White Gingerbread Tea Cake

• 2 cups flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup sweet butter, room temperature
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon, divided
• 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon ground mace
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup buttermilk

1. Mix together flour, sugar and butter until mixture resembles coarse cornmeal.
2. Add 1/2 of the tsp of the cinnamon, blend.
3. Set aside 1 cup of mixture.
4. To the rest of the mix add, ginger, mace, salt, soda and baking powder and remaining cinnamon; stir.
5. Add egg and buttermilk, beating till smooth.
6. Pour batter into a greased and floured 10 inch tube pan.
7. Sprinkle reserved crumb mix evenly over top.
8. Bake 40 minutes, or until tester inserted in center comes out clean.
9. Cool and serve.

flour, sugar, sweet butter, cinnamon, ground ginger, ground mace, salt, baking soda, baking powder, egg, buttermilk

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/white-gingerbread-tea-cake-185471 (may not work)