Individual Coffee Cakes

Submitted by Karen=^..^=

"This is an OLD recipe from Armour Star Lard handed down from my grandmother. My grandfather used to work for Armour. I substitute shortening for the lard!"

 

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Yields: 8-12 individual coffee cakes

ingredients

• 1⁄2 cup sugar
• 1 cup cake flour
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 2 eggs
• 1⁄2 cup milk
• 1⁄4 cup lard, melted (I use shortening)

• Topping

• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 4 tablespoons chopped pecans

directions

1. Stir dry ingredients together.
2. Combine slightly beaten eggs and milk and add to dry ingredients.
3. Add melted shortening and stir until ingredients are well mixed.
4. Fill greased muffin tins 2/3 full of batter.
5. Combine topping ingredients and and sprinkle evenly over each cake.
6. Bake at 375* for 20-25 minutes.
7. For the Vegetarian option use Vegetable shortening.

Reviews

[Marg (CaymanDesigns)]

These are so tender and tasty!! I doubled the batch and got 18 cakes. I used Recipe #87689 since I didn't have any cake flour and it worked great. I put all the dry ingredients in a bowl and mixed them with a whisk instead of sifting them together. The only thing I would recommend is, make sure you combine the sugar and cinnamon before adding the pecans. I store my pecans in the freezer so all the cinnamon stuck to them rather than mixing with the sugar when I put all three ingredients together. We still loved them but it did make the pecans a bit 'strong'. An excellent recipe! Thanks Karen!

 

[mums the word]

These are delightful! I just love coffee cake so this recipe was right up my alley. I added a few raisins to some of the muffins, and that is a nice addition too. I got 10 muffins out of this. Thanks for the recipe!

 

[Baby Kato]

My dh was over the moon Karen, he was in heaven. Best mini coffee cake, he has ever had. These little gems were moist and tender, with a lovely crumb and flavor. Thanks for sharing a new family favorite. The coffee cakes were quick and easy to make. I made half the recipe and ended up with 6 lovely treats.

 

[Busters friend]

WOW! I had saved this recipe FOREVER & this am broke it out... What a FABULOUS crumbcake! I did add 1t vanilla extract to the mix but otherwise made as directed (using good old Armour lard LOL - we keep it for pastry & seasoning our pans). The texture & taste is just like the little coffee cakes we used to get as kids from a local bakery. Next time I'll stir in a few raisins for fun. This is going into the "Make for House Guests" cookbook too! Thank you Karen =^..^=!

 

[Diana 2]

These are terrific! Just the perfect thing for us. I cut the recipe in half since there is only the two of us. Perfect, perfect, perfect. This is actually the second time I've made these. The first time I tried substituting applesauce for the shortening. What a disaster. They were dense, and weighed a ton. Needless to say they ended up in the can. Because of all the wonderful reviews, I decided to try them again, sticking to the recipe this time, and well......you already know how they turned out. These will be a regular thing in my house. Thanks for the wonderful recipe. Obviously, some things simply shouldn't be changed. Thanks Karen.