked down and soft. Set aside to cool slightly or all the way to room temperature
• To serve, cut the cake into squares and serve topped with the roasted fruit.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Lightly grease and flour a 9x5 inch baking pan.
• In a large bowl, combine brown sugar, white sugar and flour. Stir in melted butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Add vanilla extract. Mix in baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon and ginger. Reserve 1/4 cup this mixture to be used as topping.
• In a separate bowl, beat together egg and buttermilk; stir slowly into flour mixture. Pour batter into prepared pan. Sprinkle batter with reserved topping.
• Bake in preheated oven for 20 to 30 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into center of the cake comes out clean. Sprinkle with powdered sugar and serve.