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Swedish Coffee Cake (Family Recipe)

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  • Servings: 12-16
  • Prep: 15m
  • Cook: 40m
    • The following recipe serves 12-16 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • Cake:
  • 4 ounces butter, softened (1 stick)
  • 1 1/2 cups sugar
  • 2 egg yolks
  • 2 1/2 cups flour
  • 3 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 dash salt
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 lemon, juice and zest of (My Grandmother says to only squeeze the juice out of half a lemon and only use a few pinches of zest.)
  • 2 egg whites, stiffly beaten (My Grandmother says it's important to beat them.)
  • Crumb Topping:
  • 1 cup flour
  • 3/4 cup light brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 4 ounces butter, softened (1 stick)
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • 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.

We hope you enjoy this recipe!

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