Title: Hide 'n' Seek Coffee Cake
Categories: Bread Quick Cake
Yield: 1 8" cake

BATTER
1/2	c	Shortening
1/2	c	Sugar
1/2	ts	Vanilla
1		Egg
1 1/2	c	All-purpose flour
1/2	ts	Salt
1 1/2	ts	Baking powder
1/2	c	Milk
FILLING
1/2	c	California dried figs - (chopped fine)
1/4	c	Chopped walnuts
1/2	c	Brown sugar
1/4	c	Butter; melted
1	tb	Cinnamon

BATTER: Cream shortening, add sugar and vanilla and cream thoroughly. Add beaten egg and mix thoroughly. Sift dry ingredients, and add alternately with milk. Spread half the batter in greased 8-inch cake pan. Cover with fig filling and add remaining batter. BAke 45 minutes at 350 F.

FILLING: Rinse figs with hot water, then chop fine. Blend with remaining ingredients for coffee-cake filling.

Source: 48 Family Favorites with California Figs Reprinted with the permission of The California Fig Advisory Board Electronic format courtesy of Karen Mintzias

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