Coffee Cake with Variations

Coffee Cake                                Nancy Harrison

This is a basic recipe with variations – all time tested and yummy!

Ingredients:

¾ c sugar

¼ c shortening

1 egg

½ c milk

1 ½ flour

2 tsp baking powder

½ tsp salt

Directions:

Mix sugar, shortening and egg; stir in milk.  Blend dry ingredients; spread batter in a greased, floured 8 X 8 pan; bake at 375 degrees 25-35 minutes

Variations:

Cinnamon:

Sprinkle ½ c brown sugar, 1 ½ tsp cinnamon, chopped nuts on top before baking

Blueberry Buckle:

Adjust flour to 2 cups; add 2 c drained canned blueberries to the batter; sprinkle top of cake with

 ½ c sugar

 1/3 c flour

 ½ tsp cinnamon

 ¼ c butter

 Bake 45-50 minutes

Cinnamon Streusel:

Mix together:

½ c brown sugar

2 T flour

2 tsp cinnamon

2 T butter

½ c chopped nuts

Spread ½ of batter into pan; sprinkle streusel mixture; add remaining batter and top with streusel; bake as directed