HONEY COMB COFFEE CAKE

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Great ingredients in this coffe cake: almond and orange extracts, butter, pecans, honey and nutmeg....moist and delicious! It is easy to make. Just mix up the cake, boil and pour on the topping, and bake.

Provided by Brenda Benzar Butler

Categories Desserts Cakes Coffee Cake Recipes

Yield 16

Number Of Ingredients 15

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Ingredients

1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
½ cup white sugar
½ cup unsalted butter
⅓ cup milk
2 eggs
2 teaspoons baking powder
½ teaspoon almond extract
½ teaspoon orange extract
½ cup unsalted butter
½ cup chopped pecans
¼ cup white sugar
½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 tablespoon milk
½ teaspoon orange extract
¼ cup honey

Steps:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C); grease and flour a 9 inch square baking pan.
Combine flour, 1/2 cup sugar, 1/2 cup butter or margarine, 1/3 cup milk, eggs, baking powder, 1/2 teaspoon orange extract , and almond extract until well mixed. Spread batter into prepared pan.
To Make Topping: In a heavy 2 quart saucepan combine 1/2 cup butter or margarine, pecans, 1/4 cup sugar, honey, nutmeg, 1 tablespoon milk, and 1/2 teaspoon orange extract. Cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until mixture comes to a full boil . Continue cooking, stirring occasionally, for 2 or 3 minutes. Pour topping evenly over coffee cake.
Bake 22 to 27 minutes, or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 241.3 calories, Carbohydrate 25.2 g, Cholesterol 54.2 mg, Fat 14.9 g, Fiber 0.7 g, Protein 2.9 g, SaturatedFat 7.8 g, Sodium 74.3 mg, Sugar 14.3 g