INGREDIENTS

INSTRUCTIONS

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.  In a large mixing bowl, resift sift
flour with baking power, baking soda, salt and about 1 cup of sugar.
In a separate bowl, beat together the eggs, sour cream and vanilla.
Add egg mixture to flour mixture and beat until smooth.  Oil a 9-inch
square baking pan (you can also use an 8 inch square  pan, or anything
of similar surface area, if you increase the baking  time by about 5  
minutes).  Spread the batter in the pan.  If you are using fruit or
nuts,  scatter them over the batter and stir a little bit so that they
stay  in the top layer.  In a small bowl, mix about 5 T sugar with the
butter and cinnamon  with a sturdy fork, until they are blended and
resemble cornmeal  (i.e., you should have a mixture of fine crumbs, not
a smooth  mixture). Sprinkle topping over batter. Bake for 20-25
minutes, until  a clean toothpick inserted in the center of the cake
comes out dry.  Cool slightly; serve warm or at room temperature.
Don't ruin it by  serving it with salted butter.  NOTES    Coffee cake
from "Hobee's Haven" restaurant here in Silicon Valley  (usually just
called "Hobee's") serves a lot of brunch food, and as  far as I can
tell they always include a piece of their coffee cake  with each order.
Frankly, I don't care for breakfast, nor do I  approve of places at
which the only kind of tea you can order reeks  of orange and
cinnamon... but the coffee cake is pretty good. This is  their recipe,
printed in an advertising flyer for the shopping center  they inhabit;
it's quite easy.    All ingredients and bowls should be a room
temperature before you  start; this is particularly true for the
butter.  : Difficulty:  easy.  : Time:  10-15 minutes preparation,
20-30 minutes baking.  : Precision:  measure the ingredients.  :
Jeffrey Mogul  : Digital Equipment Corporation, Palo Alto, California,
USA  : decwrl!mogul  : Copyright (C) 1986 USENET Community Trust  From
Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini

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