Still trying to re-create Grandma's coffee cake

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For the streusel topping:
1/4 c. (2 oz) brown sugar
1/4 c. (1 oz and a tiny pinch) flour
1/8  c. (2 Tbl or 1/4 stick) cold butter, in pieces
1/8  tsp baking  powder
1 tsp cinnamon

Combine all ingredients in a bowl. Mash together with a fork to create a medley of uneven crumbs.

For the cake:
4 Tbl (1/2 cube) butter, melted
1 egg (beaten)
1/2 cup buttermilk
1 cup (4 1/4 oz) sifted flour
1/2 c (3 3/4 oz) sugar
3 tsp (1 Tbl) baking powder
1/2 tesp salt

Butter a 8 or 9 inch baking pan. Preheat oven to 375F.
Melt butter, cool slightly and mix with egg and milk.  Whisk dry ingredients together. Pour liquid ingredients into dry ingredients and stir only long enough to smooth out lumps. Quickly pour batter into greased baking pan and sprinkle streusel over unbaked cake. Try to get the larges pieces and the small pieces evenly distributed, but time is not on your side.
Bake 14-16 minutes in 375F oven.

For the next version, I might add a little vanilla or cinnamon to the cake batter.

 

Comments

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I tried this again using a 8inch Teflon-coated metal cake pan, and adding 1/8 tesp vanilla to the cake batter. Still very wobbly after 15 minutes baking and tester did not come out clean.
Less wobbly after 18 minutes, but tester comes out clean in most places and it's just starting to pull away from the sides.
Damn! When I tried to de-pan it, the center fell out as under-baked.
The vanilla is not noticeable.