lisa's streusel coffee cake
what you need
topping:
1/2 cup brown sugar or Splenda Brown Sugar Blend
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 cup butter, room temperature
1 tsp cinnamon
handful of finely chopped pecans
cake:
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
a good sprinkle of cinnamon
a pinch of nutmeg
1 egg, beaten
3/4 cup granulated sugar or Splenda Granulated
1/3 cup melted butter or oil
1/2 cup milk
2 tbsp plain or vanilla yogurt
1 tsp vanilla extract
how to
Preheat oven to 375F.
In a small mixing bowl, combine topping ingredients. Blend with fork or pastry blender until crumbly. Set aside.
Whisk together flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg in a small bowl.
In a medium bowl, beat together egg, sugar and melted butter. Add milk, vanilla and yogurt. Stir in flour mixture and mix well.
Pour some batter into a greased and floured 8" square pan. Sprinkle half of topping mixture evenly over batter. Pour on rest of the batter and smooth out. Bake for 15 minutes, then...
sprinkle on remaining topping mixture and bake for approximately 10 minutes more or until toothpick inserted in centre comes out clean. Yum!
lisa
