Cinnamon-Cake

Always deliciouse cinnamon-cake is equally good either for breakfast or after dinner.  Not only will this tasty cake make for some happy diners, but it fills your house with a wonderful, down home aroma.  With so many different recipes to try it's hard to know where to start.  I have included my favorite one, Apple Cinnamon-Cake with Coffee and Pecans.  Also a couple of video recipes of a three more great recipes.  These are the best I have found.  If you have some suggestions, please leave a comment, I'd love to hear from you.

This is one fantastic cinnamon-cake recipe. Pretty easy to make and simply delicious.

Ingredients

• Cinnamon-Cake
  
• 1 tsp salt
• ¾ cup butter, softened
• 1 cup caster sugar
• 1 tbsp baking powder
• 2 cups plain flour
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup fresh milk
• 1 ½ cups pecans, chopped
• 2 tsp instant espresso coffee, dissolved in 3 tbsp warm water
• Topping:
• ½ cup plain flour
• 3 tbsp butter
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• ½ cup pecans, coarsely ground
• Powder sugar for dusting

Directions

1. Preheat your oven to 340 degrees F and grease cake pan (22cm).
2. Sift together the flour, salt and baking powder. The set aside.
3. Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add instant coffee and eggs . Beat in the sifted ingredients and milk. Add in the pecans, stir and pour in the pan.
4. Cinnamon-Cake Topping:
5. Combine cinnamon, flour, rub in butter and your pecans. Mix well, sprinkle liberally over the top. Bake for about 60 minutes. Cool before cutting. Dust with powder sugar.

This Cinnamon-Cake is a real treat - Incredibly moist and delicious - great with coffee

INGREDIENTS
2 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 teaspoon salt
2/3 cup shortening
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 1/3 cups white sugar
3 eggs
2/3 cup milk
1/3 cup water
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/2 cup white sugar
6 tablespoons butter

DIRECTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F or (175 degrees C).
2. Lightly grease then flour a 10 inch Bundt pan. Stir flour, baking powder, 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon and salt; set aside.
3. In a large bowl, beat shortening, 1 1/3 cups white sugar and 1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla until light and fluffy.
4. One at a time, add eggs , beat for at least 1 minute after each egg, then beat in the flour mixture alternately with the milk.
5. Pour batter into prepared pan.
6. Bake in the preheated oven between 40 to 45 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean when inserted into the center of the cake .
7. Let cool in pan for about 10 minutes, then turn out on a wire rack. Remove the cake from the pan while it is still warm, and gently poke holes around the top of the cake with a fork.
8. Pour warm cinnamon syrup into the holes and onto the top and sides of the cake.
9. Heat and stir until butter melts.

**To Make Cinnamon Syrup: In a saucepan, combine 1/2 cup white sugar, butter, water, 1 teaspoon vanilla and 3/4 teaspoons ground cinnamon.