Lazy Daisy Cake

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup 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
• 2/3 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/4 cup butter
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 1/2 cup coconut flakes

Recipe

• 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.