Lazy Daisy Cake

Name: Lazy Daisy Cake
Ingredients: Cake; 2 eggs; 1 cup white sugar; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1 cup all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 1/4 teaspoon salt; 1/2 cup milk, heated; 1 tablespoon butter; Topping; 2/3 cup packed brown sugar; 1/4 cup butter; 2 tablespoons milk; 1/2 cup coconut flakes

14 ingredients

9 steps

Ingredients

Cake
2 eggs
1 cup white sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup milk, heated
1 tablespoon butter
Topping
2/3 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 cup butter
2 tablespoons milk
1/2 cup coconut flakes

Directions

1

Preheat oven to 350°F.
2

Beat eggs in mixing bowl until frothy; beat in sugar in 4 or 5 separate additions; stir in vanilla.
3

Next, stir in flour, baking powder and salt.
4

Heat milk and butter together in small saucepan just until hot; add to batter, stirring slowly and carefully.
5

Scrape into a greased 9-inch square cake pan and bake for about 25 minutes, or until cake tests done with a toothpick.
6

Make topping-- combine last 4 ingredients together in a small saucepan; heat and stir until hot and sugar is dissolved.
7

Spread topping over cake fresh from the oven; leave oven on.
8

Return cake to oven and heat until topping is bubbling well, anywhere from 3-5 minutes.
9

Variation: use chopped pecans or walnuts instead of the coconut.