Certainly! 🇭🇺 The Hungarian Golden Coffee Cake is a soft, tender, slightly sweet yeast-based cake often enjoyed with a warm cup of coffee or tea. It’s traditionally enriched with butter and eggs, sometimes layered or topped with streusel, cinnamon sugar, or nuts — perfect for breakfast, brunch, or an afternoon treat.
🍰 Hungarian Golden Coffee Cake 🇭🇺
Soft, buttery, golden, and perfect with a warm drink.
📝 Ingredients:
For the Dough:
- 3 cups (360g) all-purpose flour
- 1 packet (2¼ tsp) active dry yeast
- ½ cup (120ml) warm milk
- ¼ cup (50g) sugar
- ½ tsp salt
- 2 eggs
- ½ cup (115g) unsalted butter, melted and cooled
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- Zest of 1 lemon (optional, but traditional)
Optional Filling or Topping:
- ¼ cup sugar mixed with 1 tsp cinnamon
- ½ cup chopped walnuts or sliced almonds
- Streusel (flour, butter, and sugar mix) or a powdered sugar glaze