Dimpled Sugar Cake
Currently baking from Great Coffee Cakes, Sticky Buns, Muffins & More by Carole Walter
My first try at Walter’s yeasted simple sweet dough didn’t go well (remember that blueberry pizza?), but I felt like I should give it another go since I wasn’t sure why it didn’t work before. So I whipped up another batch and used half of it to make this easy cake.
Once you’ve rested the dough overnight in the refrigerator, you gently knead in some plumped raisins. Normally, I’d substitute cranberries for the raisins, but I was out, so raisins it was. The dough is pressed into a baking dish and left to rise. Right before baking, you “dimple” the dough with your fingertips. The holes are filled with butter and brown sugar, and cinnamon sugar is sprinkled over the whole thing. As the cake bakes, the butter, brown sugar and cinnamon sugar melt and form a slight crust.
And how was the cake? Much better than I thought it would be and definitely better than the blueberry pizza. Even with the raisins, I really liked the cake, especially warm from the oven. There is something about this dough that goes so well with cinnamon.
This, except for the raisins (aka little dead bugs), sounds really yummy. Let’s try another batch and use apples! I love apples and cinnamon and sugar together. Ma Sulley, I’m jealous. I think I should work in a “stop by” and see what I can get. LOL This would be the perfect compliment to a cup of tea. I have the tea ready… hint, hint.
Okay, let me tell you about this cake…….So good. My wonderful daughter in law said if I stopped by she would give me a cake and how can anyone refuse an offer like that as I hinted I was headed that way in hopes of getting something. This cake just melts in your mouth and is so good with a glass of milk and also a nice cup of tea or coffee. Soft, moist, and the flavor was wonderful. The only problem is that I would have a piece then about an hour later I thought I should go have another piece so it didn’t last very long. Perfect I thought.