Nutty Orange Coffee Cake

Recipe courtesy Paula Deen

Show: Paula's Home CookingEpisode: Mothers' Day

Rated: 5 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (160)

RECIPE
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Cook Time:
35 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
10 to 12 servings

Times:

Prep: 25 min
Inactive Prep: --
Cook: 35 min
Total:: 1 hr 0 min

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Ingredients

3/4 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup chopped pecans
2 teaspoons orange zest
2 (12-ounce) cans refrigerated buttermilk biscuits (10 count)
1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese
1/2 cup (1 stick) melted butter
1 cup sifted confectioners' sugar
2 tablespoons fresh orange juice

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

In a small bowl, combine the granulated sugar, pecans, and zest; set aside. Separate the biscuits. Place about 3/4 teaspoon cream cheese in the center of each biscuit. Fold each biscuit in half over the cheese, pressing the edges to seal. Dip the biscuits in melted butter, then dredge in the granulated sugar mixture. Place the biscuits, curved-side down, in a single layer in the hollows of a lightly greased 12-cup bundt pan, spacing them evenly (do not stack). Place any remaining biscuits around the tube, filling any gaps. Drizzle any remaining butter over the biscuits, and sprinkle with any remaining sugar mixture. Bake for 35 to 40 minutes, until golden brown. Immediately invert the cake onto a serving platter. Combine the confectioners' sugar and orange juice, stirring well; drizzle the glaze over the warm cake. Serve warm.

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recipe Nutty Orange Coffee Cake
B Denver, CO 10-28-2009
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Tasty and Quick for a Family Treat
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

It's snowing here, and today looked like the perfect day to have a warm sweet treat with tea, staying cozy inside. I... didn't want to make too large of a coffee cake for my family (as then I would be the one to continue eating on it all day). I cut the recipe in half and made it in a 6 cup Bundt pan. I baked it for 25 minutes in a 350 F oven. It worked out great. I felt there were 5 good sized servings out of it. Everyone liked it. Even hubby who doesn't like orange or lemon flavored things. I did add a pinch of cinnamon and a pinch of freshly grated nutmeg. The basic recipe has a lot of potential, adding marmalade with the cream cheese on the inside, etc., or making it much more "holiday." I wish there was another way to do it without using refrigerator biscuits, because I don't like the "processed" taste that the biscuits give off. I don't mind making real dough. It was good, but not stellar. That's why I took off a star. I would make this for family, but it probably isn't "WOW" enough for company. However, it would be appropriate for an impromptu tea time with a friend. Make the small size and save your hips and bum the remorse! We'll see if that worked for me. -wink!- Read more
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NANCY Southeast, NY 10-27-2009
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Yummy but..
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

This was delicious. It was a little time consuming to make and with all the sugar, melted butter and juicing more than a... little messy in my kitchen before I was done. But, oh so good. I willl try almond paste in the center next time or a combination thereof with cream cheese--the bite of the cream cheese on reaches in the center was almost too tart against the wonderful gooey sugary dough. On the other hand, I would never have thought of using biscuits like this--what a creative mind that Paula has!Read more
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RENEE CHENEYVILLE, LA 10-13-2009
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WONDERFULLY RICH
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

this is a great coffee cake. it is rich and gooey and wonderful. all the reviewers crying about it being too sweet....come... on....it is a coffee cake people. if you can't take the butter and sugar, please just go make an angelfood cake. the rest of us know a good thing when we bake one. Read more
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Sara Forest Hills, NY 08-05-2009
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This was interesting
Rated: 3 stars out of 5

It was just OK. Very bitter but it was fun to make.
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Laurie Klamath Falls, OR 05-10-2009
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Paula, this sweet bread was "oh so good"
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

This recipe was very easy to make and my whole family loved it. We finished the entire loaf in one breakfast meal. My... husband didn't want to share with the kids :)Read more
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Tim Visalia, CA 05-10-2009
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Excellent!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Made this with my daughter for Mother's Day and we all enjoyed every bite of it! Followed the recipe exactly, except we... didn't add the pecans and it still turned out great. My 10 year-old daughter and I found it easy and fun to make together. If you want it less sweet, then omit the glaze on top or dust with powdered sugar instead. This recipe is a keeper.Read more