Cream Filled Coffee Cake

Total Time: 4 hrs Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups milk
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1/3 cup sugar, plus
• 1 teaspoon sugar, divided
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 1 (1/4 ounce) package active dry yeast
• 1/4 cup warm water (110 to 115)
• 5 1/2-6 cups all-purpose flour, divided
• 3 eggs, well-beaten
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup milk
• 3/4 cup butter or 3/4 cup margarine
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3 tablespoons confectioners' sugar

Recipe

• 1 heat milk, butter 1/3 cup sugar and salt; stir until the sugar dissolves. set aside. mix yeast, warm water and 1 teaspoon sugar; let stand 10 minutes.
• 2 in a large mixing bowl, combine 3 cups flour, milk mixture, yeast and eggs; beat until smooth. add enough of the remaining flour to form a soft dough.
• 3 turn out onto a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth, about 6-8 minutes.
• 4 place dough in a greased bowl, turning one to grease top.
• 5 cover and let rise until doubled, about 1 to 1-1/2 hours.
• 6 meanwhile, prepare topping.
• 7 combine sugars, flour and cinnamon in a bowl. cut butter into dry ingredients; set aside.
• 8 punch dough down; divide in half. pat or roll each half to fit a greased 9-in. cake pan.
• 9 with a fork, pierce entire cake top.
• 10 divide topping and sprinkle over each cake.
• 11 cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 hour.
• 12 bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes.
• 13 remove from pans and cool on wire racks.
• 14 for filling, combine flour and milk in a saucepan; cook, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens.
• 15 cool.
• 16 in a mixing bowl, cream remaining ingredients until well-mixed. add flour mixture and beat until fluffy.
• 17 cut each cake in half horizontally; spread each with half the filling.
• 18 refrigerate until ready to serve.