Tasty Cinnamon Coffee Cake Recipe

By barbgreenfield

This basic coffee cake recipe is a good one to have in your baking repertoire – easy to whip up in a flash and always a crowd-pleaser.

Ingredients

• Cinnamon Topping:
• 3/4 C. sugar
• 1/4 C. soft shortening
• 1 egg
• 1/2 C. milk
• 1 1/2 C. flour
• 2 tsp. baking powder
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1/2 C. brown sugar
• 1 1/2 tsp. cinnamon

Preparation

Step 1

Heat oven to 375 degrees. Grease and flour a 9x9-inch square pan. Mix sugar, shortening and egg. Stir in milk. Measure flour; blend dry ingredients and stir in. Spread batter in pan. Sprinkle with cinnamon topping.

To make cinnamon topping, mix ingredients and sprinkle over coffee cake before baking. Bake 25-35 minutes, or until done. Serve warm.