Basic Orange-Cardamom Coffee Cake

Name: Basic Orange-Cardamom Coffee Cake
Yield: Serves 9
Ingredients: ¾ cup packed (5¼ ounces), dark brown sugar; 1 tablespoon, ground cinnamon; ½ teaspoon, table salt; ½ cup (2½ ounces), all-purpose flour; 4 tablespoons, unsalted butter, melted; 2¼ cups (11¼ ounces), all-purpose flour; 1¼ cups (8¾ ounces), granulated sugar; 1 tablespoon, grated orange zest; 1¼ teaspoons, baking powder; ½ teaspoon, baking soda; 1 teaspoon, ground cardamom; ¾ teaspoon, table salt; 12 tablespoons, unsalted butter, melted; 1 , large egg plus 1 large yolk, lightly beaten; 2 teaspoons, vanilla extract; 1 cup, whole milk

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Appears in Cook's Country October/November 2021

Desserts or Baked Goods

Breakfast & Brunch

Cakes

This pantry-friendly breakfast treat is a snap to make and perfect for a cozy weekend morning.

SERVES9

TIME1¼ hours, plus 30 minutes cooling

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Coffee cake as we know it today is a crumbly, sweet treat with layers of streusel. Unlike yeast-leavened breakfast pastries that require long rising times or those baked in special pans, this chemically leavened version of coffee cake comes...

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