Crumb Coffee Cake

Crumb Coffee Cake

  • Prep Time: 15 mins
  • Total Time: 1 hrs 15 mins
  • Servings: 9

    • About This Recipe

    “A sweet treat that uses common ingredients. I like to add cinnamon to the crumb topping, but it’s good either way.Margarine or shortening will work instead of butter in this recipe. If you don’t have sour milk you can make it by adding 1 tablespoon of lemon juice or vinegar in a measuring cup and filling with milk to the one-cup measurement. Stir and let stand at room temperature for 10 minutes. You’ll have sour milk for the recipe.”

    Ingredients

  • 1/2 cupbutter, melted
  • 2cupspacked brown sugar
  • 2cupsall-purpose flour
  • 1cupsour milk( see remarks)
  • 1largeegg, beaten
  • 1teaspoonbaking powder
  • 1teaspoonground cinnamon(optional)

    • Directions

  • Preheat oven to 325°F and spray an 8-inch square pan with cooking spray.
  • Mix the brown sugar and flour until well combined and lump free, add the melted butter and stir well or crumble it between your hands until well blended.
  • Reserve 3/4 c of the mixture for topping, if desired mix cinnamon into the topping mixture.
  • Mix in the baking powder, then add the milk and egg and mix well.
  • Sprinkle the reserved crumbs evenly over the top of the batter.
  • Bake at 325° for about 55-60 minutes or until cake pulls slightly away from the side of the pan and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
  • Serve warm, even better with whipped cream, cool whip or ice-cream.

    • Reviews

  • “This was not at all what I was expecting but excellent just the same.I added vanilla and cinnamon to the batter.Very good.My company gobbled it up so quickly I barely had a chance to sneak a piece.Thanks!This is a good one!”

  • “This is a snap to whip up. I did add cinnamon, vanilla, and used buttermilk. It has a buttery flavor and nice topping, but the cake is more delicate (crumbles easily). It does better with a fork instead of grabbing with one’s hand, which is my family’s style! Roxygirl”

  • “This was a very good cake….I did make a few alterations…Because i read on here that a few found it too sweet I cut the sugar back to 1 1/2 cups (although next time I may even try just 1 cup). I did not take any of the crumble out to reserve it I just left it as a whole cake. I also added 1 tsp of cinnamon and a sprinkle of nutmeg and all spice. The cake came out moist and has a nice spice to it. Really nice coffee cake. I like it plain but there are a few recipes on here for nice butter cream icings 🙂 I think a bit of store bought caramel sauce drizzled over top would be quite nice too. All in all great recipe and easy easy with few ingredients.”

  • “Nice and very easy to make. It is really very sweet, but then, some people do like very sweet cakes)))”

  • “This is a nice, fairly easy coffee cake to put together.It tasted a bit too sweet to me, like perhaps it was missing a bit of salt.That’s why there are 4 stars instead of 5.Still a nice go-to recipe if you’re expecting guests in an hour or two.”

  • “Maybe it is all about expectations…this was fine, but not what I wanted.Maybe all coffee cakes are destined to disappoint me.Anyway, I followed the modifications suggested by Chef Carolyn H. on 13/07/09 and those who ate it really liked it.So based on enthusiastic responses of those eaters I’m giving it 4 stars.Now I just need to find a recipe that is what I really want to eat. :-)”

  • “I altered the recipe. Used cold butter, cut in with pastry blender, rather than melted, which made a better topping. Rather than sour milk, used buttermilk. Added 1 tsp. of vanilla to the batter, and 1/2 tsp. cinnamon rather than a whole to topping plus 3/4 cup of chopped pecans. Got a thumbs up from the family! Nice tasty, moist cake, easily made.”

  • “Did not have sour milk so I added lemon juice and it worked wonderfully. I also added cinnamon to the batter and topping. Everyone agreed that the cake was delicious (even my 8 yr old who is hard to please)Thank you for a great recipe.”

  • “Not your typical coffee cake. It was way too sweet for my taste, and a lot more moist and dense than the norm. I wasn’t a fan of the topping, because it really wasn’t that “crumby”, and turned out to be just a bunch of sugar sitting on top of the cake. However, the flavor was good, and it was easy to put together. If it were tweaked a little, it would probably be a good little cake. “

  • “ok…not rating because I wasn’t the one that made this but my 12 yo daughter.Not sure if our issues are due to something she did or not so just commenting.The texture turned out somewhat chewy on the edges and bottom for ours and the crumbly topping melted into the cake itself.BUT the flavor of the cake was quite good and we may try this again with more help from me to see if their was an issue on daughters side or if its the recipe we are having no luck with.”

  • “This came out wonderful. Hubby thought it was a bit TOO moist to be coffee cake , but that is fine by me.”

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