Classic Coffee Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    Topping
    1/2 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
    2/3 cup all-purpose flour
    1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
    salt, pinch
    1/4 cup cold unsalted butter, cut up
    Cake
    2 tablespoons white vinegar, plus enough milk to equal 1 cup (or use 1 cup buttermilk)
    2 cups all-purpose flour
    1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
    1/2 teaspoon baking soda
    1/4 teaspoon salt
    6 tablespoons butter, softened
    2/3 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
    1 teaspoon vanilla extract
    2 large eggs
    2 teaspoons confectioners' sugar
Preparation
    Heat oven to 350 degrees F; coat 9-inch square baking pan with cooking spray.
    For topping, in medium bowl, blend brown sugar, flour, cinnamon and salt.
    With pastry blender, cut butter into flour mixture until crumbs form; chill.
    For cake, (if not using buttermilk) pour vinegar into a measuring cup; add enough milk to equal 1 cup.
    Set aside.
    In medium bow, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
    In large bowl, beat butter, sugar and vanilla until fluffy, 2 minutes.
    Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each.
    Working in batches, beat in milk mixture alternately with flour mixture.
    Scrape batter into pan.
    Sprinkle with topping.
    Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour, until a toothpick inserted into cake comes out clean.
    Cool in pan on wire rack.
    Dust with confectioners' sugar; cut in squares.
    If you don't own a powdered sugar sifter, use a wire-mesh container or strainger to dust top of cake.

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