Grammy's Kitchen · Coffee Cake · Cranberry Orange Coffee Cake
One of 78 coffee cake recipes we measured
from handletheheat.com
5 cooks on handletheheat.com rate it 4.8★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 78.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| fat | 66% | 63% |
| total sugar | 119% | 109% |
| brown sugar share of total sugar | 39% | 42% |
| egg | 29% | 30% |
| leavener | 2% | 2% |
| salt | 2% | 1% |
| liquid | 54% | 69% |
| flour strength | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Adapts cleanly: egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 199 g | 7 oz or 1 3/4 cup (199 grams) frozen cranberries, (no need to thaw) |
| 100 g | 1/2 cup (100 grams) granulated sugar |
| Zest of 1/2 orange, | |
| 1 tablespoon orange juice, (freshly squeezed) | |
| 1 g | 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon |
| 100 g | 1/2 cup (100 grams) light brown sugar |
| 32 g | 1/4 cup (32 grams) all-purpose flour |
| 3 g | 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon |
| 43 g | 3 tablespoons (43 grams) unsalted butter, (softened) |
| 254 g | 2 cups (254 grams) all-purpose flour |
| 4 g | 1 teaspoon baking powder |
| 2 g | 1/2 teaspoon baking soda |
| 3 g | 1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt |
| 1 g | 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon |
| 50 g | 1/4 cup (50 grams) granulated sugar |
| 100 g | 1/2 cup (100 grams) light brown sugar |
| 142 g | 1 stick + 2 tablespoons (142 grams) unsalted butter, (cubed) |
| 1 teaspoon orange zest, (from about half an orange) | |
| 4 g | 1 teaspoon vanilla extract |
| 1 g | 1/4 teaspoon almond extract, (optional (if not using, add 1/4 additional teaspoon of vanilla)) |
| 100 g | 2 large eggs, (at room temperature) |
| 61 g | 1/4 cup whole milk |
| 227 g | 8 ounces (227 grams) sour cream or plain full-fat yogurt, (at room temperature) |
Method: 10 steps, published by handletheheat.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“Warning, put some tinfoil under it! It may run over even when using a high sided pan. Mine really rose high in the oven. Butter spilled over the sides, burned on the bottom of the oven... Opening the oven door resulted in setting off the smoke alarm and sen” — a cook, 4.0★
“Spectacular recipe! I made a few modifications (trying to be healthy). For the compote I used 1/4 cup sugar. For the Streusel I used 1/4 cup brown sugar, 1/8 cup flour, 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon and 1 tablespoon butter. For the cake I used 1/8 cup sugar and 1/” — a cook, 5.0★