Cinnamon Coffee Cake with Crème Fraîche
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The coffee cake is also known as "Zimmetkuchen."
Ingredients
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • ⅛ teaspoon salt
  • 8 ounces unsalted butter, at room temperature
  • ⅔ cup plus 2 teaspoons granulated white sugar, divided use
  • 1 egg, at room temperature
  • ½ cup whole milk
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 8 teaspoons crème fraîche
Instructions
  1. Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Put a round of greased parchment paper at the bottom of an 8-inch straight-sided baking pan*; set aside.
  2. In a mixing bowl, mix the flour, baking powder, and salt; set aside.
  3. In bowl of electric mixer, beat together the butter, ⅔ cup of the sugar, the egg, and the milk until smooth. To the same bowl, and in increments, mix in the dry ingredients until a thick batter is obtained. Pour the batter into the prepared pan and level with spatula. Bake for 20 minutes.
  4. Meanwhile, combine the remaining 2 teaspoons sugar with the cinnamon. Remove the cake from the oven and sprinkle all over with the sugar-cinnamon mixture. Using a wine cork or something of similar size, create eight deep, uniformly distributed depressions in the cake. Fill each one with a teaspoon of crème fraîche. Return to the oven and bake for another 20 minutes. Unmold when cool. *Note- I used a springform pan and removed the sides after cooling.
Recipe by The Culinary Cellar at https://theculinarycellar.com/bitter-sweet/