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beckms
04-08-2002, 03:49 PM
These are very lovely little coffee-cake-type things, that would be perfect for brunch or a coffee klatsch or something. They look just like the picture!

This recipe is in the new Penzey's catalogue that I just got today. It is NOT light, but I'm sure you baking geniuses could experiment with it!
The only lightening I did was to change half of the eggs to whites, and it was still very tasty and moist. I was afraid to mess with the butter in the batter, but I bet the butter in the topping could be reduced and still have the same effect.

I cut the recipe in half to make 12 cakes.




* Exported from MasterCook *

Cinnamon Crumb Cakes

Perfect for breakfast or a bedtime snack, these cakes are equally delicious with a cup of coffee or a glass of milk. This recipe makes a bunch so serve them for brunch, or put some aside in the freezer for later use.

Recipe By :
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Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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1 cup butter -- room temperature
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
4 eggs
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
TOPPING
1 cup all-purpose flour
2/3 cup brown sugar -- packed
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 cup cold butter -- cut into TB-sized pieces
cooking spray

Preheat the oven to 325.

In a large mixing bowl beat together the butter and sugar. Add the vanilla and the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.

Combine the flour and baking powder in a separate bowl and add to the rest of the ingredients.

Mix on low speed until well blended--the batter will be very thick.

Coat 2 muffin pans with cooking spray. Divide the batter evenly among the cups. This will fill them about halfway.

TOPPING

Mix together the flour, brown sugar, and cinnamon in a bowl. Add the cold butter and cut it into the dry ingredients until it resembles coarse crumbs. Do not make it too fine.

Put about 1 Tablespoon of topping over each cake using up all the topping; you will not see much of the batter.

Bake on two shelves for about 18 minutes, switching shelves after the first 10 minutes. They are done when a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

Do not overbake; start checking at about 16 minutes. Cool 5 minutes in the pans and then remove to a cooling rack.

Source:
"Penzey's Early Summer 2002 catalogue"
Yield:
"24 "

Leonard
04-08-2002, 06:33 PM
beckms: You must be a mind reader. I got this catalogue in the mail today and marked this recipe for a breakfast treat later in the week. Thanks for the review! I too will halve the recipe. The sure look delicious. Thanks!

Chefzhat
04-08-2002, 06:34 PM
Boy are you on the ball! I got this magazine today too and wanted to try this recipe! Thanks for the review!

Wonder if any of our fellow genius cooks will be able to lighten this?

beckms
04-08-2002, 07:13 PM
It just looked so tasty, and I had all the ingredients on hand.

If anyone tried this recipe with reduced butter, I would appreciate a review! They are very rich as is, even with the egg-white substitution that I did.

I'm just worried that any further tampering might result in a dense cake??

Varaile
04-08-2002, 07:40 PM
Thanks for the review! :D

I also pegged this one the day my catalog showed up!

:cool:

Little Bit
04-08-2002, 09:06 PM
I was drooling over the picture of these today. Thanks for the review. :)

AKA Lisa
04-09-2002, 10:03 AM
Hi, new here!

I just got my Penzey's catalog a day or so ago and drooled on the page with the Cinnamon Crumb Cakes! They look fantastic! Thanks for the reviews--good idea about halving the recipe.:)

lisas3575
04-09-2002, 10:07 AM
Welcome Lisa! I like your name. :p

AKA Lisa
04-09-2002, 11:10 AM
Thanks!;)

funnybone
04-09-2002, 11:33 AM
I got mine in the mail this morning, and that recipe is the first thing I looked for. Looks yummy too !

slknight
04-09-2002, 07:41 PM
[Twilight zone music] I came home from work today and my Penzey's catalog was laid open to that recipe. I wonder if DH has been lurking on the BB, or if all great minds think alike! :D These look so good, I think I might give them a try this weekend.

Welcome, Lisa! If you don't mind me asking, where in Maine are you? I think there's only one other person who posts on the BB who lives here.

