Almond Butter Coffee Cake

• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup vegetable shortening
• 1 cup milk scalded
• 1/2 each yeast, compressed
• 1 each eggs
• 3 1/2 cups flour, all-purpose sifted
• 1/16 teaspoons mace
• 1/16 teaspoons cardamom seeds

1. Add sugar, salt and shortening to milk and cool to lukewarm.
2. Add crumbled yeast and let stand 5 minutes.
3. Add egg and 1 3/4 cups flour; beat well.
4. Add remaining flour sifted with spices; then knead well.
5. Let rise until doubled in bulk, about 1 1/2 hours.
6. Knead down and let rise again.
7. Shape into 2 coffee cakes and place in greased pans.
8. Let rise 15 minutes.
9. Spread almond mixture on top and let rise until doubled in bulk.
10. Bake in a 375F (190C) oven for 45 minutes.
11. Makes 2 cakes.

sugar, salt, vegetable shortening, milk, yeast, eggs, flour, mace, cardamom seeds

Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/almond-butter-coffee-cake-2936 (may not work)