Tiffy's Cinnamon & Raisin Coffee Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 14 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 4 mins

Ingredients

• 1 lb all-purpose flour, plus
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour (3 1/4 cup total)
• 1 tablespoon coarse salt
• 2 cups softened unsalted butter
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 9 large room temp eggs
• 2 cups raisins
• 2 tablespoons ground cinnamon
• 2 cups confectioners' sugar
• 4 -5 tablespoons milk

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325 degrees. butter two 5-9 in loaf pans.
• 2 combine 3 1/4 cups all purpose flour and salt in a bowl.
• 3 cream butter and sugar with a mixer on high speed until pale and fluffy. scrape down sides of bowl.
• 4 reduce speed to med. and add vanilla extract.
• 5 lightly beat eggs, and add to butter mixture a little at a time, mixing thoroughly and scraping down sides.
• 6 reduce speed to low, and add flour mixture a little at a time, mixing until just blended. toss raisins in remaining 2 tablespoons of flour; fold into finished batter.divide batter in half with 2 bowls. in one bowl,fold cinnamon into the batter. scoop batters into 2 prepared pans. 1/2 cup at a time, alternating plain and cinnamon.do two layers, scoop plain,cinnamon,plain on bottom. then cinnamon, plain, cinnamon on top layer. drag a knife through top to swirl, tap on counter to distribute evenly.
• 7 bake until a tester inserted into center of each cake comes out clean, about 65 minute ( a little more for high altitudes )let cool in pans on a wire rack for 30 minute remove from pans, and let cool completely on wire rack.
• 8 make the glaze; combine 2 cups confectioners sugar and 4-5 tablespoons milk in a bowl. drizzle over cooled cakes.