Swedish Coffee Cake

Editing per my Grandmother to get the story right: This cake recipe was passed down to my great Grandmother Helen from my Swedish great great Grandmother Maria. It is over 100 years old...possibly 150 or more! Some of my Swedish relatives started the famous Svenhards bakery here in California. They no longer own it but their original packages have my great great Aunt Tilda's (Maria's sister) photo on them! *My Grandmother also says to please beat the egg whites...they make the cake lighter and fluffier.

• Ready In: 55 mins
• Serves: 12

Ingredients

• Cake

• 1⁄4 lb butter, softened (1 stick)
• 1 1⁄2 cups sugar
• 2  egg yolks
• 2 1⁄2 cups flour
• 3  teaspoons baking powder
• 1  dash salt
• 1  cup milk
• 1  teaspoon vanilla
• 1  lemon, juice and zest of (My Grandmother says to only squeeze the juice out of half a lemon and only use a few pinches of zest)
• 2  egg whites, stiffly beaten

• Crumb topping

• 1  cup flour
• 3⁄4 cup light brown sugar
• 1  teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1⁄4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1⁄4 lb butter, softened (1 stick)

Directions

1. Cake:
2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
3. Cream together butter and sugar, add egg yolks gradually.
4. Sift the flour, baking powder and salt into the batter. Stir.
5. Add milk, vanilla, lemon juice and lemon rind. Stir.
6. Beat egg whites until stiff. Fold into batter.
7. Pour into 13x9 baking pan.
8. Top with crumb topping and bake for 40 minutes or until tester comes out clean.
9. Crumb topping:
10. Mix dry ingredients together.
11. Cut in the butter with a pastry blender or the back of a fork until it resembles crumbs.
12. Scatter crumbs over unbaked cake.