Food Stylist | Chef Nicky Morse
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Spiced Sourdough-Cinnamon Cake
You are going to love this one!
It’s like sourdough bread, a cinnamon roll, and a spice cake combined… The cinnamon-cream cheese icing, cinnamon and fresh orange/lemon zest make it delightful.
I wrote this recipe, while thinking about a secret cinnamon roll recipe my sister-in-law Beth shared with me years ago. The recipe called for a plain boxed-cake mix. The recipe was pretty simple and very tasty. It’s something I’d make for Christmas morning.
This year, I decided to zest it up a little bit….simplify the process…give the flavor an overhaul…write the recipe for a 12-inch iron skillet…make it BIG!
You don’t have to sprinkle the plate with cinnamon and fresh orange/lemon zest, but if you do… you’ll be happy you did! It’s just brings it all to life!
I’m so excited to finally get to share with you. I would have liked to have dedicated this to Beth on her birthday (December 8th), but the recipe didn’t come out exactly the way it was planned. I had to rethink, rewrite and reshoot the whole thing. Sometime’s it can be so frustrating when a recipe doesn’t come out as planned, when I’m sure what I’ve created is a masterpiece (in my mind-LOL!). This was worth a “Take 2!”
Hopefully this will help make your Christmas morning a special one!
Merry Christmas, and God Bless!
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Ingredients:
Dough:
32 ounces sourdough starter
Mix together the following 3 ingredients (heat to about 115 degrees F.); add to the above.
4 ounces whole milk
1 tablespoon sugar
1 tablespoon butter (unsalted)
Mix in the following:
9 ounces all purpose flour
1 box spice cake mix
Iron Skillet Prep:
rub inside of iron skillet with:
2 ounces butter (unsalted)
Butter & Cinnamon-Sugar Mix (layered:
Butter:- use 1/4 at a time
8 ounces butter (unsalted)
Cinnamon Sugar Mix:- use 1/4 at a time
3/4 cup light brown sugar (packed)
3/4 cup dark brown sugar (packed)
3 tablespoons cinnamon (Ceylon)
Icing:
4 ounces butter (unsalted)
4 ounces cream cheese
1/2 tablespoon cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 pound powdered sugar (sifted)
Plate Garnish:
orange zest (fresh)
lemon zest (fresh)
cinnamon
Procedure:
Please watch the video for step-by-step instructions.
Enjoy!