Blog #1 Zahra Hadi Hour 1

Zahra Hadi
Hour 1
 
                                                     Making Coffee Cake
1/4 cup butter
1 teaspoon cinnamon
2/3 cup sugar
1/4 cup all purpose
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
3/4 cup of milk as needed
1 egg
1/2 cup butter
1/2 teaspoon
2 teaspoons baking powder
3/4 cup white sugar
2 cups all purpose

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13 inch pan. Make the streusel topping: In a medium bowl, combine 1/4 cup flour, 2/3 cup sugar and 1 teaspoon cinnamon. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Set aside.


In a large bowl, combine 2 cups flour, 3/4 cup sugar, baking powder and salt. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Crack an egg into a measuring cup and then fill add milk to make 1 cup. Stir in vanilla. Pour into crumb mixture and mix just until moistened. Spread into prepared pan. Sprinkle top with streusel.

Bake in the preheated oven for 25 to 30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Allow to cool.

       The Coffee cake I made was actually really good. The appearance was lumpy because of the steusels. It was brown on top because of the sugar and cinnamon. The aroma was very sweet and sugary. And it also has a hit of buttery scent. The taste  was sweet and a little bit weak I don't know if that makes scene but yeah. It was rich in taste and buttery. The texture is  soft and firm because the coffee cake isn't supposed to be dense. The texture wasn't airy but it was light but not too light.

       Making the cake wasn't hard but it was a weird technique. I had to cut in the butter for both the batter and the steusels . Which was a lot of work. I would love to make it again because I learned a lot from just making this cake and I recommend this to anyone who would want to try something new.