Reader ’s Recipe Of The Month! - Margaret Shaw

Ingredients:

A while back on our social media pages we asked for follo wers to send in their recipes to us so that we could begin featuring them inside our magazines each month...

We are interested to no w which recipes you enjo y, together with any helpful hints and tips you can pass on to our readers!

To star t us o ff, this month’s reader recipe has been kindly supplied to us by reader and avid cooker y fan, Margaret Shaw. Margaret is an avid cake maker so we hope you tr y this one ou t for your selves - do let us kno w ho w you get on! We hope you enjo y it!

Cinnamon Co ffee Cake

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Wednesday 3rd May at 7pm This month we have a choice o f reads - The Holiday by TM Logan or Our Man In Estepona by David Spear & Debbie Glynn

Arlesey W.I Tuesday 9th May

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1 cup bu tter, so ftened, 2-3/4 cups sugar, divided 4 large eggs, room temperature 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 3 cups all-purpose flour, 1 teaspoon baking soda, 1 teaspoon salt, 2 cups sour cream, 2 tablespoons ground cinnamon, 1/2 cup chopped walnu ts.

Method.

1. In a large bo wl, cream bu tter and 2 cups sugar until light and flu ffy, 5-7 minu tes. Add 1 egg at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Combine flour, baking soda and salt; add alternately with sour cream, beating just enough after each addition to keep batter smoo th

2 Spoon a third o f batter into a greased 10-in tube pan Combine cinnamon, nu ts and remaining 3/4 cup sugar; sprinkle one - third o f mixture o ver batter in pan

Repeat layers 2 more times Bake at 350° until a too thpick inser ted in center comes ou t clean, 60-65 minu tes Cool for 15 minu tes before remo ving f rom pan to a wire rack to cool completely.

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