Thursday, December 15, 2011

Best Coffee Cake


Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 6 tablespoons Turbinado Sugar. (If you only have brown or even white sugar you can use that but the Turbinado sugar makes a nice crunch on the bottom) 
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/3 cup shortening
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 1 egg
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 tablespoons butter, melted
  • 1/4 cup of honey. double that if you use sugar instead
  • 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon (If you want to and nutmeg or any other spice like ginger, add with the cinnamon) 

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9 inch square pan, your bunt pan or your buntlet panIn a large bowl mix together the flour, baking powder, sugar and salt. Cut in the shortening with a pastry blender to the size of small peas.
  2. In a separate small bowl, beat the egg well, then stir in the milk and vanilla. Add the egg-milk mixture to the flour mixture all at once. Stir carefully until just blended.
  3. Pour batter into prepared pan and spread evenly. Drizzle top with melted butter.
  4. In a small bowl mix together brown sugar, 2 tablespoons flour and 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon. Sprinkle on top of cake. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake in the preheated oven for 15 to 20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.

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