Comments on: Family Time Takes Effort: Buttermilk Coffee Cake!

By: amy

amy — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 16:45:36 +0000

really wanting to make this recipe….can you please clarify the amount of sucanat and sour cream? Something doesn’t seem right. Also, where is the buttermilk????

By: melissa

melissa — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 10:51:00 +0000

I’m wanting to make this recipe, but have the same questions as the previous poster. How much sugar? How much sour cream? How much buttermilk? Your answers would be helpful to me!

By: Jacqueline B

Jacqueline B — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 02:50:28 +0000

Recipe questions –

“1 14/” cups sugar?
“2/4” cup sour cream?
Is there no buttermilk in this Buttermilk Coffee Cake?

Thank you for clarifying; it looks delicious.

By: Anne

Anne — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 16:50:44 +0000

YUM… that looks good. Thanks for the recipe. Homemade is always best. I was just eating the coffee cake that I made out of a box.

Family Time… is definitely harder to come by as the kids get older. Mine are staying at home while going to College and I have two in High School… so between their jobs and sports it is hard to find time. I also have found it best to look at everyones schedule and then plan a date ahead of time so everyone knows.

By: Sara Tetreault

Sara Tetreault — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 18:30:24 +0000

Hi Sandy,
Our family made the switch to whole wheat flour several years so I agree with the comments regarding whole flour in recipes! I used to use Bob’s Red Mill whole wheat pastry flour for all of my baking but never had success with pizza dough or bread – it was flat and dense. Then, I met Bob (yes, he does exist) of Bob’s Red Mill at a store opening and I asked him about it. He told me to use his regular whole wheat flour…the pastry flour doesn’t have enough gluten. Of course, he was 100% correct. Now I only buy the whole wheat flour (25 lb bag) and I’ve had much success with my recipes. I’m too practical to have more than one type of flour around my house!

When don’t family get together-s involve food? That coffee cake looks delicious!

By: Adelle @ ready...GO!...get set

Adelle @ ready...GO!...get set — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 17:29:06 +0000

This is EXACTLY what my husband and I were discussing yesterday on the way home from church. He’s been working so many weekends – we haven’t had real face-time as a family in (what feels like) forever.

So we set aside the rest of the day. We planned to make dinner together as a family (tacos). We shopped for what we needed. We delegated jobs that the boys could do themselves (open and heat a can of chili beans, setting the table, filling the drinks). And we sat together, made our tacos together, and we enjoyed some real face time.

It wasn’t perfect. Taco filling was all over the dining room floor. There was still a lot of bickering over who got to do what. But we were together, and we made a point to be together. That’s what was important.

By: Lindsay McPhail

Lindsay McPhail — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 16:39:21 +0000

Yay!! I hadn’t seen your post when I replied on twitter… I’m a dork… but now I am a happy dork and I can’t wait to try this recipe!!!

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 16:16:15 +0000

It most definitely takes effort for family time, especially with four children all going different directions! We have one set night a week for a sit-down family meal. There are NO excuses for missing because it is always the same. It is purposefully scheduled a little later in the evening, so everyone can wrap up their day. My hubby and I cook together, our girls set the table, and my son helps pour drinks, and the clean-up is a family effort. We have been doing this for since the summer and I have loved the time together!
This recipe looks yummy, so it may just make it to the menu later this week!

By: Kirstin

Kirstin — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 16:04:05 +0000

OOOOO yummy! I love Coffee Cake, so I’ll try this one…question though, did you mean 2/4 cup sour cream or is it supposed to be 1/4, or 1/2?

My mom had a sour cream coffee cake that she always made and I loved it because it was so moist and filled with yummy ingredients.

Yesterday was the first Sunday that we all were at church together and could go home afterwards for a “real” hot meal (NO SOCCER…YAY!!!) so I took advantage of this and invited my in-laws up for dinner…we downed a crock pot of chili and a dozen corn muffins and just visited and played cards. I also told my oldest that she could just hang out at home all day/evening because she had been gone friday night and all day/evening Saturday with friends and I missed seeing her.

Most times we go with the flow, but there are definite times we have to be intentional when it comes to being together….

By: melissa @ the inspired room

melissa @ the inspired room — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 16:03:18 +0000

It definitely takes effort to have family time, doesn’t it? Especially as the kids get older and everyone has their own plans and schedules!!! My girls are here on Spring Break (my oldest is even spending a couple of days here, so glad her husband shares her with us!). SO HAPPY to have them home!!!

Yummy! We use whole wheat pastry flour and it makes things so yummy!!