#187 – Beef Paprikash & Old Fashioned Coffee Cake

Beef Paprikash

• 3 to 4 onions, chopped
• 2 Tbsps. shortening
• 1 Tbsp. paprika
• 1 – 1 1/2 lbs. cubed beef
• 4 cubed potatoes
• Salt to taste
• Dumplings
• 2 cups flour
• 5 eggs
• Pinch of banking powder

Simmer onions in shortening until tender; add paprika. Add cubed beef, let simmer until no longer pink. Add 8 cups water and salt to taste. Add potatoes; cook until tender. In a bowl, mix ingredients for dumplings. Using a teaspoon, spoon small amounts of dumpling dough into boiling water. Let cook until the dumplings rise to the top.

Old Fashioned Coffee Cake

Batter:

• 1 3/4 cup sugar
• 3/4 cup butter
• 4 eggs
• 1 1/8 cup milk
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 3 cups flour
• 4 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp salt

Topping:

• 2 cups chopped pecans
• 1 1/8 cup brown sugar
• 2 Tbsps. cinnamon
• 3/4 cup flour
• 3/4 cup butter

Butter Sauce:

• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 cup cream
• 3 tsp vanilla
• 2 cups sugar
• Dash of salt

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. For cake, cram sugar and butter until smooth. Add eggs, milk and vanilla; mix well. Add flour, baking powder and salt; mix well. Pour batter into a 9 x 13 cake pan. Combine topping ingredients in a separate bowl. Spread over cake batter and use a knife to swirl into the batter. Bake for 40 to 50 minutes. For butter sauce, add all ingredients to a medium saucepan or microwave safe bowl. Bring sauce to a boil and pour over cake.