Old-Fashioned Coffee Cake

Name: Old-Fashioned Coffee Cake
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 1 cake, 9 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1/2 cup butter, softened; 1 1/4 cups sugar, divided; 1 egg; 2 cups all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 1 1/2 teaspoons ground nutmeg, divided; 1/8 teaspoon cardamom; 1 cup buttermilk

Submitted by EURrosa1

"This is delicious served warm or cold. It is so good even my cat likes it! :-) It has a delicious scent from the spices."

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Ready In:: 35mins
Ingredients:: 9
Yields:: 1 cake
Serves:: 9

ingredients

¹⁄₂ cup butter, softened
1 ¹⁄₄ cups sugar, divided
1 egg
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 ¹⁄₂ teaspoons ground nutmeg, divided
¹⁄₈ teaspoon cardamom
1 cup buttermilk

directions

Sift flour with baking soda and baking powder. In small mixing bowl cream butter and ONE cup sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg. Add ONE tsp nutmeg and the cardamom. Fold in flour, alternating with buttermilk.
Pour in greased 9" square baking pan (batter will be thick).
Combine remaining sugar and nutmeg (I like to add another 1/8 tsp of cardamom to the sugar); sprinkle evenly over batter.
Bake at 350 F for 30-35 minutes, until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool on wire rack.