Kuchen means "cake" in German, and refers to a variety of cakes. This kuchen, which was my grandmother's recipe, is a coffee cake with veins and pockets of baked-in cinnamon and sugar. My mother traditionally baked this cake for the holiday of Shavuot, but my family and friends like it so much that I make it all year round. If you are looking for an excellent, dairy, coffee cake and you are not looking to count calories, then this is the cake to bake!
Ingredients:
- 6 ounces (170 grams) butter, room temperature
- 1 pound (450 grams) cake flour
- 6 ounces (170 grams) sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup milk
- 8 ounces (250 grams) sour cream
- 1 1/3 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons cinnamon (or according to taste)
- 2.5 ounces (75 grams) butter, melted
Preparation:
1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit (190 degrees Celsius).
2. Rub the butter into the flour until the mixture resembles bread crumbs.
3. Add the sugar and the baking powder. Stir to mix.
4. Make a well in the center of the mixture. Put the eggs, milk and sour cream into the well.
5. With a wooden spoon, slowly begin mixing the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients until the mixture is combined.
6. Grease a large loaf tin. In a small bowl, combine cinnamon and sugar. In another small bowl, melt butter.
7. Spread half the mixture into the bottom of the loaf tin.
8. Drizzle half of the melted butter over the mixture in the loaf pan. Then sprinkle half of the cinnamon and sugar mixture on top of that.
9. Spread the remaining half of the batter on top of the cinnamon and sugar. Then top this with the remaining melted butter, followed by the remaining cinnamon and sugar.
10. Bake for approximately half an hour, or until a knife inserted into the center comes out clean. Be careful not to overcook as this makes the cake dry.
2. Rub the butter into the flour until the mixture resembles bread crumbs.
3. Add the sugar and the baking powder. Stir to mix.
4. Make a well in the center of the mixture. Put the eggs, milk and sour cream into the well.
5. With a wooden spoon, slowly begin mixing the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients until the mixture is combined.
6. Grease a large loaf tin. In a small bowl, combine cinnamon and sugar. In another small bowl, melt butter.
7. Spread half the mixture into the bottom of the loaf tin.
8. Drizzle half of the melted butter over the mixture in the loaf pan. Then sprinkle half of the cinnamon and sugar mixture on top of that.
9. Spread the remaining half of the batter on top of the cinnamon and sugar. Then top this with the remaining melted butter, followed by the remaining cinnamon and sugar.
10. Bake for approximately half an hour, or until a knife inserted into the center comes out clean. Be careful not to overcook as this makes the cake dry.
