Swedish Puff Coffee Cake Recipes

SWEDISH COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Cake:.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Cream together butter and sugar, add egg yolks gradually.
• Sift the flour, baking powder and salt into the batter. Stir.
• Add milk, vanilla, lemon juice and lemon rind. Stir.
• Beat egg whites until stiff. Fold into batter.
• Pour into 13x9 baking pan.
• Top with crumb topping and bake for 40 minutes or until tester comes out clean.
• Crumb topping:.
• Mix dry ingredients together.
• Cut in the butter with a pastry blender or the back of a fork until it resembles crumbs.
• Scatter crumbs over unbaked cake.

SWEDISH KRINGLER OR ALMOND PUFF

Steps:

• 1. STEP ONE: Heat oven to 350 degrees. Cut butter into flour. Sprinkle water over this mixture. Mix well with fork. Round into ball. Divide in half. On ungreased baking sheet, pat each half into a strip 12 inches by 3 inches. Strips should be about 3 inches apart ( side by side) from each other on the baking sheet.
• 2. STEP TWO: In medium saucepan heat butter and water to rolling boil. Remove from heat and quickly stir in almond extract and 1 cup flour. Stir vigorously over low heat until mixture forms a ball ( about 1 minute). Remove from heat; beat in eggs, all at one time until smooth.
• 3. STEP TWO cont: Divide above mixture in half, spread evenly over strips already on the baking sheet, covering completely.
• 4. Bake about 1 hour or until topping is crisp and brown. Cool. Frost with confectioners sugar glaze and sprinkle generously with nuts. We like toasted sliced almonds, mixed nuts are always great, but your choice. When serving, slices can be cut as thick or thin as you like:))

SWEDISH FLOP

Steps:

• In the bowl of a stand mixer, combine yeast and milk; let stand 5 minutes. Whisk in butter, sugar, eggs, zest and vanilla. With the paddle attachment, beat in flour and salt until shiny, 3-4 minutes (batter will be very loose and sticky). Place in a greased bowl; lightly sprinkle surface with additional flour. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 hour., Lightly grease a 13x9-in. baking pan; line pan with parchment, letting ends extend up sides. Transfer dough to prepared pan; cover and let rise until doubled, about 45 minutes. , Preheat oven to 350°. Meanwhile, for streusel, in a bowl, combine flour, brown sugar and salt. Add butter and rub together until coarse crumbs form; refrigerate while dough rises. , Sprinkle streusel evenly over dough. Bake on the center rack until edges start to brown, about 30 minutes. Cool in pan on a wire rack. , For frosting, whisk flour, milk, sugar, and salt in a large saucepan. Cook, whisking constantly, over medium heat until mixture thickens, about 1 minute. Remove and let cool completely. Whisk butter and extracts on high speed until fluffy, about 2 minutes. Add cooled flour mixture; beat until fluffy and mousselike, about 5 minutes. , Remove cake from pan. Using a serrated knife, cut 1/4 in. off outside edges; slice cake horizontally into 2 layers. Spread frosting evenly over bottom layer; top with jam. Replace top of cake; dust with confectioners' sugar.