Coffee cake

Easy coffee cake recipe that should turn out nice and moist. You can vary the cake by using different jams (or even omitting the jam) each time you bake this cake.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit

1 recipe pancake batter, prepared according to instructions below plus extra 1/8 c. milk and TBSP baking powder.

1 c. slivered almonds or chopped walnuts
1 small (8 oz.) jar of preserves (apricot goes really nicely either the walnuts or almonds

Streusel mixture:
1 TBSP brown rice flour
2 TBSP butter
2 TBSP brown sugar
1. tsp cinnamon

1 TBSP brown sugar

Mix the rice flour, butter, cinnamon and sugar. When well mixed, Refrigerate until chilled and crumble into small pieces.

Prepare one recipe of pancake batter with the extra milk and baking powder according to the instructions (below). Grease a 9 inch cake round and pour the batter in. You can also line the bottom of the pan with parchment paper instead of greasing, but you will want to grease the sides. Mix half of the almonds in with the batter. Pour the batter into the pan. Spoon the preserves into the batter, trying not to concentrate them too much in one area.
Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for about 8 minutes, and sprinkle the flour-cinnamon-sugar-butter mixture over the top. The batter should still be moist on top so that the streusel mixture sinks into the batter a little but doesn't disappear.
Bake for an additional 10 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean and cake is browned lightly on top. Sprinkle the remaining TBSP of brown sugar over the top and allow to cool.


Another thing you can do is put a light glaze over the coffee cake, either in addition to or instead of the streusel. You will want to wait until the cake has cooled before drizzling this glaze over the top of it:

2 TBSP butter, room temp
juice from a lemon
3 TBSP powdered sugar
1 tsp. cinnamon

Mix the butter, lemon juice, powdered sugar and cinnamon into a paste. Microwave for a few seconds to make it easy to drizzle over the coffee cake. You can throw a small handful of slivered almonds on top of the coffee cake before drizzling the glaze over it for a very dramatic looking coffee cake.