moravian sugar cake

Recipe by
Linda Woodham
Cleveland, AL

This is so good. A little work but worth it. Enjoy

yield 8 -10
prep time 2 Hr
cook time 15 Min
method Bake

Ingredients For moravian sugar cake

  • 1/2 c
    warm water (110 degrees)
  • 1/2 tsp
    sugar
  • 2 pkg
    active dry yeast
  • 3/4 c
    warm water - 110 degrees
  • 1/2 c
    sugar
  • 2 Tbsp
    dry milk powder
  • 1/4 c
    instant mashed potatoes dry
  • 1/2 tsp
    salt
  • 1/2 c
    butter melted and cooled
  • 2
    eggs
  • 3 c
    flour
  • 1 c
    brown sugar
  • 1 tsp
    cinnamon
  • 1/2 c
    butter melted and cooled

How To Make moravian sugar cake

  • 1
    Add yeast to warm water and sugar; set aside until yeast bubbles.
  • 2
    Add next 7 ingedients,plus 1 cup of the flour.
  • 3
    Beat 2 min.on medium speed. With wooden spoon,add 2 remaining cups of flour. Place in greased bowl; turn once to grease top of dough. Cover and let rise until double, about 1 hour
  • 4
    Punch dough down and put in greased shallow pan 17x12x1 inches. Let rise 30 min, spread evenly in pan; sprinkle evenly with brown sugar and cinnamon, make shallow indentations with fingers and dribble with last 1/2 cup cooled melted butter.
  • 5
    Let rise 30 min, then bake on 375 for 12 to 15 min till golden brown
ADVERTISEMENT