Strawberry Coffee Cake (1971)

• 1-1/2 cups strawberries, cleaned
• 2 cups sifted flour
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 2 tspns baking powder
• 3/4 tspn salt
• 1/3 cup shortening
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1/3 cup milk
• 3 tbspns butter
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 3 tbspns sifted flour

Sift together 2 cups of flour, sugar, salt, and baking powder. Cut in shortening with 2 knives or pastry blender. Combine egg and milk, and add all at once to dry ingredients.

Mix well, and spread in a greased 8 or 9-inch layer pan. Arrange strawberries on top. Combine the remaining butter, sugar, and flour, mixing together with a fork until a crumbly consistency.  Sprinkle over strawberries. 

Bake in a 400 degree oven about 25 to 30 minutes. Makes 1 coffee cake. 

More "Lost" Strawberry Recipes

Strawberries Romanoff (1963)

White House Sweet Strawberry Cake (1887)

(Origin - "150 Delectable Dessert Recipes" by the Culinary Arts Institute, 1971.)