Mini Coffee Cakes Make A Healthy Breakfast
(NC) – Looking for a scrumptious, but nutritious solution for dashboard dining or a leisurely Sunday breakfast? These individual coffee cakes are moist and sweet with flavours of coffee, fruits and nuts.
Mashed Ontario potatoes replace traditional sour cream, adding moisture and boosting nutritional value.
Ingredients
Filling:
- 1/3 cup brown sugar packed 75 mL
- 3 tbsp chopped pecans 45 mL
- 2 tbsp cherries dried 25 mL
- blueberries dried 25 mL
- 2 tbsp apricots dried diced 25 mL
- 1/4 tsp ground cardamom 1 mL
Cake Batter:
- 1-3/4 cups all-purpose flour 425 mL
- 2 tsp baking powder 10 mL
- 1 tsp baking soda 5 mL
- 1/2 tsp cardamom 2 mL
- 1/4 tsp salt 1 mL
- 3/4 cup butter softened, 175 mL
- 3/4 cup brown sugar packed 175 mL
- 3 eggs
- 1 tbsp vanilla 15 mL
- 2 tsp instant espresso powder or coffee granules 10 mL
- 1 cup Ontario potatoes mashed, cooled, 250 mL
- 1 cup mashed Ontario potatoes cooled, 250 mL
Garnish
- 1 cup icing sugar
- 4 tsp milk or cream
Instructions
Filling:
- In bowl, combine sugar, pecans, cherries, blueberries, apricots and cardamom; set aside.
Batter:
- In bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, soda, salt and cardamom.
- In large bowl, beat together butter and brown sugar until fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
- In small bowl, combine vanilla and espresso powder. Add to butter mixture. Alternately beat in flour mixture and mashed potato making 3 additions of flour and 2 of potato until smooth and well combined.
- Spoon 2/3rds of the batter among 10 greased Yorkshire pudding pans or 6 greased mini bundt pans. Sprinkle with filling mixture. Spoon remaining batter over top, spreading evenly.
- Bake in 350 F (180 C) oven 20 minutes or until cake tester inserted in center comes out clean.
Glaze
- To garnish, drizzle with glaze of icing sugar mixed with milk or cream or simply sprinkle with icing sugar.
Notes
Source: www.ontariopotatoes.ca
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