Nutmeg Coffee Cake

By Addie

"A nice flavorfull cake for morning coffe or afternoon/evening snack. Nutmeg adds a deliteful flavor to this cake."

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups brown sugar, firmly packed
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 3/4 cup unsalted butter
• 1 cup milk
• 1 eggs
• 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease a 9-inch square baking dish. Set aside.

In a large mixing bowl, combine sugar, flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Cut butter into small pieces.

With a pastry cutter, two forks or your fingertips, blend butter into flour mixture until it resembles fine cornmeal. Take half of it and press into the bottom of the baking dish.

In a small bowl, combine milk, egg and nutmeg. Add to remaining flour mixture along with chopped walnuts. Spoon over the mixture in pan.

Bake for 45–50 minutes until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Let cool in pan slightly before turning out onto a wire rack to cool.
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REVIEW:

Very nice cake. I needed a cake the required no white sugar. I love the crumb layer at the bottom and the buttery flavor to the cake. This was really easy to make, and I'll definitely be using this recipe again.