Monday, March 26, 2007

Grandma Cusano's Coffee Cake


Grandma Cusano’s Coffee Cake

For Cake:

1 ½ sticks Butter
1 ½ cups Sugar
3 Eggs
1 ½ teasp. Vanilla
1 ¼ cup Sour Cream
2 ¼ cups Flour
¼ teasp. Corn Starch
2 teasp. Baking powder
½ teasp. Baking soda
½ teasp. Salt
Streusel

1 ¼ cups Light Brown Sugar
½ cup Flour
1 ½ teasp. Cinnamon
¼ teasp. Salt
3 Tablespoons Butter
Maple Drizzel

½ cup Confectioner’s Sugar
2 Tablespoons Maple Syrup
Mix together:
1st 5 ingredients – mix well
then add the next 5 ingredients. Mix well & set aside. (This is the cake batter)

Make the streusel mixture by combining :
1 ¼ cups Light Brown Sugar
½ cup Flour
1 ½ teasp. Cinnamon
¼ teasp. Salt
3 Tablespoons Butter
Mix this with your hands until crumbly!

Use a greased tube pan (Angel food pan).

Place ½ of the cake batter into the tube pan, then add ½ of the streusel mixture. Top with remaining cake batter and finish off with the rest of the streusel mixture.

Bake this @ 350 F degrees for 50-60 minutes. Let cool for 15 minutes in the pan then remove from the pan and let cool completely.

Combine the below ingredients to make the Maple Drizzle
½ cup Confectioner’s Sugar
2 Tablespoons Maple Syrup

Spoon this drizzle over the cooled cake, slice and serve.

Another great recipe contributed by Steve Worobel of the Venice Fire Department.

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