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00:00:00 – 00:14:59
Claire Saffitz presents a coffee cake recipe infused with coffee flavors, highlighting the use of key ingredients like brewed coffee, instant coffee crystals, and cardamom. The recipe involves creating a ribbon and crumb topping, with an emphasis on baking techniques like creaming butter and sugars for a light texture. The cake assembly includes layering the batter with a coffee-cinnamon mixture and topping it with crumbs before baking at 350 degrees Fahrenheit. The finished cake is described as having a crunchy topping with a light and delicious texture. The speaker also promotes recipe books "Dessert Person" and "The Good Book of Southern Baking" for more baking ideas.
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In this segment of the video, Claire Saffitz introduces her recipe for a coffee cake inspired by her love for coffee. She emphasizes that the cake should taste like coffee since it is one of her favorite flavors. The recipe includes a ribbon in the middle, a crumb topping, and incorporates coffee into each component for a deliciously flavored cake. Claire highlights the use of sour cream as a base and mentions key ingredients like brewed coffee, instant coffee crystals, ground cinnamon, and cardamom. The recipe involves three main components: the ribbon, the cake, and the topping. Claire begins by making the ribbon and the topping, emphasizing the importance of preheating the oven and preparing the baking pan.
00:03:00
In this segment of the video, the presenter showcases the various dairy products in their refrigerator like creme fresh, cream cheese, buttermilk, and more. They then demonstrate preparing a coffee ribbon for the cake by mixing brown sugar, instant coffee crystals, and cinnamon. Next, they create a crumb topping using instant coffee granules, cardamom, salt, flour, brown sugar, and butter. The presenter emphasizes working the butter into the dry ingredients until achieving a crumb-like texture. Additionally, they show combining dry ingredients like flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt, as well as mixing wet ingredients like brewed coffee, additional coffee crystals, and vanilla extract.
00:06:00
In this segment of the video, the speaker discloses using Grady’s Cold Brew coffee in the recipe, highlighting its delicious flavor despite being a bit pricey and a concentrate. They then begin mixing the batter, explaining the process of creaming together butter, sugars, and oil to incorporate air into the cake for a light texture. The speaker emphasizes the importance of aerating the mixture and dissolving sugar for proper cake texture. Additionally, they show the process of adding eggs one at a time to emulsify into the butter mixture, and stress the need to scrape down the sides of the bowl for even mixing.
00:09:00
In this segment of the video, the baking process is detailed. The baker emphasizes adding dry ingredients first, followed by wet ingredients to achieve a well-mixed batter without overmixing. The batter is then finished by hand for an even consistency. The assembly of the cake involves layering half of the batter in a pan, sprinkling a coffee-cinnamon mixture, adding the remaining batter, and topping it with a crumb mixture. The cake is then ready to be baked at 350 degrees Fahrenheit in the center of the oven for even baking.
00:12:00
In this part of the video, the speaker discusses baking a cake and determining if it’s done by using a cake tester. The cake is described as having a crunchy crumb topping with coffee crystals. After cooling, the speaker cuts and describes the texture of the cake as light, silky, and delicious. The speaker recommends enjoying the cake for any meal. Additionally, the speaker mentions featuring recipes from the cookbook “Dessert Person” and promotes another book called “The Good Book of Southern Baking” by Kelly Fields and Kate Heddings for classic and bakery favorites.