{"id":3937,"slug":"german-coffee-cake","title":"GERMAN COFFEE CAKE","description":"From Fifty-two Sunday dinners: A book of recipes (1913) by Elizabeth O. Hiller.","ingredients_raw":["1 cup scalded milk.","3 tablespoons Cottolene.","1/3 cup sugar.","1/2 teaspoon salt.","1 compressed yeast cake dissolved in 1/4 cup lukewarm water.","1 egg well beaten.","1/2 cup seeded and shredded raisins.","Flour."],"ingredients_norm":["scalded milk","shortening","sugar","salt","compressed yeast cake dissolved in cup lukewarm water","egg well","and shredded raisin","flour"],"steps":["Put Cottolene, sugar and salt in mixing bowl; add scalded milk.","When lukewarm add dissolved yeast cake, beaten egg and sufficient flour to make a very thick batter.","Beat thoroughly until mixture is smooth.","Add raisins, cover closely and set to rise.","When light, spread dough in buttered dripping pan one inch in thickness; cover and let rise again.","Before placing in the oven, brush over with beaten egg and cover with the following mixture: Melt one-third cup butter in a sauce-pan, add one-half cup sugar, mix with one and one-half teaspoons cinnamon. When sugar is partially melted add one and one-half tablespoons flour. Mix well and spread on cake, strew top with blanched and shredded almonds.","Bake twenty-five minutes in a moderate oven."],"categories":[],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":null,"servings":null,"yield_text":null,"difficulty":null,"source_name":"gutenberg","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/31534","source_ref":"pg:31534:190","authors_url":null,"license":"Public domain (US)","license_url":null,"extraction_confidence":0.95,"content_hash":"56afc15c2f3abe01642e30bc2e3fb6cac8e570e7408c85845a753fc72c6a0bf8","created_at":"2026-08-02T15:47:32Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T16:16:48Z","notice":"Historical recipe (1913), reproduced as published: it may reflect its era's ingredients, language, and food-safety practices. Apply modern judgment on cooking temperatures and preservation.","url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/german-coffee-cake"}