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

too many variables to be a good experiment

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For the streusel topping:
2 oz brown sugar
1 oz flour
3 Tbl cold butter, grated
1/8 tsp baking powder
1 tsp cinnamon

For the cake:
4 Tbl (1/2 cube) butter, melted
1 egg (beaten)
1/2 cup milk, and 1 tesp lemon juice
4 1/4 oz sifted flour
3 3/4 oz sugar
1 Tbl baking powder
1/2 tesp salt
Small handful blueberries
Shake all dry ingredients together, add to melted butter bowl. Beat in milk and egg.
Butter bottom of 8x8 glass pan. Pour in batter. prinkle with blueberries, sprinkle with strusel. Bake as usual.

Re: too many variables to be a good experiment

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baked about 22 minutes. The lemon juice was to much for the baking soda, the cake is very light and fluffy, but the sugary goodness has sunk to the middle instead of being on it. Tastes good, and must try the blueberry experiment again when I've got real buttermilk.