Bisquick Vanilla Glazed Coffee Cake

By Addie

The name ‘coffee cake’ has always disturbed me.
Why coffee cake? There’s no coffee IN the cake.
What if you don’t like coffee?
Can you not eat this cake??

MUST it be served with only coffee?

Why not ‘milk cake’? Or ‘tea cake’?
Heck, if you wanna, why not ‘Mt. Dew Cake’?
Ok, fine, I admit, that would be wrong.
So WHY Coffee Cake? I had to google.

The ALWAYS accurate Wikipedia has this to say:


Coffee Cake:
A class of cakes intended to be served with coffee or for similar breaks and snacks. Under this definition, a coffee cake does not need to contain coffee. They are typically single layer cakes that may be square or rectangular like a Stollen. Coffee cakes are typically flavored with cinnamon, nuts, and fruits. These cakes sometimes have a crumbly or crumb topping called streusel and/or a light glaze drizzle. Some similarity to teacakes may be found, though teacakes are often smaller individual items served with tea.

Ingredients

• Cake:
• 1 3/4 Cup Bisquick
• 3/4 Cup Milk
• 1/4 Cup Sugar
• 1 Egg
• 1 Tablespoon butter, melted

Preparation

Step 1

Toss it all together in a bowl.

Stir/whisk/beat until well mixed.

Pour into greased pan.


Streusel:
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
3/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon vanilla


Blob on half of it, then swirl through with a knife. Top with remaining streusel. (Do not swirl!) Bake at 375* for 20 minutes.

As soon as it comes out of the oven, sprinkle with brown sugar until coated as you like. I used about 1/4 cup.

Now.. you can serve it plain.
But why would you want to?

Instead - make a Vanilla Sugar Glaze.


Vanilla Sugar Glaze:
4 Tablespoons of Butter, melted
1 Cup Confectioners Sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
2-3 Tablespoons HOT water


Add sugar to butter, and whisk. Add vanilla. Then thin with 2 Tablespoons of water. If it is still too thick, add the 3rd.

This should be runny, but thick enough to fully coat your spoon.

This is the same glaze I used in the Secret Cupcakes, just without the chocolate.

And there you have it! Coffee Cake.