Coffee Crumb Cake
Why not plan a romantic brunch on Sunday, it may be the day before Valentine’s Day , but you’ll certainly have more time. This Coffee Crumb Cake can be made the day before.
Directions for Coffee Crumb Cake
You’ll need a square 8″ pan buttered. Also a cinnamon mix which can be saved and used in any number of recipes 2 tsps of cinnamon to 1/4 cup of sugar. This is great sprinkled on buttered toast or on top of hot oatmeal. crumble topping:
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1/3 cup brown sugar
- 1 tbsp cinnamon
- pinch of table salt
- 8 tbsp of butter = 1 stick = 1/4#, melted
- 1 3/4 cups of flour
- Powered Sugar for topping
mix all the dry ingredients well add melted butter and mix until all combined, then set aside. for the cake itself: set oven at 375°
- 1 3/4 cups of flour
- 1 1/4 cups of sugar
- 3 tsp Baking powder
- 1/2 stick of butter=4 tbsp
- 1 egg
- 3/4 cup of milk
- 1 tsp vanilla
Cut the butter into small pieces and add to flour and baking powder and using a pastry cutter cut butter into flour until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in the sugar. Add egg, milk and vanilla to dry ingredients and mix until just combined. Pour 1/2 the batter into pan, and take cinnamon mix and sprinkle lightly over batter, cut cinnamon mix into batter lightly with a knife, then cover with remaining batter, any cinnamon not mixed will come to the top cut that lightly into cake mix. Take crumble mixture and spread over top of batter breaking it up to large pea size pieces. Place pan into oven and cook appox. 35 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean from center of cake Once done cool completely on rack and once cooled sprinkle very lightly with powdered sugar cover with foil and set aside for tomorrows brunch. To serve cut into 9 pieces and arrange on serving platter. You can also add nuts ( pecans or walnuts chopped work great) to the crumble mixture and the cinnamon mixture for a different twist.
Here’s something to help out in the kitchen
OXO Good Grips 3-Piece Stainless-Steel Mixing Bowl Set
- THE CAKE
- 1 3/4 cups all purpose flour
- 1 1/4 cups sugar
- 3 tsp baking powder
- 4 tbsp butter
- 1 egg
- 3/4 cup milk
- 1tsp vanilla
- FOR the CRUMBLE TOPPING
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1/3 cup brown sugar
- 1 tbsp cinnamon
- pinch of salt
- 8 tbsp butter (melted)
- 1 3/4 cups all purpose flour
- Powered sugar for dusting
- CRUMBLE TOPPING
- Combine all the dry ingredients well. Add the melted butter and mix until combined leaving large clumps of dough. Once completely combined set aside.
- CAKE
- Cut the butter into small pieces and add to flour and baking powder and using a pastry cutter , cut the mixture until it resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in the sugar. Add egg, milk and vanilla and mix until just combined. Pour 1/2 the batter into a 8" buttered cake pan. Sprinkle topping lightly over batter and cut slightly into batter with a knife. Pour remaining batter over this and spread remaining topping on the top breaking extra large pieces into pea size. Bake for about 35 minutes or until a toothpick placed into the center comes out clean. When done place on a wire rack to cool completely. Once cooled sprinkle lightly with powdered sugar. Cut into 9 pieces.
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