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Walnut And Raisin Coffee Cake - {Ciambella}

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Date Added:	February 29, 2008
Calories:	290
Serves:	8
Prep. Time:	0:00
Category:	Breakfast / Brunch, Cakes / Pies / Pastries

Ingredients:

1/2   cup           raisins
6     tablespoons   Marsala or rum
10    tablespoons   unsalted butter
                    plus
2     teaspoons     unsalted butter
3/4   cup           sugar
4     large         eggs
1/3   cup           milk
1 1/2 teaspoons     vanilla extract
2     cups          unbleached all-purpose flour
2     tablespoons   unbleached all-purpose flour
1/4   teaspoon      salt
1     tablespoon    baking powder
1/2   cup           toasted walnuts or blanched almonds
                    plus
1     tablespoon    toasted walnuts or blanched almonds
1 1/2 tablespoons   turbinado sugar

Directions: one line for each direction. When saved the lines will be numbered.

Soak the raisins in the Marsala or rum for 30 minutes. Drain, reserving the liquid. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Cream the butter and sugar together well. Add the egg yolks, one at a time, incorporating each one well before adding the next. Mix together the milk, reserved Marsala or rum, and vanilla.
Sift together the flour, salt, and baking powder. Using a rubber spatula, beat the milk mixture into the butter mixture in three additions alternating with the dry ingredients.
Beat the egg whites to stiff peaks. With the rubber spatula, stir one quarter of them into the batter to lighten it, then fold in the rest along with the nuts and raisins.
Turn the batter into a buttered and lightly floured angel food pan or ring mold, sprinkle the top with the turbinado sugar, and bake for about 45 minutes, until the top is golden and a tester comes out clean.
If you prefer to use a 9- by 5-inch loaf pan, bake for 1 hour and 10 minutes. Cool the cake in the pan for 5 to 10 minutes, then invert onto a rack, and cool to room temperature.
This recipe yields 8 servings.
Comments: This sublime coffee cake, spiked with a little Marsala or rum, is real comfort food. It is even more delicious accompanied by a glass of wine.
Variation:
Ciambella Al Anice: Use 1 tablespoon anise seeds instead of the raisins and nuts. Substitute Sambuca for the Marsala or rum, or omit it altogether and increase the milk to 1/2 cup.

Nutrition Facts

Servings Per Recipe: 8

Amount Per Serving

Calories: 290

Calories from Fat 55.1%

Total Fat

18g

Cholesterol

149mg

Sodium

293mg

Carbohydrate

29g

Dietary Fiber

trace

Protein

Exchanges: 1/2 Lean Meat

Rating: ()

Added On: February 29, 2008

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