Yogurt-Cranberry Coffeecake
This moist, tender coffeecake is perfect for a crowdit bakes in a sheet-cake pan and makes 24 servings (or somewhat fewer, if your crowd is packed with coffeecake lovers). Make it entirely with all-purpose flour, if you choose; but we're just as happy with a cake that's made with our 100% organic white whole wheat flour. You'll get the fiber and nutrition of whole grains, a deeper, richer color, and we swear you'll never taste the difference.
Streusel
5 tablespoons (2 1/2 ounces) butter
1/2 cup (3 3/4 ounces) brown sugar, firmly packed
big pinch of salt
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 cup + 2 tablespoons (4 1/2 ounces) King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour or King Arthur 100% Organic White Whole Wheat Flour
Filling
1 cup (9 1/2 ounces) whole-berry cranberry sauce
Batter
1/2 cup (1 stick, 4 ounces) butter
1 cup + 2 tablespoons (8 1/2 ounces) brown sugar
2 large eggs
1 cup (8 ounces) plain or flavored yogurt
1/4 teaspoon almond extract
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups (8 1/2 ounces) King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour or King Arthur 100% Organic White Whole Wheat Flour
Preheat the oven to 350°F. Lightly grease a 9 x 13-inch pan.
To make the streusel: In a large bowl, cream together the butter, sugar, salt, cinnamon, and vanilla. Add the flour, beating until even crumbs form. Scoop the mixture into a smaller bowl, and set it aside.
To make the batter: In the same bowl in which you've just made the streusel (you can use a different bowl if you want, but this saves on washing dishes), cream together the butter and brown sugar, beating until smooth. Beat in the eggs, scraping the bowl and again beating until smooth. Beat in the yogurt, extracts, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and flour. The mixture will be fairly stiff. Scoop the batter into the prepared pan. Dollop the cranberry sauce on top, breaking it up with a fork first, if necessary. Sprinkle the streusel over all.
To bake the coffeecake: Bake coffeecake for 40 minutes, or until a cake tester inserted into the center comes out clean. Remove it from oven, and cool for 30 minutes before serving (or serve it hot from the oven, if you don't mind it crumbling a bit!) Yield: 2 dozen 2-inch squares.
Reviews
01/14/2009
03/17/2009
This coffeecake was delicious. It was dessert for company and everyone raved about it. We finished it up the next morning for breakfast. I will be making it again.
06/05/2009
Very tasty and moist. I used vanilla flavored yogurt. Everybody loved it. I will definitely make again. Thanks for sharing your recipe. This is a keeper!
06/19/2009
I enjoyed this recipe, but it is a little much for a small family. I would have given 5 stars to a recipe that would fit in a 9x9 pan. However, preparation was very easy, and it tasted great. Very "melt-in-your-mouth", and the cranberry filling provides the right balance of sweetness. I used the white whole wheat flour option and had no problems.
11/18/2009
It was so easy and delicious to make! I made it a couple times and the results are very consistent. One time I sprinkled some white chips over the cranberry layer and before adding the struesel. I made it putting the chips over the strusel too, but they just browned and didn't really sink into the cake.

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