Streusel Filled Coffee Cake

1 1/2 c Flour (I don't sift)

3/4 c Sugar

2 1/2 ts Baking powder

3/4 ts Salt

1/4 c Shortening

3/4 c Milk

1 Egg

FILLING: 1/2 c Brown sugar (packed)

2 ts Cinnamon

1/2 c Chopped nuts

2 tb Melted butter

This is an extremely easy, light, and delicious coffee cake, that has been requested by my friends repeatedly. I hope you like it: CAKE: Preheat oven to 375. Grease 8" or 9" square pan. Blend all the cake ingredients and beat vigorously one-half minute (I do this in my Kitchen Aid). Spread half the batter in the prepared pan. Mix the filling ingredients together. Sprinkle half the mixture over batter in the pan. Top with the remaining batter, then the remaining brown sugar mixture. Bake for 25-30 minutes, or until cake tests done. This is in a cookbook entitled "Americas Best Recipes ~ State Fair Blue Ribbon Winners", and the entrant's name is Sean Pohl. Posted by: Valerie Wolf (NVBX67A) - Prodigy Reposted by: Debbie Carlson - Cooking Echo