Trinidad Treat Coffee Cake

Desserts

Ingredients

TOPPING:

1/4 c. chopped walnuts

1/4 c. brown sugar, firmly packed

1 Tbsp. flour

1 tsp. cinnamon

2 Tbsp. melted butter


CAKE BATTER:

1 c. pastry flour

1/2 tsp. salt

1/2 c. white sugar

1 egg

1/2 c. milk

1/4 c. butter, melted

1 1/2 tsp. baking powder

Directions

Pre-heat oven. Grease and line the bottom of an 8-inch square pan with parchment paper.
Prepare cake topping. Put chopped nuts, brown sugar, 1 Tbsp flour, cinnamon, and butter in a bowl. Mix gently and set bowl aside.
Prepare cake batter. Sift and then measure 1 c. flour. Add baking powder, salt and white sugar to flour and sift ingredients into a mixing bowl.
In a second bowl, beat egg and add milk and melted butter.
Add liquid ingredients to sifted dry ingredients. Mix until moist, about 8 or 10 strokes.
Turn batter into cake pan and sprinkle topping over the batter.
Bake at 375°F for 20 minutes.

Notes

I like to double the topping recipe. It works well.
All-purpose flour works too.