Easy Moist Spice Coffee Cake Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9 inch square pan.
• In a large bowl mix together the flour, baking powder, sugar and salt. Cut in the shortening with a pastry blender to the size of small peas.
• In a separate small bowl, beat the egg well, then stir in the milk and vanilla. Add the egg-milk mixture to the flour mixture all at once. Stir carefully until just blended.
• Pour batter into prepared pan and spread evenly. Drizzle top with melted butter.
• In a small bowl mix together brown sugar, 2 tablespoons flour and 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon. Sprinkle on top of cake. Bake in the preheated oven for 15 to 20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.

Steps:

• 1. Make box cakemix as directed except use buttermilk instead of water
• 2. after mixing fold in coconut, pecans, and raisins
• 3. bake as directed on box mix
• 4. Frosting: 1/4 c. butter, melted 1/2 c. brown sugar, firmly packed 3 tbsp. half and half (milk does very well) 1/3 c. nut meats, chopped 3/4 c. shredded or flaked coconut
• 5. mix the frosting ingredients and spread over cake right after it comes out of the oven and broil in oven (keep door cracked and keep an eye on it) untill nice and bubbly and nuts look toasted...doesn't take very long..then cool and enjoy!

Steps:

• Adjust oven rack to middle position and heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and lightly flour a metal or disposable foil 9-by-13-inch pan. Whisk dry ingredients and spices in a large bowl. Mix milk, eggs and vanilla extract in a 2-cup measuring cup.
• Beat softened butter into dry ingredients, first on low, then medium, until mixture forms pebble-sized pieces. Add about 1/3 of the milk mixture and beat on low until smooth. Add remaining milk mixture in two stages; beat on medium speed until batter is just smooth. Add the sugar; beat until just incorporated, about 30 seconds. Pour batter into cake pan.
• Bake until a cake tester or toothpick inserted into the cake's center comes out clean, about 40 minutes. Set pan on a wire rack; let cool for 5 minutes. Run a knife around the pan perimeter and turn cake onto rack. Let cool.