Granny's Cowboy Coffee Cake. Gran's cowboy coffee cake simple snack cake. School cafeteria snack cake is surprisingly popular treat Christina Gonzalez was looking for the recipe for the Cowboy Bread snack cake served at the Pasadena ISD School cafeterias. "Cowboy coffee is to the coffee world what grunge music was to classic rock: they both serve somewhat the same purposes, but one does so while rejecting well-developed systems of process and taste." Castor Cowboy Coffee Kettle (Photo courtesy Castor Design). Which can also be a selling point.
This is inspired by my mother's "Cowboy Coffee Cake," a family favorite when we were growing up. I've always admired the cleverness of making the topping at the same time you make the cake. After all, if you're using flour, sugar, fat and spices in both, why not spare yourself the step of measuring and. You can cook Granny's Cowboy Coffee Cake using 10 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Granny's Cowboy Coffee Cake
- You need 2 1/2 cup of all-purpose flour – sifted.
- Prepare 2 cup of packed brown sugar.
- You need 1/2 tsp of salt.
- You need 2/3 cup of shortening (i.e. Crisco).
- It’s 2 tsp of baking powder.
- You need 1/2 tsp of baking soda.
- You need 1/2 tsp of ground cinnamon.
- It’s 1/2 tsp of ground nutmeg.
- It’s 2 of eggs – beaten.
- It’s 1 cup of buttermilk.
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Granny's Cowboy Coffee Cake step by step
- Preheat oven to 375°F. Lightly grease and flour a 9x13x2 in. cake pan. Set aside..
- In a large bowl combine sifted flour, salt, brown sugar and shortening with pastry cutter or fork until it looks crumbly (mostly pea-sized crumbs). Set aside 1/2 cup of this crumb mixture to sprinkle over top of batter later on..
- To remaining crumb mixture, add baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and nutmeg. Mix to combine with wooden spoon..
- In a medium bowl beat together eggs and buttermilk. Add to crumb mixture and gently stir until just combined with no dry spots (it will still look lumpy because of shortening pieces, this is ok)..
- Pour into prepared cake pan (you may have to gently spread into corners). Top with reserved crumb mixture and bake in preheated oven for 25-30 minutes (check after 25). The middle will not rise much, or may look sunken in. This is normal with coffee cakes. To ensure doneness, insert a toothpick. It will come out clean if the cake is done..
- Optional mix-ins to crumb topping: additional 1/4 tsp cinnamon or chopped nuts of your choice (I like pecans)..
- Notes: You can sub softened butter for shortening, but I stick with shortening for this recipe. I would not use margarine. Using shortening gives it a lightness and crumb that even butter can't match. You can also sub soured milk for buttermilk, but buttermilk is much easier and tastier in my opinion..
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