Grandma's Buttermilk Coffee Cake

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup vegetable oil
• 2 1/4 cups flour (I use all purpose and it turns out fine)
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 cup buttermilk (the dry buttermilk found in the baking section of the store will work, just follow the package instr)
• 1 egg, slightly beatten
• 1/2 cup walnuts, chopped

Directions

1. 1

   Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

2. 2

   Mix flour, salt, and 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon into a large mixing bowl. Add sugar and oil and mix on medium speed until well blended and feathery.

3. 3

   Remove 3/4 cup of this mixture and put in a smaller mixing bowl for the topping. Add walnuts and remainder of cinnamon to the contents of the smaller bowl for the topping, mix well and set aside for later.

4. 4

   To remaining mixture (not the topping) add baking soda, baking powder, egg and buttermilk. Mix until smooth, this is the coffeecake batter.

5. 5

   Spoon the cake batter into a buttered 9 x 13 baking dish. Sprinkle the topping over the cake batter and press lightly with fingers. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 - 30 minutes.