Your Place or Mine Coffee Cake

Ingredients:

½-cup Shortening

¾-cup Sugar

1-teaspoon Cinnamon extract

1-teaspoon Baking soda

6-tablespoons Butter

2-teaspoons Cinnamon, ground

3-large Eggs

2-cups Flour

1-teaspoon Baking Power

½-pint Sour cream

1-cup Brown sugar

1-cup Walnuts, chopped

Instructions:

Cream thoroughly shortening, sugar, and cinnamon extract; add eggs and beat well; sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda and add alternately with sour cream. Blend well. Spread ½ batter in the bottom of a greased and lined with wax paper tube pan. Cream together; butter, brown sugar, cinnamon and walnuts. Mix well and sprinkle ½ over the batter in the pan. Add remaining batter and sprinkle on remaining nut mixture. Bake at 350° for 50 minutes.

Serves 6

Note: This is great with a cream cheese or powdered sugar icing/frosting if you prefer cake with icing/frosting. You can also add a different extract for a little different flavor or even a different nut can change it a little and I have made those changes and they are really good, but this is the best to me family.

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Written by: Cristie Will