Moravian Sugar Cake Authentic Recipes

Steps:

• To proof yeast, add a pinch of sugar to the yeast in lukewarm water (hot water will kill the yeast action). If it foams, it is good.
• In large mixing bowl, cream eggs, salt, sugar & shortening till smooth.
• Gradually add warm milk & mashed potatoes, stirring a bit. Then add yeast, mixing well. Add flour, a cup at a time, until dough is stiff enough to turn out on a floured board.
• Knead dough until soft & spongy (about 10-15 minutes by hand, or if done in a food processor, mix until it forms a ball). Place in large greased bowl in a draft free, warm place & cover with a damp towel. Let dough double in size (approx. 2-3 hours).
• Punch down and divide dough.
• Place in greased pie pans or large cookie sheets, cover & let double in size again (approx. 1 ½ hrs.).
• Spread melted butter on top of cakes, punching holes in dough about 1 inch apart with fingers. Be careful not to punch down to bottom of pan but only half way down. Mix the topping thoroughly & pour into holes in the dough.
• Sprinkle remaining crumbs over top & sprinkle with cinnamon.
• Bake in pre-heated oven at 350 for 20 minutes or until golden & fully baked on the bottom. Serve warm.

Steps:

• Sprinkle yeast and 1/2 teaspoon sugar into the 1/2 cup of warm water.
• Set aside until yeast bubbles, and mixture is foamy.
• Add the next 7 ingredients, and about 1 cup of flour. (note: The instant mashed potatoes are used as dry flakes the way they come from the package).
• Beat with a wooden spoon.
• Add remaining flour or a little more if needed, until bread dough consistency.
• Place in a greased bowl and turn it to coat.
• Dot dough with butter, and let it rise until double in size, about 1 hour.
• Then, punch dough down, and place in a greased shallow baking pan (about 17 x 12 inches) Let rise 30 minutes, then sprinkle with brown sugar and cinnamon. Note: one reviewer commented "The 3 cups flour became about 7 to make it a workable dough. Must be an error in the recipe" There is no mistake in the recipe; this is a cake with a soft dough, not a bread. The term "workable" does not apply here; the soft dough will rise right in the pan. This is not a bread where you are continually kneading it into something that must be shaped. Had the reviewer simply patted it into the pan and let it rise in the pan it should have been fine. The mistake was adding all that extra flour and treating it like a bread.
• Now the fun begins.
• As if you're playing the piano, punch your fingers into the dough making indentations.
• Pour on remaining 1/2 cup of butter, and let dough rise another 30 minutes.
• Bake in a preheated 375ºF for 12 to 15 minutes until golden brown.
• Serve warm or at room temperature.

Steps:

• Make the dough:
• In a small saucepan combine the potato, peeled and cut into 1-inch pieces, with enough water to cover it by 1 inch and simmer it, covered, for 10 to 15 minutes, or until it is very tender. Drain the potato well, force it through a ricer into a bowl, and stir in 2 tablespoons of the water. In a small bowl proof the yeast in the remaining 1/2 cup water for 5 minutes, or until the mixture is foamy. In a large bowl stir together well the yeast mixture, the mashed potato, the sugar, the butter, the egg, and the salt, add 2 1/2 cups of the flour, and stir the dough until it is combined well. Turn the dough out onto a floured surface and knead it for 8 to 10 minutes, adding as much of the remaining 1/2 cup flour as is necessary to form a smooth and elastic dough. Transfer the dough to a buttered large bowl, turning it to coat it with the butter, let it rise, covered with plastic wrap, in a warm place for 1 1/2 to 2 hours, or until it is double in bulk, and punch it down. The dough may be made 1 day in advance and kept covered and chilled. Bring the dough to room temperature before continuing with the recipe.
• Preheat the oven to 400°F. Press the dough evenly in a buttered 13- by 9-inch baking pan and let it rise, covered with a kitchen towel, in a warm place for 30 to 45 minutes, or until it is puffed. Make indentations all over the top of the dough with your thumb and scatter the butter over the dough. In a small bowl stir together the brown sugar and the cinnamon and sprinkle the mixture evenly over the dough. Bake the cake in the middle of the oven for 20 to 25 minutes, or until it is dark brown and cooked through. Let the cake cool for 5 minutes and cut it into squares.

Steps:

• Mash potatoes thoroughly in large Tupperware fix and mix bowl (a very large mixing bowl).
• Do not season.
• Stir sugar into hot potatoes.
• Dissolve yeast into potato water. Water should be between 105-115 degrees. I cool mine with ice cubes when necessary. If the water is too hot, it will kill the yeast.
• Melt shortening in microwave and add to potato mixture.
• Then add all the remaining ingredients, salt, eggs, yeast, and flour. Just stir until flour is mixed in, Do not over-stir.
• Cover bowl with a towel and let rise in a warm place until double in size. I just wait until it reaches the top of my large mixing bowl.
• After dough is raised, divide it into 6 greased and floured 9 inch square or 9 inch round pans. Allow dough to rise again until double (about an hour or so).
• Mix the brown sugar and cinnamon in a bowl.
• Sprinkle tops of cake liberally with brown sugar and cinnamon. Use your finger and poke holes into dough (but don't push so deep that you poke all the way through the dough) and fill these holes with melted oleo (I usually melt one stick to do this).
• Bake three cakes at a time at 350 degrees for 20 minutes or until dough is done.

Steps:

• Grease 13x9-inch pan.
• In a large bowl, dissolve yeast from hot roll mix in warm water.
• Stir in half of flour from hot roll mix and remaining ingredients; beat 2 minutes at medium speed.
• Stir in remaining flour from hot roll mix; beat well.
• Cover loolely with plastic wrap and cloth until light and doubled in size, about 45 minutes.
• Stir down dough; spread in prepared pan.
• Cover; let rise in warm place until light and doubled in size, about 45 minutes.
• Heat oven to 375*.
• Make small pockets in dough by pressing lightly with floured fingertip.
• Sprinkle brown sugar-cinnamin mixture over dough.
• Drizzle with melted margarine; sprinkle with nuts.
• Bake at 375* for 15 to 20 minutes or until golden brown.

Steps:

• Place dough ingredients in bread pan, select Dough setting and press Start.
• When dough has risen long enough, the machine will beep.
• Turn off bread machine, remove bread pan, and turn out dough onto a floured countertop.
• Grease a 15x10x1 inch jelly-roll pan or 16x12x1 inch baking pan.
• Place dough in pan; gently stretching it, press it evenly into pan.
• Cover and let rise in warm oven 30 to 45 minues until doubled.
• In small bowl, combine brown sugar and cinnamon for the topping.
• With 2 fingers, poke deep holes all over the dough.
• Sprinkle sugar mixture evenly over dough.
• Drizzle melted butter on top.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Bake for 20 to 25 minutes until golden brown.
• Remove from oven, place on serving plate.
• Serve warm without icing or allow coffee cake to cool sightly and combine the confectioners' sugar and milk for the icing and drizzle on top of cooled coffee cake.