Spiced Coffee Cake

cake:

2 cups all-purpose flour

1/2 cup sugar

2 tsps. baking powder

1/4 tsp. ground cinnamon

1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg

1/4 tsp. salt

1/3 cup unsalted butter

2 eggs, slightly beaten

1 cup milk

1/2 cup raisins

1/3 cup pecans, chopped

topping:

1/2 cup brown sugar

1/4 cup all-purpose flour

1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon

3 tbsps. unsalted butter

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Grease a 9-inch square cake pan.

To make the topping, combine the brown sugar, flour, and cinnamon. Cut in the butter until the mixture becomes crumbly. Set aside.

To make the cake, mix together the flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt. Cut in the butter using a pastry blender or 2 knives until the mixture look crumbly.

In a separate bowl, mix together the eggs and milk and add to the flour mixture. Mix the batter until just moistened. Add in the raisins. 

Transfer the batter into the prepared pan. Sprinkle with the topping and the chopped pecans.

Bake for 35 to 40 minutes or until a toothpick or wooden skewer inserted in the center comes out clean.

Best served warm.

by Sulit.com.ph (MissPersephone)