Melt-Away Coffeecake

By lwilkosz

Ingredients

• Melt-Away Topping:
• 1/3 cup butter or margarine, softened
• 1 3/4 cups unsifted all-purpose flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 3 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 egg
• 1 cup milk
• 1 1/2 cups bran, corn or wheat flakes
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 2 tbs flour
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 2 tbs cold butter or margarine

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350. Grease 9x9" square pan. With electric mixer, beat butter or margarine until softened. Add all ingredients except cereal flakes and Melt-Away Topping. Beat at low speed about 2 minutes. Stir in cereal flakes. Turn batter into prepared plan. Sprinkle with Melt-Away Topping. Bake about 35-40 minutes or until cake tester inserted in center comes out clean.

Melt-Away Topping:
Mix brown sugar, flour, ground cinnamon, and cold butter or margarine until crumbly.