Cranberry Coffee Cake

Our twentieth recipe was Cranberry Coffee Cake. This is not a completely new recipe to me because it is my mom's coffee cake recipe and I'm sure I've made it at some point in my life, although I don't remember doing so and didn't have the recipe in my box. But, I tweaked it a bit and added cranberries. Here is the recipe as I made it today.

Cranberry Coffee Cake

1 1/2 cups flour

3/4 cup sugar

2 t baking powder

1/2 t salt

1/4 cup oil

1 egg

1/2 cup milk

1 cup cranberries, chopped

Crumb Topping

1/4 cup brown sugar

1 T flour

1 t cinnamon

1/8 t cloves

1/8 t nutmeg

1 T melted butter

1/2 cup chopped nuts

1/4 cup oatmeal

Sift together flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl. Combine oil, egg, and milk; mix with dry ingredients. Fold in chopped cranberries. Pour into a greased 9 in cake pan. Combine brown sugar, flour, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, butter, chopped nuts, and oatmeal for crumb topping; sprinkle on top of cake batter. Bake at 375 for 17-25 minutes.

I had to bake mine for longer than 25 minutes; it was probably closer to 30-35. I don't know if that was because I added cranberries or what, but just a warning that it might take longer to bake, which could make you late to your niece's soccer game. That said, this was delicious. I thought the cranberries added a fun seasonal touch.