My wake up call came at 5:13am this morning from a 2 yr old who was crying over a kitty scratch. Thank goodness he was delerious enough to go back to bed after kisses on the booboo were applied....however, mommy was not. Perky and awake, that was me. Why does that always happen on the weekends when a few extra minutes of sleep is actually possible? Well, I made the best of it by surprising my darling hubby with a nice breakfast.
The frittata is a great throw it together breakfast. Fast, easy and as soon as you throw it in the oven you have 20min. to sit down and have a cup of coffee before the troops come in to devour it. I usually change most of my recipes according to what I have on hand therefore this morning's frittata was filled with sausage, pepper, onion & mushroom (just replace the veggies in the original recipe with what you have available).
Breakfast Frittata
(Original recipe from Val @ Collecting the moments...One by One)
My coffee cake recipe hails from Martha Stewart Living Nov '06. Now, I've got a bone to pick with Martha but, I'll save that for another time. For now I'll just say that this is one of the only recipes I've taken from Living that actually works without needing some special equipment or out-of-this-world ingredient that costs $20 and you can only find at a little mom & pop shop in downtown Manhattan. I mean, come on! We're normal people. We shop at Safeway and Winco. We buy milk, eggs, vanilla! Ugh...like I said, that's for another time.
Yum Yum Coffee Cake
Batter mix:
1/2 C Butter, softened
2 C flour (I've used white, wheat or a combo. All work well)
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp vanilla
1tsp salt
1 C sugar
2 eggs
1 C sour cream
filling mix:
3 Tb sugar
4 1/2 tsp instant coffee
4 1/2 tsp cocoa
Preheat oven to 350. Butter a 10in. bunt pan & dust with flour. In medium bowl, whisk flour, powder, soda, salt. In mixer bowl whisk butter & sugar until pale and fluffy(3-4min). Reduce speed to medium and mix in eggs. Add flour, sour cream and vanilla and mix for 1 more min. Make filling mixture in separate bowl.
Spread 1/3 of the batter into the pan. Sprinkle with 1/2 of the coffee filling, repeat. Spread the last 1/3 of the batter on top. Take a knife or long skewer and swirl through the batter to lightly blend the filling.
Bake 35-40min. Let cool for 30 min, invert onto plate, enjoy!
Now that's a weekend breakfast for Champions!
The frittata is a great throw it together breakfast. Fast, easy and as soon as you throw it in the oven you have 20min. to sit down and have a cup of coffee before the troops come in to devour it. I usually change most of my recipes according to what I have on hand therefore this morning's frittata was filled with sausage, pepper, onion & mushroom (just replace the veggies in the original recipe with what you have available).
Breakfast Frittata
(Original recipe from Val @ Collecting the moments...One by One)
2 Tb butter
6 large eggs
1/4 cup milk
1 C grated cheddar cheese
1/2 onion
1/2 C broccoli florets cut into small pieces
5 mushrooms
salt & pepper
Put butter into oven safe frying pan. Saute onion, and broccoli, adding in mushrooms a bit later as they take a shorter amount of time to cook. Once all are tender, salt and pepper generously and turn off heat. Mix milk and eggs, and pour strait into the still hot frying pan over the veggies. Add cheese and mix gently. Put in a 400* oven for 20 minutes.
6 large eggs
1/4 cup milk
1 C grated cheddar cheese
1/2 onion
1/2 C broccoli florets cut into small pieces
5 mushrooms
salt & pepper
My coffee cake recipe hails from Martha Stewart Living Nov '06. Now, I've got a bone to pick with Martha but, I'll save that for another time. For now I'll just say that this is one of the only recipes I've taken from Living that actually works without needing some special equipment or out-of-this-world ingredient that costs $20 and you can only find at a little mom & pop shop in downtown Manhattan. I mean, come on! We're normal people. We shop at Safeway and Winco. We buy milk, eggs, vanilla! Ugh...like I said, that's for another time.
Yum Yum Coffee Cake
Batter mix:
1/2 C Butter, softened
2 C flour (I've used white, wheat or a combo. All work well)
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp vanilla
1tsp salt
1 C sugar
2 eggs
1 C sour cream
filling mix:
3 Tb sugar
4 1/2 tsp instant coffee
4 1/2 tsp cocoa
Preheat oven to 350. Butter a 10in. bunt pan & dust with flour. In medium bowl, whisk flour, powder, soda, salt. In mixer bowl whisk butter & sugar until pale and fluffy(3-4min). Reduce speed to medium and mix in eggs. Add flour, sour cream and vanilla and mix for 1 more min. Make filling mixture in separate bowl.
Spread 1/3 of the batter into the pan. Sprinkle with 1/2 of the coffee filling, repeat. Spread the last 1/3 of the batter on top. Take a knife or long skewer and swirl through the batter to lightly blend the filling.
Bake 35-40min. Let cool for 30 min, invert onto plate, enjoy!
Now that's a weekend breakfast for Champions!
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