Hawaiian Coffee Cake

photo by Marg (CaymanDesigns)


- Ready In:
- 1hr 5mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Yields:
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1 Cake
ingredients
- 2 1⁄4 cups flour
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 3⁄4 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1 1⁄2 cups brown sugar
- 1⁄2 cup shortening
- 3⁄4 cup chopped nuts (I use Macademia nuts)
- 3⁄4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 1⁄2 cups buttermilk
- 1 cup coconut, shredded
directions
- Sift together flour, cinnamon and nutmeg.
- Add and mix until crumbly the brown sugar and shortening.
- Reserve 3/4 cup of this mixture.
- Add the chopped nuts, baking sode and buttermilk.
- Mix enough to blend.
- Bake in greased 8x8x2 pan.
- Sprinkle with reserved 3/4 cup sugar-shortening crumb mixture and cover lavishly with coconut.
- Bake in 350 degree F oven for 50 minutes or finger test for doneness.
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Reviews
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We found the cinnamon and nutmeg flavors very overwhelming (and I love both). I would recommend cutting the spices in half, adding some vanilla and maybe trying butter instead of the shortening. I felt the only thing I could taste were the spices and shortening, which was disappointing. The coconut seemed to get way too dark even though I followed the baking time instructions (and the cake itself did need that much time). I wonder if it would help to add the coconut 1/2 way through the baking time or to put it under the crumb topping. It was edible but it does need some tweaking, in my opinion.
Tweaks
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We found the cinnamon and nutmeg flavors very overwhelming (and I love both). I would recommend cutting the spices in half, adding some vanilla and maybe trying butter instead of the shortening. I felt the only thing I could taste were the spices and shortening, which was disappointing. The coconut seemed to get way too dark even though I followed the baking time instructions (and the cake itself did need that much time). I wonder if it would help to add the coconut 1/2 way through the baking time or to put it under the crumb topping. It was edible but it does need some tweaking, in my opinion.
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Scandigirl
Canada
<p>I'm Danish-Canadian! I immigrated to Canada in 1968 and lived in B.C. until 1979, then we had the wonderful opportunity to live in Hawaii for almost 3 years. We moved to Southern Ontario in 1982. Of profession, I'm a Doctor of Human Biochemistry, specializing in Nutrition, a Doctor of Homeopathic Medicine, and a Registered Nutrition Consultant Practitioner, I have my own full time practice. <br />My passion is cooking! I have tested and tried over 10.000 recipes over the last 30 years on my beloved husband who is now residing in a Long Term Facility with Dementia, so I have to make meals for one, healthy and simple. />My pet peeve is too much garlic in a creamy rich sauce. <br />My favourite cookbook is the one I have made myself over the past 40 years. <br />My interests are knitting Scandinavian socks, sweaters, reading. If I had a month off I would visit our adult children and 4 year old Granddaughter, who resides in British Columbia and Florida, and cook them their favorite meals.</p>