![]() (ABS: Always be scraping).Īdd the eggs, one at a time, scraping down the side between additions. Remember to scrape down the sides frequently. With a stand or hand mixer, cream the butter and sugar together on medium-high speed until light and fluffy. In a small bowl, whisk the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt together. (I used a food processor for speed’s sake - and because I’m lazy - but this can be done by hand.) You are looking for a variety of sizes, from pea size to lentil size to a few grape-size ones for the top. Pour the mixture into a bowl, and using your hands, gather the mixture together to form large clumps, then break them down again into smaller pieces. Add the butter and pulse until the butter is well-incorporated and the mixture looks like wet, coarse sand. In a food processor, combine the flour, brown sugar and cinnamon and pulse to blend. Spray with non-stick spray or grease a 13 x 9-inch metal baking pan (if you use glass, lower the heat by 25 degrees and watch the timing carefully).įirst make the loose-l/ streusel. Optional: 1 1/2 cups chopped, toasted pecans or walnuts For the Cake:ġ cup (4 ounces) whole wheat flour (don’t have whole wheat flour? all-purpose white flour is fine)Ħ ounces (1 1/2 sticks) butter, room temperatureġ/2 cup sour cream or plain yogurt (preferably full-fat)ġ 1/2 cups (or so) mashed over-ripe bananas (about 4 medium or 3 large ones) How to: In exchange, the neighbors receive cake.īanana Streusel Coffee Cake Ingredients: For the Streusel Filling and Topping:Ĥ ounces (1 stick) butter, cold and cut into 4 pieces That’s what I did and was gifted with enough to make this cake and more enticements for a later date. The streusel isn’t the chunky, crumbly kind you find on traditional New Jersey coffee cake, but much softer the streusel bakes into a ribbon of cinnamony soft caramel, disappearing into the batter in some places and leaving pockets of gooeyness in others.ĭon’t have any speckled, overripe bananas around? Ask your neighbors. ![]() Tender and full of banana flavor, this cake features streusel in the middle and on the top. ![]() ![]() This is the kind of cake that makes you mix metaphors faster than a Kitchen Aid Pro 6000. The kind you invite to brunch and then ply with champagne to get it to stay until dinner, and perhaps…after….Sleek and low-riding, with a toffee-streusel racing stripe that undulates through this cake lets you know it doesn’t settle for second-best and neither should you. ![]()
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