Elinor's Coffee Cake

Little old ladies named Elinor make the best baked goods.  I got this recipe from a dear sweet lady I met a few years ago.  Hands down the BEST coffee cake you will ever have. 

Recipe

Ingredients:

• Group A
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 3 cups of flour
• 1/4 tsp coarse salt
• 2 sticks of unsalted butter, softened
• Group B
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 2 eggs
• 1 & 1/2 cups of buttermilk
• Group C (topping)
• 1 cup sugar
• 1-2 teaspoons of cinnamon
• 1 cup chopped pecans

Step 1: Mix together the ingredients in group A, cutting the butter into the other ingredients with a pastry cutter

Step 2: Continue cutting the butter into the other ingredients until a coarse crumble forms and there are no more large chunks of butter left.  Remove one cupful of the mixture and set aside

Step 3: Meanwhile, mix together the ingredients in group B till nice and smooth

Step 4: Mix the B mixture into the A mixture and pour into a greased 13 x 9 baking dish

Step 5: Take the reserved cup from the Group A ingredient mixture and spread evenly on top of the batter

Step 6: Next, take the pecan, sugar and cinnamon mixture and spread evenly on top

Step 7: Cover the dish with foil and bake for about 45 minutes.  The cake is done when a fork or toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.