Quick Coffee Cake

A simple coffee cake recipe that bakes up in only 20 minutes. An ideal choice when unexpected company drops in and you want to serve something home-made with coffee.

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 6 tbs white sugar
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/3 cup shortening
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 egg
• 1/2 tsp vanilla
• 2 tbs butter, melted
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 2 tbs flour
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon

Preparation:

Preheat oven to 425F. In a large mixing bowl, combine larger portion of flour, baking powder, sugar and salt. Cut in shortening to pea sized pieces. In a smaller bowl, beat egg and stir in milk and vanilla. Add egg mixture to the flour mixture. Stir until just mixed. Pour batter into greased 9-inch cake pan. For the topping, mix the brown sugar, cinnamon and last bit of flour. Sprinkle on top. Bake for 15-20 minutes.

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