Coffee Cake Goldmine

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 9
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3 eggs
• 2 cups of sifted all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup sour cream
• 6 tablespoons softened butter
• 1 cup light brown sugar (packed)
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 3/4 cup chopped pecans
• 3 tablespoons golden raisins
• 3 tablespoons chopped chocolate pieces

Recipe

• 1 for the topping: cream butter, brown sugar and cinnamon together.
• 2 stir in pecans, raisins and chocolate pieces, and mix well then set aside.
• 3 for the cake: cream shortening.
• 4 add sugar, beating until light.
• 5 add vanilla.
• 6 beat in eggs, one at a time, beating well after each egg.
• 7 sift together the flour, baking soda and baking powder.
• 8 stir in flour mixture alternately with sour cream, beating well after each addition.
• 9 place 1/2 of the batter mixture into a greased and lined (bottom) 10 inch tube pan.
• 10 sprinkle with 1/2 of the topping mixture, then add second 1/2 of batter mixture and sprinkle the top evenly with the remaining topping.
• 11 bake at 350 deg.
• 12 for 50 minutes until tester comes out clean.
• 13 cool on a rack in the pan, and when cool invert onto a plate to serve.