Cardamom Crumb Cake

- LW

We made this cake a lot growing up. It has the consistency of a coffee cake, so we used to eat half of it for dessert one night and the other half for breakfast the next morning.

It's very easy and can be made without an electric mixer.

Ingredients
4 cups flour

2 cups sugar

4 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/4 cup buttermilk powder (omit if using liquid buttermilk)

1 teaspoon crushed or ground cardamom (I buy the seeds and crush them with a mortar and pestle; a spice grinder would also work. Ground cardamom is also fine, but I like the texture of the coarsely ground pieces, and the seeds will hold flavor longer than pre-ground cardamom.)

1/4 cup buttermilk powder (omit if using liquid buttermilk)

1 cup butter

2 eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 cup water (or buttermilk)

Directions
Preheat oven to 350.

Mix the dry ingredients together in a bowl. Cut the butter into the flour mixture with a pastry cutter until lumps are uniform and pea-sized. Scoop out 1 cup of this mixture and set aside.

Beat water, eggs, and vanilla together in a small bowl. Pour into dry ingredients and mix until just combined.

Spread dough in greased 9 x 13 inch pan. Sprinkle the reserved dry crumble on top of the dough.

Bake for 40 minutes or until inserted toothpick comes out clean.