A cross between a bread and cake, this no knead apricot orange Kugelhopf yeast coffee cake is packed with chopped dried apricots and brushed with an orange apricot preserve.
I have always been interested in other countries’ cuisines. There’s something always new to discover through their traditional meals and it makes me feel I’m on a world-wide adventure while still in my kitchen.
Romanian cuisine is not as well known as others and we don’t really have too many “dishes” we can call ours, lots of them are found throughout Europe under different names.
Kugelhopf (in Romanian guguluf) is a no knead coffee cake, originally from Austria, Swiss and South Germany baked in a special bundt pan, most of the time packed dried fruits and nuts and cherry brandy. I left out the cherry brandy and chose to give my Kugelhopf a summery flavor. Dried apricots, orange zest, chopped almonds and freshly ground cardamom seemed fitting.
The recipe for this apricot orange Kugelhopf coffee cake comes from Red Star Yeast. I didn’t change almost anything to their recipe, except brushing it once done and cooled with some apricot preserve mixed with freshly squeezed orange juice for an extra flavor instead of the orange glaze found on Red Star Yeast website.
Apricot orange Kugelhopf recipe
Being a cross between a bread and a cake makes it perfect to be taken to a picnic. And I’m not taking this apricot orange Kugelhopf to any picnic, but one in the company of some amazing food bloggers.
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Beautiful! Absolute perfection for a picnic 🙂
Well I was going to make some plain old Chocolate Cupcakes, but after seeing all of the terrific ideas I am definitely going to have to do something with those adorable ants !!!
Thanks for sharing this nice summery cake with all of us at the picnic party.
What a great picnic cake, I can almost smell the yumminess through my computer 🙂
Oh! I’ve seen Kugelhopf in Germany but never tried it. They just didn’t look appealing. But this one totally does! Love how summery you made it. 🙂
This looks so good, Roxana. Love that brush of preserves on top!
This is a wonderful treat for the end of a picnic meal…fancy and fun at the same time. Now I have another great recipe for the abundance of apricots from my tree!
Ooooooh your cake is gorgeous, Roxana! I love the summery mix of flavours, textures and fruit in there. I’m adding this to my ever-growing “must bake” list of recipes!
Oh my goodness, this looks so delicious, I almost ate my computer screen! That coffee cake recipe will be one I’ll have to try and your photography is stunning!
It would go well with my morning coffee 🙂
I want this cake every day not just for the picnic. I adore apricots. The glaze makes me want to jump and make this right now.I actually have some fresh apricots on the counter. Beautiful pictures Roxana.
Totally digging this. Reminds me of my mom and all her baking! Love the flavors too.
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I was able to travel when studying abroad in Europe. I always thought Austria had the best pastries. My friends and I ate our weight in baked goods.
On our next picnic I was thinking, that Brownie Bottom Cheesecake looks so good.
Slice it ahead of time and wrap the slices individually and we’re ready to go. 🙂
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I just love ethnic cuisines also Roxana, this looks so good and I love the name!
So yummy! This recipe sounds so delicious
Your cake looks so delicious! Drooling at my screen right now!
This looks amazing!! I am a big fan of apricot. So delicious!
For my next picnic – I will most likely make brownies
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I want to make Apricot orange Kugelhopf for my next picnic!
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