I made a coffee cake this past week.  Then I ate the whole thing--well and I had some friends help me.  Here's what is great about this recipe: it doesn't have very many ingredients so it's stupidly easy to make--even for a girl living in Sofia, Bulgaria with a tiny kitchen and limited pots, pans and other utensils.

I looked at a lot of recipes online for coffee cakes but many of the recipes called for ingredients that I either didn't have or couldn't find easily at the two small markets/grocery stores where I do my shopping. So you'll notice that my recipe doesn't use brown sugar or baking powder.  Still it turned out great and got rave reviews.

The other great thing is that the recipe goes together in about 10 minutes so in something a little over an hour you can be enjoying fresh hot coffee cake.  I know I should have taken pictures but it disappeared too fast.  So enjoy!<!--more-->

Crumb Topping:
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	<li>Mix together: 1/2 cup chopped nuts (like walnuts), 1/2 cup  honey, 1/2 cup oatmeal and 2 tsp cinnamon</li>
	<li>Mixture will be clumpy that's okay</li>
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Cake Batter:
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	<li>Cream together the following ingredients one at a time making sure to incorporate well before adding another ingredient:  1/2 cup butter, 1 cup white sugar, 2 eggs, 1 tsp vanilla and 1 cup of thick yogurt (like Greek yogurt or sour cream)</li>
	<li>Stir in 2 cups flour, 1 cup chopped nuts (like walnuts), 2 tsp baking soda, 1/2 tsp salt.  Don't over mix</li>
	<li>At this point, I also added some dried lemon peal (1 tsp) because I had it on hand.  You could also add a cup of fruit like blue berries.</li>
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Bake:
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	<li>Make sure that you do a good job greasing your pan.  I used one that was round and maybe 9" in diameter.</li>
	<li>Pour in cake batter and top with crumb topping (use your fingers to break this up if you have to in order to distribute fairly evenly).</li>
	<li>Your oven should be hot.  375 degrees (F) should do the trick.  I cooked mine at about 250 degrees (C).</li>
	<li>You know the cake is done when you insert a knife into the cake and it comes out clean with no gooey batter stuck to the knife.  This took about 45-50 minutes.</li>
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Conclusion:
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	<li>Share with friends</li>
	<li>And serve with coffee!</li>
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