Sunday, April 29, 2012

Cinnamon Flop




This is a fun coffee cake recipe... it's easy, doesn't require many ingredients, and it's done a little differently than your typical coffee cake. I remember making it for my husband many years ago as a breakfast treat. I recently made it for my kids, and they loved it, and were both asking when I would make it again. The cake batter is very basic, but the topping is the interesting part, and it gives you a buttery, gooey, delicious cake. It's comfort food, trust me! The recipe comes from one of my most-used cookbooks: From Amish and Mennonite Kitchens, by Phyllis Pellman Good and Rachel Thomas Pellman.

Here's what you need....
For the cake:



  • 1 c. sugar
  • 2 c. all-purpose flour
  • 2 tsp. baking powder
  • 1 tbsp. melted butter (Reserve the rest of the stick of butter for topping.)
  • 1 c. milk
  • 1 tsp. vanilla extract


For the topping:


  • flour, brown sugar, cinnamon - no exact measurements needed
  • butter (Use the remainder of the stick from the butter used above. Cut the remaining 7 tbsp. up into small chunks.)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray two 9" cake or pie pans with non-stick cooking spray and set aside.

Combine sugar, flour, and baking powder.



Add the melted butter, milk, and vanilla. Stir until well-blended.




Divide the batter between two, greased 9" pie or cake pans. The pans won't be filled all the way - the batter will just cover the bottoms.




Sprinkle tops first with flour:




Next, sprinkle brown sugar over top of the flour:




Then, sprinkle cinnamon over top of the brown sugar:




Lastly, push the chunks of butter into the batter. This makes holes and gets gooey as it bakes.





Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.



Serve warm with coffee! Enjoy!









4 comments:

  1. On the menu for tomorrow, thanks this sounds delicious. Diane

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  2. This looks so very yummy. Love the name "Cinnamon Flop" Lol
    Still enjoying following you!

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  3. When I first saw the title, I thought you might have had a recipe mishap. :-/ Tickled to know it was 'right'...looks soo delicious. And easy too. Thanks for sharing - enjoy a great week.

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  4. Would love to have you come on over to Weekend Potluck and link up this great recipe...and others too. Have a wonderful weekend. http://www.thebetterbaker.blogspot.com/2012/05/flashback-friday-weekend-potluck-16.html

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