Jasmine-Rose
04-09-2002, 07:49 PM
slknight, my mind often travels to Monhegan. Does that count?:D

- E.

VictoriaL
04-09-2002, 07:57 PM
Um... I figure that, with the butter count only, there are over 10 grams of fat in each of these little cakes (many staurated). So, while they look good....

I've had great success with a product called "Baking Healthy". It's by Smuckers and is a light-colored fruit puree which is an oil substitute. Works great with muffins, quick breads, even brownies when I sub it for 3/4's of the oil in the recipe. But I haven't yet found a substitute for butter. Anybody know of one?
Wouldn't it be great if they developed a butter substitute that gave the same results and taste as butter, but was actually full of vitamins and phytochemicals and other good things???;)

slknight
04-09-2002, 08:19 PM
Originally posted by Jasmine-Rose
slknight, my mind often travels to Monhegan. Does that count?:D

- E.

We'll give it to you this time.:D

Yep, of course it counts. Besides, you're in NH. So that's pretty darn close. And NH is decidedly under-represented on this BB as well.

beckms
04-09-2002, 10:13 PM
[QUOTE]Originally posted by VictoriaL
[B]Um... I figure that, with the butter count only, there are over 10 grams of fat in each of these little cakes (many staurated). So, while they look good....

PARTY POOPER!!!!:D

AKA Lisa
04-10-2002, 05:37 AM
I live in a very small town in Central Maine. It's quiet and the taxes are low. We can drive to the coast in about an hour. Not bad.


DH and I were just talking about going to Monhegan this summer on the Laura B! It looks gorgeous there!

:cool:


I'm going to make the cinnamon crumb cakes this weekend--I'll let you know how we like them. Although it's hard not to like something with a streusel topping!:D

VictoriaL
04-11-2002, 11:37 AM
Originally posted by beckms
[QUOTE]Originally posted by VictoriaL
[B]Um... I figure that, with the butter count only, there are over 10 grams of fat in each of these little cakes (many staurated). So, while they look good....

PARTY POOPER!!!!:D


I know... guilty as charged...
My problem is that I have learned (with great difficulty) that I have absolutely zero willpower. Box of cookies in the pantry-- gone in 2 days. If I made these crumb cakes, I'd eat them all. Secretly. So I just talk myself out of making anything unless it can be made low-fat and healthy. IT'S A DISEASE, dammit!!!! :rolleyes:

Leslie w
04-11-2002, 12:28 PM
For those who've made them do they taste like Drakes Coffee Cakes? If so I'll have to avoid them because I can eat an entire box of those in one sitting!

pattyp.
04-11-2002, 06:21 PM
Also got my Penzey's Catalog and am drooling over the Crumb Cakes. Can you please lighten for us CL??????????Probably have to write them.

Laura B
04-11-2002, 08:30 PM
Originally posted by AKA Lisa
DH and I were just talking about going to Monhegan this summer on the Laura B! It looks gorgeous there!


That startled me when I saw my name! There must be a boat named after me!! :D

beckms
04-11-2002, 08:45 PM
Since butter seems to be the main culprit in this recipe, does anyone have ideas for a substitute? For example, if we used half of the amount of butter called for in the recipe, but we still need some sort of moisture (also because we've cut the eggs in half), could we throw some applesauce in there or something?

I'm pretty confident that the streusel topping could be lightened quite a bit. It's just like any other streusel for an apple crisp, for which CL has many light recipes.

Maybe I'll try them again this weekend and experiment a little.

slknight
04-12-2002, 06:27 AM
Originally posted by Laura B


That startled me when I saw my name! There must be a boat named after me!! :D

Not to get too off-topic, but...

Yep! Here she is:

http://www.monheganboat.com/Image21.JPG

Check out: http://www.monheganboat.com/

Laura B
04-12-2002, 08:26 AM
Susan, thanks for posting that! How cool!

Sorry for getting too off-topic, beckms.