September 2, 2010

Coffee Cake

Pecan_coffee_cake
topping:
1/2 c. brown sugar
1/4 c. sugar
1/4 c. butter, room temperature
1 tsp cinnamon

cake:
1 1/2 c. flour
2 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 egg, beaten
3/4 c. sugar
1/3 c. melted butter
1/2 c milk
1 tsp vanilla

Topping. In small mixing bowl, combine topping ingredients. Blend with fork until crumbly. Set aside.

Cake. Sift 1 1/2 cups sifted flour with baking powder and salt into a bowl. In a medium bowl, beat together beaten egg and 3/4 cup sugar and 1/3 cup melted butter. Add milk and vanilla. Stir in flour mixture and mix well.

Pour batter into a greased and floured 8-inch square or 9-inch layer-cake pan. Sprinkle topping crumb mixture evenly over batter. Bake at 375° for 25 to 30 minutes, or until cake tests done. Partially cool in pan on wire rack. Cut coffee cake into squares while still warm.

1 comment:

Meredith said...

Yum! I love coffee cake. And I like to make extra topping and put some in the middle...so a layer of batter, then some topping, then more batter, and the rest of the topping. (Although, do you still call it "topping" if you put it in the middle?)