Meyer Lemon Coffee Cake
- 1 34 cups all-purpose flour
- 34 cup packed light-brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon coarse salt
- 6 ounces cold unsalted butter
- 5 meyer lemons, cut into paper-thin slices, ends discarded
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 12 teaspoons coarse salt
- 4 ounces unsalted butter, room temperature, plus more for pan
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 3 tablespoons finely grated meyer lemon zest (from 4 to 5 lemons)
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1 cup confectioners' sugar
- 3 -4 tablespoons meyer lemon juice
- Make the streusel: Mix together flour, brown sugar, and salt.
- Using a pastry cutter or your fingers, cut butter into the flour mixture until small to medium clumps form.
- Cover, and refrigerate until ready to use (up to 3 days).
- Make the cake: Cook lemon slices in a medium saucepan of simmering water for 1 minute.
- Drain, and repeat.
- Arrange lemon slices in a single layer on a parchment-lined baking sheet.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Butter a 9-inch angel food cake pan.
- Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
- Beat butter, granulated sugar, and lemon zest with a mixer on medium speed in a large bowl until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes.
- With the mixer running, add eggs, 1 at a time, then the vanilla.
- Reduce speed to low.
- Add the flour mixture in 3 additions, alternating with sour cream.
- Spoon 1/2 of the batter evenly into cake pan.
- Arrange 1/2 of the lemon slices in a single layer over the batter.
- Spread remaining batter evenly over the top.
- Cover with the remaining lemon slices in a single layer.
- Sprinkle the chilled streusel evenly over the batter.
- Bake until cake is golden brown and a tester inserted in the center comes out clean, about 55 minutes.
- Transfer pan to a wire rack set over a baking sheet, and let cool in pan for 15 minutes.
- Run a knife around the edges of the pan, and remove outer ring.
- Let cool on rack for 15 minutes.
- Run a knife around the center tube.
- Slide 2 wide spatulas between the bottom of the cake and the pan, and lift cake to remove from the center tube.
- Let cool completely on rack.
- Make the glaze: Just before serving, stir together confectioners' sugar and lemon juice in a medium bowl.
- Drizzle over cooled cake, letting excess drip down the sides.
- Let glaze set before slicing, about 5 minutes.
- (Cake can be stored for up to 3 days.
- The lemon flavor will intensify with time.
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Taken from www.food.com/recipe/meyer-lemon-coffee-cake-368996 (may not work)