SCHOOL DISTRICT COFFEE CAKE
rec.food.cooking/Claudia Parras (1996)
Source: LA Times
Makes 24 servings

This is just like the cake the LAUSD cafeteria
ladies served me in small-kid time...

4 cups flour
2 cups brown sugar, packed
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
3/4 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons ground nutmeg
3/4 cup chopped walnuts, optional
1 1/2 cups oil
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon baking powder
3 large eggs
2 cups buttermilk

Combine flour, brown sugar, granulated sugar, salt, nutmeg, walnuts and oil in large bowl. Mix until crumbly. Remove 1 1/2 cups of the mixture,
stir in the cinnamon and set aside.

Combine the remaining crumb mixture with baking soda, baking powder, eggs and buttermilk. Make sure to blend gently. Don't over-mix.

Pour into 2 greased and floured 13x9-inch baking pans.

Sprinkle evenly with the reserved crumb topping. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 to 30 minutes, or until the cake tests done.

Cool slightly. Cut into squares to serve.