Cinnamon Coffee Cake

Seebee's Note:

Here's another yummy recipe from my Mom's recipe box

• Total Time: 1 hrs 15 mins
• Prep Time: 25 mins
• Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 1 cake

• ½ cup shortening
• 1 cup white sugar
• 2 eggs
• 8 ounces sour cream
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 cups flour
• 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• ¼ teaspoon salt

Topping

• ½ cup brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons cinnamon

Directions:

1. Cream together white sugar and shortening.
2. Beat in the eggs, then stir in sour cream and vanilla.
3. Add flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
4. Stir until just wet, then pour half the batter into a well greased bunt pan Sprinkle on half of the topping mixture.
5. Layer the other half of the batter ontop and then the rest of the topping.
6. Bake at 350 degrees F for 40-50 minutes or until a toothpick pulls out clean.

Reviews

[vivmom]

A delicious coffee cake with a light, moist texture. I used butter instead of shortening. I baked this in a greased & floured 9" square pan, and I reduced the topping amounts a bit as it didn't need a whole lot more sugar. This went together easily and baked in about 37 minutes... heavenly!

[Charishma_Ramchandani]

Wonderful cinnamon taste! My family enjoyed this thoroughly. Instead of baking this as a cake, I baked this as coffeecake muffins. I used an additional cup and 4 tbsps. more of flour and 1/2 cup more of brown sugar. I added in 1 cup of chopped almonds also to the batter. I substituted the sour cream with low-fat plain milk and the shortening with margarine. I used 4 tbsps. more of margarine than what the recipe called for. I baked the muffins at 180C for 20 minutes. They looked just as good as bakery-bought ones;-) Thanks for sharing a wonderful recipe!