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    Home » Food

    New Year's Day Brunch

    Dec 21, 2015 ·

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    In our family, the holidays aren’t over when the clock strikes midnight on New Year’s Eve. Growing up in Pasadena means you wake up early on New Year’s Day morning, no matter how late you were out celebrating the night before, and watch the Tournament of Roses Parade.

    New Years Day Brunch

    But no early morning parade watching is complete without brunch! Some years it’s just coffee and cinnamon rolls and other years it’s a whole spread.

    New Years Day Brunch

    It might look fancy but this New Year’s Day brunch can be made 100% the day before. Let’s start with something sweet…

    New Years Day Brunch

    Every year during the holidays I make my Grandma Shapop’s Sour Cream Coffee Cake. The sour cream is the secret ingredient to extra moist coffee cake and the new package makes it easy to squeeze into measuring cups without a mess, which I love.

    New Years Day Brunch

    Grandma Shapop’s Sour Cream Coffee Cake
    Serves 12

    1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temp
    1 cup granulated sugar
    3 eggs
    1 teaspoon vanilla extract
    2 ½ cups sifted all-purpose flour
    3 teaspoon baking powder
    1 teaspoon baking soda
    pinch of salt
    1 ¼ cup Sour Cream

    Swirl Center
    ½ cup granulated sugar
    2 teaspoon cinnamon
    1 cup chopped pecans

    Glaze
    1 cup confectioners sugar
    ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
    1-2 tablespoon milk

    Instructions:
    1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease a 10" tube pan or bundt pan, set aside.
    2. In the bowl of an electric mixer, cream together butter and sugar until pale and fluffy.
    3. Scrap down sides of the bowl and beat in eggs, vanilla extract and sour cream until well combined.
    4. In a large bowl whisk together flour (sifted before measuring), baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
    5. Add dry ingredients to the butter mixture on slow speed until just combined. (Do not overmix.)

    Swirl Center
    1. In a small bowl mix together sugar, cinnamon and chopped pecans. Set aside.

    Assemble
    1. Spoon half of the batter into the bottom of greased pan. Top with all of the cinnamon-pecan swirl mixture and finally top with the remainder of the batter, smoothing the top with a spoon or spatula.
    2. Bake 350 degrees for 40-50 minutes or until golden brown and a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Start checking at 40 minutes. Allow to cool partially before inverting out of the pan to a cooling rack. Wrap in plastic wrap and allow to sit overnight before glazing and serving. This will insure a moist cake.

    Glaze
    1. In a small bowl mix together confectioners sugar, vanilla and 1 tablespoon milk. Mix to combine. You may want to add up to 1 tablespoon more milk if the glaze is too thick to drizzle. It should be the consistency of white glue.
    2. Drizzle glaze over the top of your cooled coffee cake.

    New Years Day Brunch

    For a savory bite on the brunch table, little Smoked Salmon Blini topped with sour cream and a sprig of fresh herbs. These babies are totally delicious served alongside a glass of champagne.

    New Years Day Brunch

    Make the pancakes a day ahead and the morning of, have the kids in your family help by topping them with smoked salmon, a squeeze of Sour Cream and a sprig of fresh dill or chives. More time for you to sit sipping champagne punch and watching the parade!

    Smoked Salmon Blini with Sour Cream & Dill

    Packaged pancake mix
    butter
    Smoked salmon
    Sour Cream
    Fresh dill
    Fresh chives

    Instructions
    1. Prepare pancake batter according to box directions.
    2. Heat 1 tablespoon of butter in a skillet over medium-low heat. Drop the batter into the hot skillet, 1 tablespoon at a time and cook until bubbles form on the top side of the blini, about 2 minutes. Flip and cook for 1 more minute, or until brown. Repeat with the remaining batter.
    3. Allow pancakes to cool completely before topping with salmon, a dollop of sour cream and a sprig of fresh dill or chive.

    New Years Day Brunch

    And oh, how I love this gorgeous champagne punch, or Pasadena Punch as I call it. It’s a delicious holiday blend of pomegranate, cranberry, simple syrup, lemon and vodka topped with a splash of champagne.

    New Years Day Brunch

    However, you can always omit the vodka if you have kids attending and keep the champagne chilled on the side for the adults. Freeze an ice ring of lemon slices, pomegranate seeds and water ahead of time to pop in the punch bowl. Now bring on the bubbly!

    New Years Day Brunch

    Pasadena Punch
    Serves 16

    64 oz chilled pomegranate juice
    32 oz chilled cranberry juice
    16 oz (2 cups) vodka, optional
    16 oz (2 cups) fresh lemon juice, about 12 lemons
    16 oz (2 cups) simple syrup
    Chilled champagne, for topping

    Instructions
    1. Mix all ingredients aside from champagne in your punch bowl and stir to combine.
    2. Ladle into glasses and serve topped with champagne.

    New Years Day Brunch

    Finally, keep the table simple with red and white roses from the grocery store inspired by the parade, branches of magnolia leaves (I pick mine right out of our front yard), and sprigs of left-over Christmas greenery. This brunch table is one beautiful, easy, and delicious way to start the new year!

    New Years Day Brunch

    Do you and your family have any New Year’s Day traditions? I hope you will give these recipes a try and have a very merry Christmas and a Happy 2016!

    New Years Day Brunch

     

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    1. Michelepratadesignerlifestyle says

      December 26, 2015 at 9:33 am

      What a fabulous way to Ring in the New Year with your Daisy Sour Cream used for your Grandma Shapop's sour cream coffee cake! Those Smoked Salmon Blini with a dollop of sour cream sound amazing also! Can't wait to whip up a batch of your Pasadena Punch to watch the floats go by in my living room on New Year's Day! Happiest New Year's to you and yours!

      • Leah Bergman says

        December 28, 2015 at 1:56 pm

        Thank you Michele! I hope you will try the coffee cake recipe. It's one of my favorites!

    2. Michelepratadesignerlifestyle says

      December 28, 2015 at 3:25 pm

      I will go get some Daisy Squeeze Sour Cream on my next stop to the market! I will make your coffee cake for New Year's Day! Thanks!

      • Leah Bergman says

        December 28, 2015 at 3:39 pm

        Yay! Happy New Year Michele. Xo

    3. MaryAnne says

      December 31, 2015 at 7:43 am

      With the ease of a squeeze bottle, Daisy Sour Cream has made baking with children a breeze! Thanks for sharing your Grandma Schapop's sour cream coffee cake recipe. She's so proud!

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