It’s National Coffee Cake Day!  Try out our Crumb Cake recipe!

Ingredients for batter:

1 1/2 cups all purpose flour

1/2 cup white sugar

2 1/2 tsp. baking powder

1/2 tsp. salt

1/2 tsp. ground cardamom

1 egg

1/2 cup milk

2 T. vegetable or canola oil

2 tsp. vanilla

Ingredients for topping:

2 1/2 cups all purpose flour

1/2 cup chopped walnuts, pecans, or shredded coconut

1 cup packed light brown sugar

1 tsp. ground cinnamon

1 cup butter, melted

To make the batter:

In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and cardamom.  In a separate bowl, whisk together the egg, milk, oil, and vanilla. Fold the dry ingredients into the liquid ingredients until well combined.

Grease and flour a 9 x 13″ pan.  Drop the batter in dollops into the pan.  Smooth the top and set aside.

To make the topping:

Mix all of the ingredients in a bowl until combined.  Add the melted butter and toss until large crumbs form.

Sprinkle the crumbs over the batter.  Bake at 325 degrees for 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.  Let cool completely on a wire rack.  Cover with foil or plastic wrap until potluck time.  Can be made a day ahead.