German Lemon Coffee Cake (1906)

• 1 1/2 cupfuls flour
• Juice and grated rind, 1/2 lemon
• 1 cupful sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 tbspn butter
• 1 tspn baking power
• Chopped nuts
• Cinnamon
• Sugar
• Butter

Mix thoroughly 1 1/2 cupfuls flour, 1 cupful sugar, 1 cupful milk, 1 egg, 1 heaping teaspoonful baking powder, and the juice and grated rind of 1/2 lemon.

Spread the dough in a shallow buttered baking-pan. Sprinkle with chopped nuts, sugar, cinnamon, and dots of butter.

Bake until brown and crisp. Cut in squares, and serve piping hot.

(Origin - "What to Have for Breakfast" by Olive Green, 1906. Published by G.P. Putnam's Sons of New York and Chicago. Part of Putnam's Homemaker Series by Olive Green.)

Other 1906 Coffee Cake Recipes

Hungarian Royal Coffee Cake (1906)

Vienna Coffee Cake (1906)