German Coffee Cake

A dish built around scalded milk and cottolene.

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Ingredients

Units: US Metric
  • 1 cup scalded milk
  • 3 tablespoons Cottolene
  • 1/3 cup sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 compressed yeast cake dissolved in 1/4 cup lukewarm water
  • 1 egg well beaten
  • 1/2 cup seeded and shredded raisins
  • Flour
Make it lactose-friendly
  • 1 cup scalded milk → lactose-free milk, oat milk, or almond milk

Swaps are suggestions, not medical advice. Check labels if lactose is a serious issue for you.

Steps

  1. PROCESS: Put Cottolene, sugar and salt in mixing bowl; add scalded milk. When lukewarm add dissolved yeast cake, beaten egg and sufficient flour to make a very thick batter. Beat thoroughly until mixture is smooth. Add raisins, cover closely and set to rise. When light, spread dough in buttered dripping pan one inch in thickness; cover and let rise again. Before placing in the oven, brush over with beaten egg and cover with the following mixture:
  2. Melt one-third cup butter in a sauce-pan, add one-half cup sugar, mix with one and one-half teaspoons cinnamon. When sugar is partially melted add one and one-half tablespoons flour. Mix well and spread on cake, strew top with blanched and shredded almonds, bake twenty-five minutes in a moderate oven.
Nutrition (estimated, per serving)
Calories516
Protein14.5 g
Fat12.7 g
Carbs88.8 g
Fiber1.2 g
Sodium1360 mg

Source

Fifty-Two Sunday Dinners (pub. domain) — Public domain in the United States