Coffee Cake This Good Shouldn’t Be So Simple to Make

This was a standard for Christmas breakfast when I was a kid. First of all, this makes your whole house smell wonderful while it’s cooking. Second, it’s so quick to make that it will actually take me longer to post the recipe than it will for the one that’s currently in my oven to finish baking. And it takes all of 10 minutes’ work to get it ready for the oven, so for a very small investment of time, there’s a big payoff. Serve it warm with butter, or eat it plain — excellent either way.

Cinnamon Coffee Cake

Grease a 10.5 x 7 x 1 pan. Preheat 375.

Cake:

1/4 c vegetable oil

1 egg

1/2 c milk

1.5 c flour

3/4 c sugar

2 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

Mix and spread in pan.

Topping:

3 tablespoons butter, melted

mixed with

3/4 c brown sugar,

3 tablespoons cinnamon and

2 tablespoons flour

Sprinkle over batter. Bake 375 for 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

Also works in an 8×8 square pan, or, doubled, in a 13×9 (but obviously for this last, it will have to cook longer).