Streusel Coffeecake
1 cup softened butter
1 1/2 cups white sugar
3 eggs
2 tsp vanilla extract
3 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
2 tsp baking powder
2 tsp salt
2/3 cup yogurt
2/3 cup sour cream
1/4 cup vegetable oil
Beat the sugar and butter together
until smooth, then beat in the yogurt, sour cream, oil and vanilla.
Mix the dry ingredients together and then stir into the wet mixture.
Spoon about 2/3 of the batter into a greased 9X13 inch cake pan.
Sprinkle your choice of fillings as below, then dot the remaining
batter on top of the filling. Finally, evenly sprinkle the
streusel topping over everything. Bake at 350 degrees for about an
hour, until nicely browned and a toothpick stuck in the center comes
out clean. Allow to cool before cutting.
Streusel: ½ stick soft or melted
butter, 1 ½ cups sugar, 1 cup flour. Mix together with fork or your
hand, until it makes clumps. Sprinkle the clumps over the
everything.
Fillings:
Sprinkle heavily with brown sugar,
cinnamon and pecans.
Or: Sprinkle heavily with some sort
of berry or cherry, fresh or frozen. If you use cherries, add a
small amount of almond extract to the batter, in addition to the
vanilla.
Or: Rhubarb, chop fresh or frozen
rhubarb, sprinkle lightly with a couple tablespoons of sugar, then
put over the batter.
This is especially good with fresh or
frozen gooseberries.
