We're hosting a meeting in the morning and want to serve the "Sour Cream Coffee Cake with Brown Sugar-Pecan Streusel" from Cook's Illustrated (if you haven't tried it; it's fabulous.)
However it involves a number of steps and we don't want to get up TOO terribly early :rolleyes: so we're looking for ways to shorten the prep process.
Could we make the streusels (one is used as filling for a few layers and the other as topping) tonight and just refrigerate them? They involve AP flour, white and dark brown sugars, cinnamon, butter, and chopped pecans. I know this sounds like a stupid question, but I wanted to make sure none of the tastes would go south on me.
I don't think there's anything I can do about the coffee cake itself since it involves eggs, butter, and sour cream. But having the streusels out of the way would help.
thanks!
However it involves a number of steps and we don't want to get up TOO terribly early :rolleyes: so we're looking for ways to shorten the prep process.
Could we make the streusels (one is used as filling for a few layers and the other as topping) tonight and just refrigerate them? They involve AP flour, white and dark brown sugars, cinnamon, butter, and chopped pecans. I know this sounds like a stupid question, but I wanted to make sure none of the tastes would go south on me.
I don't think there's anything I can do about the coffee cake itself since it involves eggs, butter, and sour cream. But having the streusels out of the way would help.
thanks!
