Pennsylvania Dutch Coffee Crumb Cake

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• 4 cups unsifted flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 2/3 cup shortening
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 1/2 cups granulated sugar
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 2 eggs, prebeaten
• 1 1/2 cups buttermilk
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup coconut

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees f.
• 2 blend first five ingredients together, and set aside one cup of this mixture as a topping base for use later.
• 3 in separate bowl, mix the eggs, buttermilk and baking soda together.
• 4 then blend the remaining portion of the original crumb mixture, stirring thoroughly.
• 5 there will be some small lumps in the batter.
• 6 add 1 cup brown sugar, 1/2 cup coconut and 1 teaspoon cinnamon to the cup of original crumb topping mixture, set aside earlier.
• 7 pour coffee cake batter mixture into 3 greased and floured 8" cake pans.
• 8 sprinkle topping equally on top of batter in all 3 pans.
• 9 bake at 350° for 35 minutes.
• 10 makes 3-8" coffee cakes.