5 Breakfast Cake Recipes to Brighten your Mornings

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I love a good breakfast cake, don’t you? There is something so comforting about coffee cake in the morning! Today on Family Food Live, 5 Breakfast Cake Recipes to Brighten your Mornings.

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Classic Coffee Cake

There is nothing better than a Classic Coffee Cake in the morning, especially with your cup of coffee. This recipe is super easy and wonderfully delicious.

Cinnamon Roll Bread

Shopping List:

For the bread:

2 cups All-Purpose Flour
1 tablespoon Baking Powder
1/2 teaspoon Salt
1/2 cup Sugar
1 Egg
1 cup Milk
2 teaspoons Vanilla Extract
1/3 cup Sour Cream

For the swirl topping:

1/3 cup Sugar
2 teaspoons Cinnamon
2 tablespoons Butter, melted

For the glaze:

1/2 cup Powdered Sugar
2 – 3 teaspoons Milk

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 350° and spray loaf pan with non stick spray
Whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar in a mixing bowl, set aside
In another bowl, whisk together the egg, milk, vanilla and sour cream. Add the flour mixture to the egg mixture and combine
Pour into loaf pan
In a separate bowl, combine the swirl topping ingredients. Using a spoon, add the swirl topping to the bread and spread it on the bread
Bake for 45-50 minutes or until the toothpick comes out clean
Remove and let cool for 15 minutes — then remove from pan and let cool on wire rack until completely cool
Whisk together the glaze ingredients and drizzle on the cool bread

Blueberry Breakfast Cake

Shopping List:

½ cup Unsalted Butter softened
2 teaspoon Lemon Zest
3/4 cup + 2 tablespoons Sugar
1 Egg
1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
2 cups Flour (set aside ¼ cup of this to toss with the blueberries)
2 teaspoons Baking Powder
1 teaspoon Salt
2 cups Fresh Blueberries
½ cup Buttermilk
1 tablespoon Sugar for sprinkling

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 350° and spray a 9-inch square baking dish
Using a hand mixer, mix together the butter, lemon zest and 3/4 cup + 2 tablespoons of sugar until fluffy
Add the egg and vanilla and beat until mixed together
In a separate bowl, mix together 1/4 cup of flour with the blueberries
In a third bowl, whisk together the remaining flour, baking powder and salt
Add the flour mixture to the egg mixture a little at a time, alternating with the buttermilk
Fold in the blueberries
Pour batter into pan and sprinkle with the remaining sugar
Bake for 35-45 minutes until the toothpick comes out clean
Let cool for 15 minutes

This recipe was inspired by alexandracooks.com

Homemade Corn Muffins

Shopping List

2 cups Cornmeal
1 cup All-Purpose Flour
1 1/2 teaspoons Baking Powder
1 teaspoon Baking Soda
1 1/4 teaspoons Salt
1 1/2 cups Milk
1 cup Sour Cream
8 tablespoons Unsalted Butter, melted and cooled
3 tablespoons Sugar
2 Eggs, beaten

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 425° and grease a 12-cup muffin tin
Whisk together 1 1/2 cups cornmeal, flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt
Combine milk and remaining 1/2 cup cornmeal and microwave for 1 1/2 minutes
Whisk thoroughly and continue to microwave for 30 seconds, remove and whisk again — continue until batter thickens
Whisk in sour cream, melted butter and sugar until combined
Whisk in eggs and combined
Fold in flour mixture until it’s also combined
Using an ice cream scoop, fill each muffin tin (evenly divide the batter for all 12 muffin tins)
Bake for 15-17 minutes or until the tops are golden brown and toothpick comes out clean
Let muffins cool for about 5 minutes before removing each from the tin, let cool out of the muffin tin for another 5 minutes
Serve warm

Thanks to Cooks Illustrated for this amazing recipe!

Coffee Cake in a Mug

Shopping List:

1 Tablespoon Butter
2 Tablespoons Sugar
2 Tablespoons Applesauce
2 drops Vanilla extract
1/4 cup All Purpose flour
1/8 teaspoon Baking Powder
Pinch of Salt
1 Tablespoon Butter
2 Tablespoon Flour
1 Tablespoon Brown Sugar
1/4 Teaspoon Cinnamon

Instructions:

In a microwavable mug, soften 1 tablespoon of butter for about 5 seconds (soft not melted)
Stir in 2 tablespoons sugar and mix well
Stir in applesauce, a few drops of vanilla, flour, baking powder and pinch of salt
Use the back of a spoon to smooth it out in the bottom of the mug
In a mixing bowl, combine second tablespoon of softened butter, 2 tablespoons flour, 1 tablespoon brown sugar and 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon. Use fingers to create a crumb-like mixture
Add the crumb mixture to the cake batter
Put back in microwave for 50 seconds, then 10-second intervals after that if not cooked
Serve hot

Thanks to Heather Likes Food for this recipe!

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