Coffee Cake Goldmine

INGREDIENTS

Cake

1⁄2 cup shortening

3⁄4 cup granulated sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla

3 eggs

2 cups of sifted all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 cup sour cream

Topping

6 tablespoons softened butter

1 cup light brown sugar (packed)

2 teaspoons cinnamon

3⁄4 cup chopped pecans

3 tablespoons golden raisins

3 tablespoons chopped chocolate pieces

DIRECTIONS

For the topping: Cream butter, brown sugar and cinnamon together.

Stir in pecans, raisins and chocolate pieces, and mix well then set aside.

For the cake: Cream shortening.

Add sugar, beating until light.

Add vanilla.

Beat in eggs, one at a time, beating well after each egg.

Sift together the flour, baking soda and baking powder.

Stir in flour mixture alternately with sour cream, beating well after each addition.

Place 1/2 of the batter mixture into a greased and lined (bottom) 10 inch tube pan.

Sprinkle with 1/2 of the topping mixture, then add second 1/2 of batter mixture and sprinkle the top evenly with the remaining topping.

Bake at 350 deg.

for 50 minutes until tester comes out clean.

Cool on a rack in the pan, and when cool invert onto a plate to serve.

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