Moravian Sugar Cake

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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

Moravian Sugar Cake

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

An unusual coffee cake, the Moravian Sugar Cake hails from the Winkler Bakery of Winston-Salem, N.C., where the Moravians, a group of Czech Protestants, have been baking since 1766. The cake’s trademark chewy richness is created with a yeas...

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