Swedish Coffee Cake (Family Recipe)

15m
Prep Time
40m
Cook Time
55m
Ready In

Recipe: #2398

November 12, 2011



"This cake recipe was passed down to my great Grandmother Helen from my Swedish great great Grandmother Maria. It is over 100 years old...possibly 150 or more! Some of my Swedish relatives started the famous Svenhard's Bakery in Oakland, California. Their original packages have my great great Aunt Tilda's (Maria's sister) photo on them! *My Grandmother says to please beat the egg whites...they make the cake lighter and fluffier."

Original is 12-16 servings

Nutritional

  • Serving Size: 1 (141.1 g)
  • Calories 413
  • Total Fat - 18 g
  • Saturated Fat - 3.5 g
  • Cholesterol - 4.7 mg
  • Sodium - 184.2 mg
  • Total Carbohydrate - 53.2 g
  • Dietary Fiber - 4.6 g
  • Sugars - 36.8 g
  • Protein - 12.1 g
  • Calcium - 148.9 mg
  • Iron - 2.6 mg
  • Vitamin C - 1.1 mg
  • Thiamin - 0.3 mg

Step by Step Method

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Grease a 13x9 baking pan.

Step 2

Cream together butter and sugar, add egg yolks gradually.

Step 3

Sift the flour, baking powder and salt into the batter. Stir.

Step 4

Add milk, vanilla, lemon juice and lemon rind. Stir.

Step 5

Beat egg whites until stiff. Fold into batter.

Step 6

Pour into 13x9 baking pan. Top with crumb topping and bake for 30-40 minutes or until tester comes out clean.

Step 7

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.

Tips


No special items needed.

4 Reviews

QueenBea

I made this as instructed and this turned out very dense and the bottom was a tad burnt. This is probably due to my oven as cookies always have to be baked over the middle rack or they burn. I will not leave any stars for this recipe only because this is probably my fault. Maybe I should of baked this like I do for cookies, on the one rack above the middle. This did however have a wonderful flavour. Sorry this did not work out for me.

0.0

review by:
(21 Nov 2012)

Gerry

Coffee cakes are especially good for brunches and afternoon cake and coffee. I'm always looking for new to us recipes to serve family and friends. The cake had the wonderful flavour that all old fashioned cakes have but like one of your previous reviewers my cake came out dry and a little crumbly too and I'm not sure why. Thinking to making it again and going with weighing the butter.

4.0

review by:
(16 Sep 2012)

AnnJMe

Coffee Cake is so good with a morning cup of coffee and this was delicious!

5.0

review by:
(27 May 2012)

MeganMuffins

My hubbie loves sweets and this looked like something he would love so I decided to make it. It was good flavored but it came out dry as a bone and crumbly. If I make it again I don't think I will leave it in so long.

3.0

review by:
(16 Apr 2012)

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