Mom's Coffee Cake

My mom has been making this amazing breakfast my entire life. It's truly the best coffee cake I have ever had! It's so moist and flavorful and it's one of the best things to wake up too. The aroma that fills the house is just incredible. This coffee cake is a huge downfall for my mom and I, we nibble on it all throughout the day..it gets bad. It's Ellie's birthday, so she requested this for her breakfast. It's always a popular request for a birthday breakfast in the family :)

Ingredients:
Layer and Topping
Combine ingredients and set aside
1 cup brown sugar
4 tablespoons flour
4 teaspoons cinnamon
4 tablespoons butter, melted

Wet mixture. In another bowl, work sugar and shortening together with a fork & add the eggs and milk to the mixture and set aside:
1 1/2 cups sugar
1/2 cup vegetable shortening
2 eggs
1 cup milk

Dry Ingedients
Sift together:
3 cups flour
4 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt

Have a 9x13 pan greased and ready. Combine dry and wet ingredients together and QUICKLY pour 1/2 the batter into the prepared pan. Evenly spread 1/2 of the layer mixture over batter. Pour the remaining batter on top of the layer, then quickly spread the remaining layer/topping mixture on top.
 ** The batter can be difficult to work with, so make sure and have more batter for the 2nd layer because it's easier to cover the sugar mixture with more batter.**

Bake at 375* for 25-30 minutes.
Must server with real butter melted on top!
This heats up great the next day!

Can't forget the milk!