Best Ever Crumb Cake

Our Best Ever Crumb Cake is piled high with buttery crumbs and made with simple basic ingredients from your fridge and pantry. Every bite of our moist crumb cake recipe is heavenly when a rich vanilla-scented cake is topped with buttery cinnamon crumbs kissed with powdered sugar! Trust me when I tell  you that this is the best ever rich buttery crumb cake you’ll ever taste!

Crumb Cake Recipe

Christmas morning brunch and crumb cake are the perfect match. Santa has arrived, the kids are hopping for joy and now it’s time for a piping hot cup of coffee and, what else? A piece of Best Ever Crumb Cake piled high with buttery crumbs, of course!

And you probably have all the basic ingredients to bake up this old fashioned crumb cake recipe in your kitchen right now! Butter, sugar, eggs, vanilla, flour, milk and salt for the cake. More flour, more sugar, more butter and brown sugar and cinnamon for the crumbs. Oh, and don’t forget the confectioners’ sugar for a sweet dusting.

And you probably have all the basic ingredients to bake up this old fashioned crumb cake recipe in your kitchen right now! Butter, sugar, eggs, vanilla, flour, milk and salt for the cake. More flour, more sugar, more butter and brown sugar and cinnamon for the crumbs. Oh, and don’t forget the confectioners’ sugar for a sweet dusting.

All it takes are those simple basic ingredients from your fridge and pantry for the best crumb cake you’ll ever taste! Every bite of our easy crumb cake recipe is heavenly when a rich vanilla-scented cake is topped with buttery cinnamon crumbs kissed with powdered sugar!

Crumb coffee cake recipes are what holiday mornings are made of and your holiday mornings will be truly delicious every time you bake up our recipe.

I invite you to kick up your feet now and enjoy the Best Ever Crumb Cake, an easy as pie recipe…but of course it’s cake!

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Ingredients you will need to make this recipe

• butter
• granulated sugar
• large eggs
• vanilla extract
• all-purpose flour
• salt
• milk
• dark brown sugar
• ground cinnamon
• confectioners’ sugar
• holiday sprinkles

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Best Ever Crumb Cake

Prep Time

20 mins

Cook Time

45 mins

Total Time

1 hr 5 mins

 

Every bite of Best Ever Crumb Cake is heavenly when a rich vanilla-scented cake is topped with buttery cinnamon crumbs dusted with powdered sugar. All it takes are simple basic ingredients from your fridge and pantry for the Best Ever Crumb Cake you'll ever taste! 

Course: Breakfast, Brunch, Dessert, Snack

Keyword: crumb cake, crumb cake from scratch, homemade crumb cake

Servings: 16

Author: Gwynn Galvin

Ingredients

Cake:

• 1 cup (2 sticks) butter , at room temperature
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 4 large eggs
• 1 Tbs. vanilla extract
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1/3 cup milk

Crumb Topping:

• 3 cups flour
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup packed dark brown sugar
• 1 Tbs. ground cinnamon
• 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, melted
• 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350F. Line a 13-inch by 9-inch baking sheet with shallow sides with foil, leaving a 2-inch overhang. Coat with non-stick cooking spray.

Cake:

1. With mixer on medium-high beat butter and granulated sugar until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes.

2. Add eggs and vanilla and beat until combined, occasionally scraping sides of bowl.
3. Reduce mixer speed to medium and gradually beat in flour and salt until blended.
4. Add milk and beat until smooth, thick and blended, about 2 minutes.

5. Spread cake batter evenly in prepared baking sheet and bake 15 minutes. Cake will be only partially baked at this point. Top of cake should be slightly jiggly and wet so the crumbs will adhere when you place them on top in the next step.

Crumb Topping:

1. Meanwhile, in bowl combine flour, granulated sugar, brown sugar and cinnamon. Stir in melted butter until blended. Using hands, shape into crumbs and arrange on top of partially baked cake batter.

2. Return to oven and bake an additional 25-30 minutes or until cake is baked through and crumbs are slightly golden.

3. Cool in pan 30 minutes. Using foil overhang, lift crumb cake out of pan and serve warm or cool completely on wire rack.

4. Sprinkle with confectioners' sugar and cut into 16 pieces.

Recipe Notes

Makes 16 servings.