Strawberry Swirl Coffee Cake

A slice of Strawberry Swirl Coffee Cake

Strawberry Swirl Coffee Cake....Soft cream cheese swirled in strawberry filling and topped with a light cookie crumble..let's not forget the drizzle of sweetness over the top! While baking this strawberry swirl coffee cake the aroma ( to me it's the smell of sweet sugar cookies) fills the house.Today I am going to share that recipe with you.  Normally I bake this Strawberry swirl coffee cake in a 9x13 pan but today I baked it freely on a cookie sheet.
You will find this recipe to be easy and fast. You can bake it in any pan you like(9x13, 2-8 inch pie plates or for a thicker pastry 8x8 pan etc.) just for some ideas. You can top this with many variations. Just to give you a sample, use a different fruit, fruit filling or fruit gel of your choice, chocolate gnache with coconut and nuts (for German chocolate appeal), cinnamon sugar, icing and butter, chocolate spread with marshmallows and sprinkle of graham cracker crumbs (for the smore's appeal). I could go on and on. Just experiment with this and be creative, enjoy!
You will see the way I spread my dough out on the cooking sheet was more like a pizza look with a thin pastry crust about 12 x12 in size. You will get about 10 slices.


Strawberry Swirl Coffee Cake

Ingredients:
 Pastry Dough:

1 cup flour(I used all purpose)
3/4 cup sugar
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
2 tbsp unsalted butter (room temperature)
2 eggs
2 tsp vanilla

Toppings: (your choice)
1 1/2 cups Strawberry gel filling (or amount to your liking)
5 tsp soft cream cheese ( or amount to your liking, I stirred mine up to make it more applicable)

Sugar Cookie Crumble ingredients
(flour, sugar and butter)

1 cup sugar cookie crumble or your favorite recipe( I used 3/4 cup flour, 1 cup sugar and 1 stick of butter     cubed mixed together, though I only use a portion of it not all)
1 can of premade vanilla frosting (I heat it up till it has a drizzle consistency, only a portioned used, not all)

Pastry Dough

 Assembling the layers of
Strawberry Swirl Coffee Cake
(before baking)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
In a large bowl (or counter top mixer) place eggs, butter and vanilla mix well. Then add remaining dry ingredients and mix well. Next line a cooking sheet with parchment paper(I also spray cooking spray on the parchment paper). Scrape the dough from the mixing bowl into the center of the sheet. Spread the dough around in a circular shape(it's a sticky dough but it will spread). Once you have your dough shaped, add the filling and spread it around on top of dough(to your liking how ever you choose). Now take the cream cheese and drop by teaspoon around the top. Then with a small spoon swirl the cream cheese in with the strawberry filling. Finally top with cookie crumble and bake for 25 minutes.
If you like the pastry dough softer try cooking for less time. If you like your pastry dough crispier than bake for 5 minutes more. After the coffee cake has cooled slight drizzle frosting over the coffee cake. Now you can plate it.  Plate it as a whole coffee cake on a platter or you can slice it and plate it individually.
 For presentation you could even slice it and place it all on a platter with some fresh fruit beside it(same with individual).

Strawberry Swirl Coffee Cake

Remember, have fun and make it yours.


And that's the "DISH" for today!