Quinta’s Coconut Streusel Coffee Cake

By á-2053

Ingredients

• Coffee cake:
• 1 ½ cups flour
• ¾ cup sugar
• ¾ tsp. baking powder
• ¼ tsp. baking soda
• ½ tsp. salt
• ½ cup firm butter, cut into pieces
• 2/3 cup buttermilk
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• Streusel:
• ¼ cup flour
• ¼ cup brown sugar
• 2 Tbs. softened butter
• 1/3 cup flake coconut
• ¼ cup chopped pecans

Preparation

Step 1

Heat oven to 350º. Grease bottom only of an 8” square pan with shortening or cooking spray. In a large bowl, stir in dry ingredients for cake until mixed. Cut in ½ cup butter, using a pastry blender until mixture is crumbly. Add buttermilk, eggs and vanilla. Beat with an electric mixer on medium speed for 1 minute. Spread in pan. In small bowl, mix streusel ingredients except coconut and pecans with fork until mixture is crumbly. Stir in coconut and pecans. Sprinkle over batter. Bake for 35 – 45 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean. Cool 30 minutes, serve warm.