Shelly's Recipe

CINNAMON-TOPPED SPICE CAKE

Category: Cakes

3 cups flour
3 tsp baking powder and ground ginger
1 1/2 cups milk
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 cups sugar
1 cup butter, softened
2 large eggs

Topping
2/3 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/2 cup flour
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp ground cloves
6 tbsp 3/4 stick) chilled butter, cut into small pieces

Preheat oven to 350. Grease a 13x9 inch baking pan Dust with flour; tap out excess. Mix together flour, baking powder, and ginger. Mix together milk and vanilla.

4 Beat together sugar and butter at medium speed until light and fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. At low speed, alternately beat flour mixture and milk mixture into butter mixture until blended and smooth. Spoon batter into prepared pan; smooth top. Bake cake until top is just set, 30 minutes.

To prepare topping, mix together brown sugar, flour, cinnamon, and cloves. Using a pastry blender or 2 knives, cut butter into sugar mixture until coarse crumbs form. Sprinkle topping over cake while still in oven. Bake cake until golden, 15 minutes more. Transfer pan to a wire rack to cool completely.