Black Forest Coffee Cake

1 1/2 c Sugar

1/2 c Liquid shortening

1 1/2 c Milk

2 tb Vanilla

3 c Flour

2 ts Baking powder

1 c Chocolate chips

1 cn Cherry pie filling

Topping: 1 c Bisquick

1/2 c Sugar

1/4 c Butter or oleo

1/2 c Chocolate chips for garnish

Recipe by: Inn recipes Beat eggs, add sugar, shortening, milk & vanilla. Then add flour & baking powder. When well mixed add chocolate chips. Pour into a large greased baking pan. Drop cherry pie fill by the tsp. in even rows into the batter. Topping: Blend with a pastry blender to form loose crumbs. Sprinkle over top of cake and garnish with chocolate chips. Bake at 375 for 50 min. to 1 hour until golden brown.

This recipe is featured in Favorite Recipes of Inns of the Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Area Innkeepers. Bechtel Victorian Mansion Bed & Breakfast Inn East Berlin, Pennsylvania.JM -----