One of my favorite breakfast treats when I was growing up was my mother’s coffee cake. Who knows whether it’s the crumbly texture, the rich buttery goodness or the little crunchy bits of streusel with nuts on top that make it such a wonderful morning treat, but it is wonderful indeed. I woke up on a slushy winter morning this week with a load of firewood to stack, and decided the occasion called for a coffee cake. However, no ordinary coffee cake would do. I wanted something where I could honestly say, “This is not your mother’s coffee cake,” so I got out my cookbooks and got inventive. I modified a recipe from The Joy of Cooking by adding frozen cherries and lots of bits of chopped up chocolate I had around. Then I even went so far as to add cocoa nibs. It was decadent. It was wild. It was the perfect thing to come inside to from stacking wood in the slush and snow.
Here I will share the recipe for those of you needing a Winter hibernation treat
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees and butter a 8X8 pan.
Sift the following ingredients in a mixing bowl:
2 cups wheat flour
2/3 cup sugar
¾ tsp baking powder
¾ tsp baking soda
½ Tsp salt
½ tsp nutmeg
1 tsp cinnamon
¼ tsp mace
Combine in another bowl:
½ cup melted butter
1 beaten egg
½ cup yoghurt
1/3 cup brown rice syrup
½ cup frozen cherries
Stir together until just blended and spread into the pan.
Then mix up your streusel topping by blending until crumbly:
4 tbsp rice flour
4 tbsp butter
10 tbsp brown sugar
Stir in:
½ tsp cinnamon
½ cup chopped up chocolate
¼ cup cocoa nibs
Spread streusel over the top and bake 35 minutes.
Curl up by a warm stove with a big square topped in melting butter and enjoy!
Something warm and wonderful on this cold, cold, day………..thanks for the recipe, it looks so yummy, and I loved the doily and candle in the picture……..you made it so pretty (the table) again, thanks
That sounds divine! Must try. 🙂 Thanks so much for posting your recipe!
Oh oh oh I need to make this!! Like right now!!! It may be only 9am, but coffee and coffee in the form of sugary cake—- even better!
I so love your blog, your shop and you offerings to the bloggy world.
I gain great inspiration for visiting ;P
Blessings,
Samantha (Woodland Woolens)
Thanks Samantha. There is nothing like coffee and sugary cake on a cold morning 🙂