I made this crumb cake earlier this week for our World Wide Wednesday family dinner to NJ. While crumb cake was not necessarily invented in New Jersey, this style of crumb cake with the ratio of crumb topping to cake is a regional obsession according to google.
They were not wrong when they said the crumb topping is more than half of the cake. I kept crumbling it on top. So if you are going to make this, and you really should check it out. I am enjoying some tight now while I am typing this. The cake is moist and the cinnamon crumb top is so good and crumbly, you definitely need a plate. Enjoy it with a cup of tea or coffee or a cold glass of milk, and use a fork to eat up all the yummy crumb toppings.
Crumb Cake
A tender cake with a buttery cinnamon crumb topping, great along side a cup of coffee or tea.
Ingredients
Crumb Topping
- 1½ cups brown sugar
- 1½ tablespoons ground cinnamon
- ¾ teaspoon kosher salt
- 2¼ cups cake flour
- ¾ cup butter melted
Cake
- 1½ cups all-purpose flour
- ½ cup sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 large egg
- ½ cup buttermilk
- 2 tablespoons canola oil
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Instructions
Prep
- Preheat oven to 325℉9-inch square pan using parchment or foil, create an overhang in your dish, so you can lift the crumb cake out once it is baked. Spray with non-stick so the parchment stays put and then on top of the parchment so the cake doesn't stick.
Crumb Topping
- In a medium bowl, add all the dry ingredients and whisk to combine. Add the melted butter and using a wooden spoon mix until it comes together as a thick, crumbly dough. place in the bowl in the refrigerator while you make the cake.
Cake
- in a medium bowl add the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and kosher salt whisk until combined.
- Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and fold until just combined.
- transfer the batter to the prepared baking dish and spread out evenly. Add the crumb topping while breaking it apart all over the top, it may seem like a lot, because it is and it is supposed to be.
- Bake for 40-45 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean. Rotate the pan once during baking. Let the cake cool in the pan for 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.
recipe: butfirstwebrunch.com