Crunchy Caramel Pecan Loaf

Submitted by sweetcakes

"This recipe is from a 1953 4th Grand National Pillsbury bakeoff contest. "This quick coffee cake, flavored with instant coffee, is rippled through with butterscotch and chopped pecans.""

 

• Ready In: 55mins
• Ingredients: 13
• Yields: 1 cake
• Serves: 8

ingredients

• 2 cups sifted pillsbury's best enriched flour
• 2 1⁄2 teaspoons baking powder
• 3⁄4 cup sugar
• 1 tablespoon instant coffee
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 2⁄3 cup milk
• 1⁄2 cup melted shortening

• Pecan Filling

• 2 tablespoons soft butter or 2 tablespoons margarine
• 3⁄4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1 egg, slightly beaten
• 1⁄3 cup milk
• 1⁄3 cup chopped pecans

directions

1. Sift together flour, baking powder, sugar, instant coffee, and salt.
2. Combine eggs, milk, shortening.
3. Add to dry ingredients; mix only until all flour is dampened.
4. Turn into well-greased 9x9x2 or 12x8x2-inch pan.
5. Spread pecan filling over top; cut through filling and batter to marble filling throughout coffee cake.
6. Bake in 375* oven 25 to 30 minutes.
7. Pecan Filling:.
8. Cream butter with brown sugar in saucepan.
9. Add egg; mix well.
10. Blend in milk. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until thick and smooth, about 4 minutes.
11. Remove from heat; stir in pecans. Cool.