Hide 'n' seek coffee cake
1 8\" cake
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| ½ | cup | Shortening |
| ½ | cup | Sugar |
| ½ | teaspoon | Vanilla |
| 1 | Egg | |
| ½ | cup | California dried figs (chopped fine) |
| ¼ | cup | Chopped walnuts |
| 1½ | cup | All-purpose flour |
| ½ | teaspoon | Salt |
| 1½ | teaspoon | Baking powder |
| ½ | cup | Milk |
| ½ | cup | Brown sugar |
| ¼ | cup | Butter; melted |
| 1 | tablespoon | Cinnamon |
Directions
BATTER
FILLING
BATTER: Cream shortening, add sugar and vanilla and cream thoroughly.
Add beaten egg and mix thoroughly. Sift dry ingredients, and add alternately with milk. Spread half the batter in greased 8-inch cake pan. Cover with fig filling and add remaining batter. BAke 45 minutes at 350 F.
FILLING: Rinse figs with hot water, then chop fine. Blend with remaining ingredients for coffee-cake filling.
Source: 48 Family Favorites with California Figs Reprinted with the permission of The California Fig Advisory Board Electronic format courtesy of Karen Mintzias