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Cooking: A Vintage Recipe Collection of: Coffee cakes and other cake recipes from the decades of the 1940's, 50's, 60's, and 70's.  I stop at the 70's.  I find my recipes in vintage tin boxes, journals, handme downs, and thrift shops.

I don't know who invented the coffee cake, but I am sure it was created to give that something special to coffee breaks.  It should have been invented right here in America, but I think it would be of more German origin. We love our coffee and, frankly, I will use any excuse to eat cake, so the two just naturally go together.  BUT, I did the research and I was right.  It is of German origin and as with every good recipe, it evolved over time.  Coffee cake was brought to this country by immigrants from Germany and Holland.  Naturally, once they came to this country with their rich traditions of baking and cooking, they improved on their homeland recipes.  You can read more about the history of Coffee Cakes by following this link. I know my family loved to bake coffee cakes.   The crunchy nuggets of rich sugary goodness....wow, makes my mouth water!  Excuse me, I have to go bake.  These vintage recipes are taken from handwritten recipes found in tin boxes, journals, off scraps of paper, auctions, yardsales, and any place else old recipes hide.  If you have a family hand-me-down recipe, please feel free to send it to me.

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Sour Cream Coffee Cake Mrs. Ruth Garrison. 1 stick margarine 2 eggs 1 cup sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla 1/2  pint sour cream 1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon baking soda 2 cups flour Cream margarine and sugar until fluffy.  Add eggs one at a time - Sift soda, baking powder and flour together - Add alternately with sour cream to mixture.   Beat well.  Add vanilla. Topping - Mix 1/2 cup sugar, 1 tsp. cinnamon - 1 tsp. nutmeg, 1/2 cup chopped nuts.  Sprinkle 1/3 of topping into greased angel cake pan.  Pour in 1/2 of batter.  Sprinkle 1/3 more topping on batter.  Pour remainder of batter.  Sprinkle rest of topping on top.  Bake at 375 degrees 45 to 60 minutes.

Raised Currant Coffee Cake From the recipe box of Nova Weidrick 1 cup of milk 1/4 cup of sugar 1 egg 1/2 cup currants 1 tbs. shortening 1 tsp. salt 1 pkg. yeast 2 cups shifted flour Bring milk to boil. Remove from heat and stir in shortening, sugar, salt. When lukewarm, add beaten egg and yeast.  Stir until yeast dissolves.  Add currants and flour.  Beat till smooth, turn into 8x8 pan.  Cover batter with 2 tbs. melted butter, 1/3 cup sugar, 1/2 tsp. cinnamon. Let rise till double.  Bake at 375 deg. for 25 to 30 minutes. Quick Coffee Cake Mix until crumbly 2 heaping cup flour, 1 tsp salt, 1;2 cup butter or oleo, 1 1?2 cup sugar, 2 tsp. cinnamon.  Keep 1 handful for topping.  To the remainder add 1 beaten egg, 1 cup buttermilk and 1 tsp. soda.  Mix well.  Pour in greased 9? pan.  To with crumbs.  Bake 30 minutes in 350 oven.

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Coffee Cake from Faye Coe's Recipe Box Cream well: 2 sticks butter 2 cups sugar 3 eggs Blend in 2 1/2 cup flour 1 tsp. soda 1/2 tsp salt 1 tsp vanilla 1/4 cup milk 8 oz sour cream Streusel 1 cup chopped pecans 1 cup brown sugar 1 tsp cinnamon Grease pan - a 9 x 13" or two 7 x 11" pans. Put a thin layer of batter in pan, then 1/2 of streusel mix. Then rest of batter and top with the rest of streusel mix. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 to 30 minutes.  Time vaires according to pan size.

You know his wife has a big piece of coffee cake packed in his lunch bucket. Do you suppose Olsen's Lawn Service is still around?

Sour Cream Blueberry Coffee Cake from the recipe box of Nancy Argabright 2 cups flour 3/4 cups sugar 1 tsp. baking powder 1/2 tsp.. salt 1/4 tsp. baking soda 1 egg 8 oz. reduced fat sour cream 1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce 3 T. canola oil 1 tsp. vanilla 1 1/2 cup frozen or fresh blueberries Topping: 1/4 cup packed brown sugar 1/4 cup quick cooking oats 1/2 tsp. cinnamon 2 T. cold butter In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and baking soda.  In another bowl combine the egg, sour cream, applesauce, oil, and vanilla.  Stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Fold in blue berries.  Pour into 9 x 13 baking pan.  Combine brown sugar, oats, and cinnamon.  Cut in butter until mixture resembles course crumbs.  Sprinkle over the batter.  Bake at 350 degrees for 40 to 45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.  Makes 12 servings.

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