cinnamon coffee cake + recipe

I got this recipe out of the 1947 revision of American Woman's Cookbook. It's falling apart, and written in, and there's still some notes and little paper place markers in it, so it was well loved once upon a time. Understandably, because this coffee cake is absolutely yummy. It's crumbly. And gooey. And it was gone by the next morning.

cinnamon coffee cake

2 T shortening or butter
1/2 c sugar
1 egg
3/4 c flour
1 t cinnamon
2 t baking powder
1/4 c milk
1/2 t vanilla

filling

1/2 c brown sugar
1 T cinnamon
2 T flour
2 T melted butter.

1. Cream the shortening and sugar, add beaten egg and vanilla. 2. Sift all dry ingredients together and add to mixture. 3. Add the milk. Spread one half of the mixture into a pan. I used a bread loaf pan which turned out to be the perfect size. 4. For the filling, mix all ingredients together and spread over the batter in the pan. Add the rest of the cake batter, then the remainder of the filling over the top. 5. Take a knife and create a swirl pattern. 6. Bake @ 350 for 50 minutes or until knife in middle comes out clean.

I may or may not also have put a crumb topping on the top with some chilled butter, flour, and brown sugar..