Orange Cream Cheese Coffee Cake

Name: Orange Cream Cheese Coffee Cake
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 1 10inch coffee cake
Ingredients: 3/4 cup granulated sugar; 1/2 cup chopped pecans; 1 tablespoon grated orange rind; 2 (11 ounce) cans refrigerated buttermilk biscuits (1869 brand); 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, cut into 20 squares; 1/2 cup margarine or 1/2 cup butter, melted; 1 cup sifted powdered sugar; 2 tablespoons orange juice

Submitted by Damar12

"This is a very good coffee cake. It does not have a strong orange flavor. We have served it to many people and have never been disappointed. All want the recipe afterwards."

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photo by Alisa Lea

Ready In:: 1hr
Ingredients:: 8
Yields:: 1 10inch coffee cake

ingredients

³⁄₄ cup granulated sugar
¹⁄₂ cup chopped pecans
1 tablespoon grated orange rind
2 (11 ounce) cans refrigerated buttermilk biscuits (1869 brand)
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, cut into 20 squares
¹⁄₂ cup margarine or 1/2 cup butter, melted
Glaze
1 cup sifted powdered sugar
2 tablespoons orange juice

directions

Combine the granulated sugar, pecans and orange rind in a bowl; set aside for future use.
Separate biscuit dough into individual biscuits; then gently separate individual biscuits in half.
Place a cream cheese square between the 2 halves and pinch sides to seal each back together.
Dip in butter and dredge in granulated sugar mixture.
Stand biscuits on edge in a lightly greased 12-cup Bundt pan, spacing evenly.
Drizzle with remaining butter and sprinkle with remaining granulated sugar mixture.
Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes or until golden.
Immediately invert onto a serving plate.
Glaze: Combine powdered sugar and orange juice; stir well.
Drizzle over warm bread.
Serve immediately.
You may omit the cream cheese but still separate biscuits in half and dip as normal in sugar mixture.
We do a half and half batch.
There is not a strong orange flavor here.

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Reviews

Divinely delicious! I had a brunch over labor day weekend. Everyone commented on this scrumptious coffeecake. It smelled and tasted like one spent hours on it! Three people wanted a copy of the recipe. It was so pretty when it was removed from the bundt pan. I made some slight changes to the recipe. I toasted the pecans, added cinnamon, nutmeg and "apple pie" spice mix to the sugar and orange zest mixture. This was an easy recipe to make that looks like you made it from scratch. I used fresh orange zest and fresly squeezed orange juice. I dribbled an additional two tbsps of the fresh orange juice over the coffee cake immediately after it came out of the oven. The glaze came last. Thank you for such a good recipe. I will be making it again this weekend due to my family's frequent requests!

sillycats
I am one happy cook right now. I had lost this recipe several years ago and just found it here on RecipeZaar today. My family loves this coffee cake! Make sure you use freshly grated orange peel and squeezed OJ. The fresh taste is wonderful.

libertycooker
We had this for our Sunday morning breakfast and it is really good. Not too sweet, just a hint of orange from the glaze. I love the slight "crust" the sugar, pecans and butter makes on the top.

Alisa Lea