NJ Coffee Cake

This recipe and all the pictures come from the "Big Red Kitchen" ~ go see what she posted today...Fried Squeaky Cheese!

One Box Yellow- I like Duncan Hines ~ Prepare cake mix as directed; pour into 3 eight inch round cake pans.
Bake for 15 minutes (cake will look wet).
While cakes are baking-prepare the following crumb mix by mixing the following ingredients until crumbly.
4 cups flour4 sticks of butter or margarine, softened
1 1/3 cup sugar
2 T. Cinnamon
1 T. Vanilla


Sprinkle the crumb mixture over the cakes once they are done the first 15 minutes and bake them another 17-20 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
Let cool completely and sprinkle with powdered sugar.



Note- You may want to make these in disposable pans as it is easier to give away and not have to ask for your good cake pans back.

Pillsbury Grands "Monkey Bread"

I got this from the Pillsbury website...

½ c. sugar

1 t. cinnamon

2 cans (16.3 oz each) Pillsbury Grands!® Homestyle refrigerated buttermilk biscuits
½ c. chopped walnuts, if desired
½ c. raisins, if desired
1 c. firmly packed brown sugar

¾ c. butter or margarine, melted

1. Heat oven to 350°F. Lightly grease 12-cup fluted tube pan.
2. In large plastic food-storage bag, mix sugar and cinnamon. Separate dough into 16 biscuits; cut each into quarters. Shake in bag to coat. Arrange in pan, adding walnuts and raisins among the biscuit pieces.
3. Mix brown sugar and butter; pour over biscuit pieces.
4. Bake 28 to 32 minutes or until golden brown and no longer doughy in center. Cool in pan 10 minutes. Turn upside down onto serving plate; pull apart to serve. Serve warm.