German Crumb Cake

Unicorn (unicron@prodigy.net)
Sun, 21 Jun 1998 08:22:52 -0400

This is good as a coffee cake, a dessert, or with 1/2 cup of
heavy cream (not whipped)) like a pudding.
Baker's choice on the Brown Sugar.

German Crumb Cake

3 cups flour
2 cups brown sugar (light or dark, I like dark)
1 cup Crisco vegetable shortening (Original recipe called for lard)

Cut together flour, brown sugar, and Crisco. Remove 1 cup and set aside.

2 eggs
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp nutmeg

Add eggs and spices to remaining flour mixture.

1 cup milk
1 Tbs vinegar
1 tsp baking soda

Mix milk and vinegar, let stand 5 min. Add baking soda, mix until foamy.
Add milk to flour mix, stir just a little to mix a bit. Pour in greased
tube pan. Sprinkle reserved flour mix on top. Bake at 375F (190C) for 1
hour, until toothpick is JUST clean. Do not over stir! Do not overbake!
Serve plain or, my favorite, in a bowl with HEAVY cream. Original recipe
called for sour milk; this way is safer.