Elevate your coffee cake baking with this simple trick from Rachel, founder of Bake and Be Well. She shares why adding sour cream to your batter is essential for a moist, fluffy, and flavorful result. Learn how the acid in sour cream activates baking soda, leading to a better rise and enhanced taste.
With the cooler weather upon us, retreat to the warmth of your kitchen for some home baking— coffee cake is a comforting treat that's surprisingly simple to whip up. Recipe guru and Bake and Be Well founder Rachel has a tip to elevate your bakes: "Ingredients like butter and sour cream are great sources of moisture and fat for coffee cake s! If the cake is coming out too dry, it likely needs more butter.
" By tossing in sour cream, not only does it bring extra moisture to your cake, but it also captures air when mixed with baking soda, assuring a better rise as your creation bakes away. Rachel explains, "The acid content of sour cream activates baking soda's leavening abilities! " This dairy delight doesn't just boost the cake's volume and fluffiness—it also amps up the flavour with its creamy goodness, reports the Express. How to make a coffee cake: How to make a coffee cake base How to make a coffee cake topping Method: To make the cake batter: To begin, preheat the oven to 160C. Grease a loaf pan with butter and line with baking paper. Then, in one mixing bowl, combine all the dry cake ingredients . In another mixing bowl, add the softened butter and sugar. Mix together until you have a fluffy pale yellow mixture. Next, add the eggs and vanilla extract to the pale yellow mixture and beat together until everything is combined.Mix in the sour cream and then add the remaining half of the dry ingredients until you have a cake batter. Make the coffee cake topping : Pour the flour, cinnamon, salt and brown salt into a mixing bowl. Melt four tablespoons of butter in a small bowl, and once cooled pour it over the dry ingredients. Gently mix everything together until crumbs are formed. How to bake the coffee cake: Pour half of the cake batter into the prepared loaf pan. If you wish, spread the raspberry preserve over the first cake batter layer and then add the second half of the cake batter on top of the raspberry centre. Spread the crumb coffee cake topping on top of the cake and then place in the oven. Bake the coffee cake for 60 to 65 minutes or until the edges are a slightly golden colour. Once ready, take the cake out of the oven and let it cool in the pan for five minutes. Then leave it on a wire rack to fully cool down.
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