Adventures in Vintage Baking - Coffee Cake

When my mom passed on, I inherited her cookbooks. This particular cookbook, the Better Homes and Gardens, circa 1960-something, is the one I most treasure. It's full of my mother's handwriting, from little notes and stars to doodles I KNOW she did while talking on the phone (she always did that). I've decided, in honor of my mother, I will make each and every recipe she marked a little star next to. And I will document it, failures and all.

Today I decided to make coffee cake. This recipe is incredibly cheap to make, and super easy!

I'm not a food blogger and my photos are taken with my iPhone with flour-covered hands most of the time. Just saying. 

Better Homes and Gardens, Page 49

COMBINE:

1/4 cup salad oil

1 beaten egg

1/2 cup milk

1 1/2 cup sifted all purpose flour

3/4 cup sugar

2 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

Sift together dry ingredients and add to milk mixture. Mix well and pour into 9x9x2 greased pan (I used nonstick cooking spray because I'm lazy).

Prepare your "spicy topping."

Combine 1/4 cup brown sugar, 1 TB all purpose flour, 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon, 1 TB melted butter and 1/2 cup broken nuts. I used cashews because they're SUPER yummy. Okay, I'm lying. I used cashews because it's all I had.

Top your batter with the spicy topping and pop int o a 375 degree oven for about 25 minutes. I should have taken mine out a minute or so sooner. The topping got a little more brown than I would have liked.

And voila! My mama would be so proud! 

Lysa