Easy Fig Coffee Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
2 tablespoons butter or 2 tablespoons margarine, softened
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
10 fig-filled cookies, crumbled (like fig newtons)
2 eggs
3/4 cup sugar
1/3 cup melted butter or 1/3 cup margarine
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Preparation

Combine brown sugar, 2 tablespoons of butter, cinnamon, and crumbled fig cookies; mix well and set aside.
Beat eggs in large mixer bowl until frothy. Add sugar and melted butter; beat well.
in another bowl combine flour, baking powder, and salt. Gradually add flour mixture to the egg mixture mixing alternately with the milk; mix well. Stir in vanilla.
Pour 1/2 the batter into a greased 8-inch square pan. Top with half of the fig mixture. Pour remaining batter over fig layer. Sprinkle the remaining fig layer on top of batter in a lattice fashion.
Bake at 350\u00b0F for 40 to 45 minutes or until cakes test done.