Grandmom’s Coffee Cake

This recipe was one used by Joe Bogard’s grandmother who immigrated from Hungary.
– Gay Bogard

Aunt Gay makes loaves of this bread each Christmas and I always look forward to having toasted slices of it. Delicious!
– Terry

Ingredients

• 4 cups flour
• ½ cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 stick butter
• 1 lemon rind, grated
• ½ tsp. salt
• ⅛ tsp. mace or nutmeg
• 1 cup milk
• 1 pkg. yeast
• few white raisins

Instructions

Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs, lemon rind, salt, and mace.

Dissolve yeast in lukewarm milk and ½ tsp. sugar. Then add to egg mixture, along with raisins and flour. Mix well. Let rise.

When risen, knead and shape into loaves. Grandmom always baked it in a tube pan, but I usually double, triple, even quadruple the recipe and make numerous size loaves.

Bake at 350°F for 45-60 minutes for tube pan, much less for loaves (15-30 mins based on size).