Moravian Sugar Cake

Name: Moravian Sugar Cake
Yield: Serves 12
Ingredients: 3/4 cup, milk, heated to 110 degrees; 1 1/2 teaspoons, instant or rapid-rise yeast; 1/3 cup (2⅓ ounces/66 grams), granulated sugar; 1/4 cup, instant potato flakes; 1/2 teaspoon, salt; 4 tablespoons, unsalted butter, softened; plus 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into ½-inch pieces and chilled; 1 , large egg; 2 cups (10 ounces/283 grams), all-purpose flour; 1 1/2 cups packed (10½ ounces/298 grams), light brown sugar; 1 tablespoon, ground cinnamon

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Appears in Cook's Country December/January 2008

A crunchy caramelized brown sugar topping and tender potato-based dough make this North Carolina coffee cake unique.

SERVES 12

TIME 1¼ hours, plus 1 hour rising and 30 minutes cooling

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