Speedy coffee cake

Company's coming and you have nothing to serve with coffee! This may not be a dilemma for everyone but it is for the Finnish Mama. So, here's a recipe that is quick to stir up and takes only 1/2 hour in the oven and it even tastes good warm. I learned it from Ninni, the woman I boarded with when I lived in Finland.

Speedy coffee cake (Pikapulla)

75 gr butter
400 ml flour
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp cardamon (I use whole cardamon peeled and then pounded in a tea towel, so it's like coarse pepper)
100 ml sugar
200 ml milk
For topping: 10 almonds chopped and coarse sugar

Cut butter into bits in a large bowl. Add dry ingredients and mix well with a fork. Add milk. Pour into a greased cake pan and sprinkle with topping. Bake at 350 degrees for 1/2 hour. Cool slightly and lift out of pan.