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I love crumb cake, I ate it years ago during a vacation and it’s the best! Soft cake with doughy crumbs on top, yum! Then once I started making apple crumble myself I remembered the cake, but only later found out what it was called. I’ve tried a few different recipes, until I found one I liked. It only takes 30 minute to prepare and then 30 minutes waiting time while it’s in the oven and then you have one yummy crumb cake. My boyfriend doesn’t like it, so that means I can eat it all myself.
This recipe is based on Cooking Classy her Crumb Cake Recipe.
Ingredients
For the crumbs
- Flour – 160 gram/ 1 cup and 2 tablespoons
- Butter – 113 gram/ 1/2 cup
- Light Brown Sugar – 74 gram/ 1/3 cup
- Granulated Sugar – 72 gram/ 1/3 cup
- Cinnamon – 1 teaspoon
- Salt – 1/4 teaspoon
You can also just use one type sugar, it doesn’t taste much different.
For the Cake
- Flour – 143 gram/ 1 cup
- Butter – 70 gram/ 5 tablespoons
- Sugar – 109 gram/ 1/2 cup
- Milk – 50 ml/ 1/2 cup
- Egg – 1
- Salt – 1/4 teaspoon
- Baking Powder – 3/4 teaspoon
- Baking Soda – 1/4 teaspoon
- Vanilla Extract – 1 teaspoon
Method
- Preheat your oevn to 200 degress celcius/ 392 degrees fahrenheit.
- First make the crumbs. In a medium bowl combine all the ingredients, make sure to cut the butter in small squares. Then combine with your hands till it has the texture of course sand, it’s okay if there are a few bigger clumbs. Set aside.
- Now in a medium till large bowl combine the butter and sugar for the cake. Mix until fluffy and then add the egg and the vanilla essence. Mix till combined and then add the milk. Mix for a short while and then add the dry ingredients, salt, baking powder, baking soda and flour. Mix for a few minutes.
- Now assemble the cake. Put some baking paper in a oven proof bowl and then spoon the cake batter inside. Make sure that the batter is equally thick everywhere. Then add the crumble on top.
- Now bake for 30-35 minutes in the oven. Till a cake tester comes out dry.
- Let it cool down for 30 minutes in the form and then move to a wire rack. When the cake is cooled down (or when it’s still warm) cut into pieces. Enjoy your crumble cake!
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Variation Tips
- Apple Crumble Cake Before adding the crumble on the cake add an apple dices in small pieces and then the crumble on top of that.
- Banana Crumble Cake Mix one mashed banana through the batter.
- Chocolate Crumble Cake Add 100 gram/ 3/4 cup chocolate chips through the batter and a tablespoon cacao powder through the crumble.
I love crumb cake, too. I can just imagine how yummy your home smells when baking it. I like most fruit flavors of crumb cake. I’ve made apple, cherry, and peach at different times.
Sharing these recipes always gives me the urge to bake this again. It’s been awhile since I made it. And yes it smells delicious, I always have to cut off a piece as soon as it’s cooled down a bit as I don’t want to wait any longer to eat it, yum! I am not a fan of cherries, but I made the apple variation and that was very yummy, might have to try peach next time.
I knew of crumbles (love them !), but not crumb cakes, I have to try this ^^
If you love crumbles you probably will like this cake as well. It’s basically cake with crumbles on top and it’s so good!
I love crumb cake. In Ohio, the apple orchards are getting ready to open, so I am going to try the apple crumb cake.
Thanks for sharing this recipe!
Yum fresh apples! I made the apple crumb variation once already and it was really good! I hope you’ll enjoy it! Let me know how it turns out 🙂
Oh wow this looks so good. I love all kinds of cake.
Me too! Cake is just so good, although this crumb cake might be one of my favourites as I usually don’t like the more complicated cakes.
I love crumb cake! You are killing me with these weekly recipes, especially the desserts. I have horrible sweet teeth!
Sorry ;). I have a horrible sweet tooth as well, that’s why I share so many sweet recipes as well. I really have to make this crumb cake again soon, it’s been awhile since I last made it.
Oh yes for Crumb Cake…and so much you can do with it. I love the variety of flavors you can use. My favorite for it is probably Peach. But I like most flavors, but I love Peaches so that wins!!
Oh peaches would work great as well! I think my favourite is the normal crumb cake, but it’s fun to experiment with different flavors as well.
WOOOW this looks so freaking delicious, especially with the different flavours and the dough on the top! It’s times like this I wish I didn’t have constricting dietary requirements!
I am sorry, those dietary requirements must be annoyign at times :(. It’s very delicious and I love how you can add different flavours to the basic recipe, to make it to your taste. I tried the apple and chocolate version myself so far.
Oh yum! I don’t think I’ve ever made a crumb cake but I do love it. I’m made crumb muffins so maybe that counts. lol
I’m totally gonna have to get some cake today at the grocery store. Noms!
Crumb muffins definitely counts in my opinion. I also love crumb muffins. Crumble makes everything better.
I’ve never had crumb cake but I made apple crumble a bit. So this sounds like a nice variation and I must give it a shot sometimes. I’ll have to wait till we have visitors coming though so I don’t eat it all myself 😀
I also love apple crumble, this is similiar but then with cake instead of apple. I usually eat two pieces a day and have it last for about 4-5 days that way.
Mmmm, this looks delicious!!
It is delicious! One of my favourite sweet recipes to make as it’s yummy and pretty quick to make.