Orange Coffee Cake Ring Recipes

ORANGE COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in orange juice and zest. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with milk, beating well after each addition. , Pour into a greased 9-in. square baking dish. For topping, combine sugar and cinnamon; sprinkle over batter. Drizzle with butter. Bake at 375° for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack.

ORANGE-GLAZED COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• In large bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water and let stand til foamy, about 5-10 minutes.
• Stir warm milk, orange juice, sugar, ricotta, orange zest, salt, and egg into the yeast mixture.
• Using the paddle attachment, beat 2 cups flour on low speed into the yeast mixture until a wet dough forms.
• Beat in the remaining dough, 1/2 cup at a time, until a stiff dough forms.
• Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth and elastic, about 5-10 minutes, adding more flour as needed to prevent sticking.
• Place dough into a large greased bowl, turn to coat.
• Cover loosely with a damp towel or cloth and let rise in a warm place til doubled in bulk, about 1 1/2 hours.
• Grease a 10" springform pan.
• Punch down dough and turn out onto a lightly floured surface and knead for 1 to 2 minutes.
• Divide the dough into 3 equal pieces and roll each piece into 20" long ropes.
• Braid the ropes together.
• Coil braided dough into prepared pan and tuck ends under.
• Cover loosely with a damp towel and let rise again til almost doubled, about 30 minutes.
• Brush dough with the glaze.
• Bake in 425 oven about 25-30 minutes til the top of the cake is golden brown.
• Turn cake out onto a wire rack to cool slightly.
• Icing:.
• In small bowl, stir together powdered sugar and orange juice til smooth.
• Spread icing over warm cake.
• Serve warm.

MANDARIN ORANGE COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease & flour 8" x 8" square pan.
• 2. Separate the juice from the mandarin oranges, reserving the liquid.
• 3. In a bowl combine the flour, sugar, baking soda, and salt. Whisk egg and reserved juice from oranges. Stir into the dry ingredients. Then fold in the oranges. Should resemble a barely pourable batter.
• 4. Pour batter into the prepared pan.
• 5. Combine the 1/2 c. of brown sugar and the 1/2 of nuts. Sprinkle over the top of the batter and bake in the center of the oven for 40-45 mins. Cool on rack. Serve with dollop of whipped cream if desired.

SUPER EASY COFFEE CAKE RING!

Steps:

• 1. Dip top of biscuits into melted butter.
• 2. Dip the biscuits into the cinnamon/sugar mixture.
• 3. Put into a round cake pan to form a ring (spray cake pan with nonstick spray before putting biscuits into pan!)
• 4. Cook 10-12 minutes @ 425 degrees.
• 5. Stir glaze ingredients in a bowl until all lumps are gone.
• 6. Pour over cooked coffee ring
• 7. Optional: Sprinkle with additional cinnamon sugar or even sprinkle some finely chopped nuts on top! :)
• 8. Enjoy! :)