Cereal Coffee Cake

At work, we have a party once a month to celebrate the birthdays of that month. Every June, we hold a potluck with a special theme: this year's was Breakfast Cereals. All kinds of yummy treats, muffins, pies, and even froot loop necklaces were brought in. This cereal coffee cake was my contribution.

BATTER:
1 3/4 cup all purpose flour
1 cup sugar
3 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1/3 cup butter, softened
1 egg
1 cup milk
1 1/2 cup whole wheat flake cereal (i used Total)

TOPPING:
1/4 cup packed brown sugar
2 tablespoons all purpose flour
1 tsp ground cinnamon
2 tablespoons butter (cold)

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Grease square pan, 9 x 9 x 2 inches.
3. Beat all ingredients except cereal and topping on low speed 2 minutes.
4. Fold in cereal; spread batter in pan.
5. Sprinkle with crunchy topping.
6. Bake for 30 minutes or until chopstick inserted in center comes out clean.

yield 9-12 servings. about 300 cal per slice.

The cake turned out really tasty, and not as sweet as i had feared. the topping was a little awkward cuz my butter was actually Olivio spread, but it tasted just fine. the cereal kinda created pretty patterns in the cake, resembling cinnamon swirls.

from cooks.com