William Pollock's Eat Happy: Merk's Coffee Cake

Ingredients

1/2 cup	shortening
3/4 cup	sugar
1 tsp	vanilla
3	eggs
2 cups	sifted flour
1 tsp	baking powder
1 tsp	baking soda
1/2 pint	sour cream
6 tbsp	butter, softened
1 cup	firmly packed brown sugar
2 tsp	cinnamon
1 cup	chopped nuts

Preparation

Cream together shortening, sugar and vanilla. Beat in eggs one at a time. Sift together flour, baking powder and baking soda. Add half to creamed mixture. Beat in sour cream then rest of flour mixture.

Spread half the batter in a greased pan. Cream butter, brown sugar and cinnamon. Mix in nuts. Spread half of nut/sugar mixture over batter, cover with additional batter and remaining sugar mixture.

Bake at 350F for 60 minutes. Allow to cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan.

Primary Category:

Breakfast

Source:

From "Sharing Our Favorites: the Dana Guild, Senshin Buddhist Church, Los Angeles, CA" -- Dorothy T. Kumamoto & Fusako Kumamoto, page 53.