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Name: Tillie's Ginger Crumb Cake
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 16 servings.
Ingredients: 4 cups all-purpose flour; 2 cups sugar; 1 cup cold butter; 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger; 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves; 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg; 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons buttermilk; 1-1/4 teaspoons baking soda; 2 large eggs, room temperature; Confectioners' sugar, optional

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Tillie’s Ginger Crumb Cake

8 reviews

This recipe goes back at least as far as my grandmother, who was born in the early 1900s. Our sons and I enjoy eating it in a bowl with milk poured on it—much to the dismay of my husband, who prefers it plain! —Kathy Nienow Clark, Byron, Michigan