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Aunt Kay’s COFFEE CAKE

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Course brunch

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 cups flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 2 tablespoons melted butter
  • 1 egg
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • milk see measure below *
  • Light brown sugar
  • chopped walnuts

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350° F.
  • Sift dry ingredients. Make hole in center.
  • *Put egg in a one-cup measuring cup and fill it with milk and melted butter. * Add to dry ingredients.
  • Put in layer-cake pan or 8″x8″ square pan. (You can double recipe and bake in a 13 by 9-inch pan. The only way my mother ever made it.)
  • Sprinkle generously with brown sugar and chopped walnuts.
  • Bake at 350° F. until done — approximately 45 minutes.
  • Serve directly from pan.

Notes

Easy and tasty.
The following is a quick, great brunch contribution:
Serve warm if possible.
Keyword brunch