I love coffee cake. I always have. It’s a quick, easy, frugal food to make for potlucks, or when you have company over for breakfast or brunch. Or because it’s Tuesday.
A few weeks back, Social Nature and Bob’s Red Mill sent us a Blueberry muffin grain-free mix. I don’t have a muffin tin (RIP muffin tin, it served us well for 10+ years), and the kit came with a recipe to use the mix for a coffee cake. HELLS YES.
The kids gobbled the cake up and the big kid asked if there was a way to make a coffee cake without a mix.
A quick glance at my handy dandy 1950 Betty Crocker Cookbook and here is my version of the recipe. I have made found the perfect recipe. I’ve made some changes that are a little healthier, a little more modern, but don’t mess with the flavors at all.
Betty’s Coffee Cake with Streusel Topping
Ingredients:
- 3/4 cup white sugar
- 1/4 cup butter, softened
- 1 egg
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 1/2 cups AP Flour (You can use whole wheat flour if you prefer)
- 2 tsp. baking POWDER
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1/2 cup brown sugar (packed)
- 2 Tbsp. AP flour
- 2 tsp. Cinnamon
- 1 Tbsp. melted butter
- (optional, but tasty) 1/2 C. chopped pecans
Directions:
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees
- In a large mixing bowl, combine white sugar, softened butter. Mix together until fluffy.
- Add egg and blend thoroughly.
- Stir in milk, and the dry ingredients. Mix until the batter is smooth.
- Pour and spread batter in greased (use spray release) 9×9 glass baking dish.
- In a smaller mixing bowl, combine brown sugar, remaining AP flour, cinnamon, melted butter, and pecans (optional). Spread this crumbly mixture over top of the baking dish.
- Bake cake for 25-32 minutes.
Serve with coffee (DUH), or a glass of cold milk.
Thankfully, this week is going to be a lot slower than last, but still, we’ve got at least one appointment or function each day.
I’ve decided to put together a monthly round-up of food resources for San Diego County.
These Distributions are primarily produce/fruits & veg, however, some locations may also distribute canned goods, dairy, and bread.
Flagship Research is conducting a paid research study and is looking for children 6-17 years of age and adults 18 and older who have diabetes. If you qualify it would be a 2-hour one-on-one interview for the adult and the parent would be able to attend with the child. The interview will be held online so you would need a computer with a webcam and microphone to participate. This interview will compensate the adults with the minor children $300 and the adults $200 in the form of a check that will be mailed at the completion of the project.
I’ve been doing a lot of research over the past few weeks to get this post up before my birthday. There are tons of posts online with birthday freebies, but few of them take into consideration where you live or that there is a global pandemic going on.
