Moravian Sugar Cake

Dough

1 pkg active dry yeast

¼ cup softened butter or margarine

¼ cup warm water

1 egg, slightly beaten

½ cup mashed potatoes

¾ tsp salt

¼ cup milk, scalded, cool to lukewarm

2 ½ -3 cups flour

¼ cup granulated sugar

½ cup butter or margarine

Topping

½ cup brown sugar

½ cup granulated sugar

1 ½ tsp. cinnamon

Bake at 350°.

Dissolve yeast in warm water. Let stand 10 minutes. Stir in remaining ingredients except flour, ½ cup butter and topping ingredients. Stir in 2 ½ cups flour. Stir in enough remaining flour to make dough easy to handle. Shape into ball. Turn dough onto lightly floured board. Knead until smooth and elastic, about 10 minutes. Place in greased bowl. Turn dough to greased side up. Cover and let rise in warm place until double, about 1 hour. Dough is ready if impression when stuck remains.

Roll dough into a rectangle, 13x9 inches. Placed the dough into a greased 13x9” pan and cover. Let rise in warm place until double, about 1 hour.

Heat oven to 350°. Make deep indentations in dough with thumb, about 1” apart. Cut 5 tbsp of the butter into small pieces and press into the indentions in the cake. Melt remaining butter and brush over the cake. Combine sugars and cinnamon and sprinkle over the cake. Bake until pick inserted in center comes out clean, 20-25 minutes. Cool in pan then cut into squares.

Note: Recipe makes one cake. Can double recipe to make two cakes.

Peg