Cinnamon Coffee Cake
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Everyday Food, January/February 2003
- Prep Time 20 minutes
- Total Time 55 minutes
- Yield Serves 6
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Ingredients
- 2 cups flour
- 3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup vegetable shortening
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 large egg, beaten
- 3/4 cup milk
- 2 tablespoons butter, melted
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease an 8-inch square baking pan. In a medium bowl, combine flour, 3/4 cup sugar, baking powder, and salt. Using a pastry cutter or two knives, cut in shortening until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Put 1/2 cup of the mixture in a small bowl, stir in remaining 2 tablespoons sugar and cinnamon, and set aside. Stir egg and milk into remaining flour mixture.
- Spoon batter into the prepared pan, and smooth the surface. Pour melted butter over the top. Sprinkle reserved crumb mixture evenly over the butter. Bake the cake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 35 minutes.
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Very simple recipe. I, too, used butter instead of vegetable shortening and the cake came out fine. I love brown sugar and incorporated that into the "crumble" bit of the cake. Tastes great. Also added pecans and raisins to the topping for some extra flavor.
Make it with butter, and use ocean spray craisins, in the topping, and stir a little into the cake itself.
i thought this cake was just okay, nothing special. it was definitely easy to make, but wasn't really anything special. maybe if it was made with butter instead of vegetable shortening, i would've liked it better. i like martha's recipe for blueberry crumb cake better than this, and it's a similar style of cake
i thought this cake was just okay, nothing special. it was definitely easy to make, but wasn't really anything special. maybe if it was made with butter instead of vegetable shortening, i would've liked it better. i like martha's recipe for blueberry crumb cake better than this, and it's a similar style of cake
This is an easy, simple, and tasty little cake. Good to serve to your family when you're craving a little something sweet. I have always used butter instead of shortening and have good results. Occasionally I put some raisins in the cake.
To 'cut in': use a pastry cutter to squish the shortening into the flour. Pick the cutter up and squish into another area of flour, repeat. With knives, cut crosswise into the shortening and flour, repeat. You will occasionally need to clean off the cutter or knives. It will look like peas or gravel when you are finished.
You can use butter instead of shortening, but you usually increase the butter by two tablespoons/half cup of shortening. (Meaning you would need 10 tablespoons of butter)
Anyone know what can be substituted if you don't have the shortening?
what does she mean by "cut in shortening"?