Best-Loved Quick Breads and
Coffee Cakes
In this section, we discover
the breads and cakes made with baking powder. The bread dough
process is a long and watchful. In the early days, it required
setting aside of one whole day for baking. Even today, it is a
timely process. However, with the help of baking soda, baking
powder and cream or tartar, you can turn out quick breads can be
turned out in a jiffy. In addition, they are foolproof.
No matter if it is morning or
night, the Pennsylvania Germans love coffee. The morning “coffee
break” with coffee and doughnuts was an early tradition and
quickly adopted in the New World.
Farm life began early in the
morning, they kept the coffee hot on the stove for those working
the fields or tending the cows, to take a quick break. It was
even ready for family or neighbors stopping by. There was a cup
of steaming coffee and a slice of nut bread ready to enjoy.
If a neighbor stopped by, they
usually brought a covered dish containing a warm coffeecake,
topped with crumbs.
Later in the day, they might
have kaffeeklatches, which many considered “gossiping
coffee parties.” Whatever the social occasion, there was bound
to be coffee and all sorts of “cakes”.
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