Creagh's Cinnamon Coffee Cake
By
Jackie Bailey
@luvacake
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I've had this recipe for 30 yrs. My friend Creagh always made this for our Christmas breakfast buffet. It uses 1 1/2 cups of butter, but is simply delicious and easy to make. It is so good with coffee or tea, but makes a good, easy dessert too. It is placed in a COLD OVEN to start.
Ingredients
- 1 cup
- butter
- 1 cup
- sugar
- 2
- eggs
- 1 cup
- milk
- 3 cups
- sifted all-purpose flour
- 3 tsp.
- baking powder
- 1/2 tsp.
- salt
- 1 tsp.
- vanilla
- 1 cup
- brown sugar
- 1 cup
- chopped nuts (your choice)
- 2 Tbsp
- flour
- 1 Tbsp
- ground cinnamon
- 1/2 cup
- melted butter
TOPPING
How to Make Creagh's Cinnamon Coffee Cake
- 1cream well the 1 cup butter and 1 cup sugar. Add eggs, and beat well. Add milk and sifted dry ingredients alternately.
- 2For Topping, mix together the 1 cup brown sugar, 1 cup chopped nuts, 2 tbsp. flour, and 1 tbsp. cinnamon.
- 3Put 1/2 the dough into greased 9/13 inch pan. Sprinkle half of the topping over the dough. Pour half of the melted butter over the filling (1/4 cup). Repeat steps with remaining half of dough,(may need to use a spatula to smooth out dough, as it is a bit sticky) continue with remaining topping, and remaining 1/4 cup melted butter. Don't stir or swirl topping into batter.
- 4Place pan in a COLD oven. Set oven at 350 degrees. Bake 35-40 minutes.
