Cinnamon Streusel Cake

chef FIFI's Note:

This is an easy from scratch recipe, that is simple to make and requires ingredients that you wouldn't have to make and extra run to the grocery store.

• Total Time: 35 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 24 squares

Streusel

• ½ cup firmly packed brown sugar
• ½ cup coarsely chopped walnuts
• ¾ teaspoon cinnamon

Cake

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 large eggs
• ½ cup butter (softened)
• 1 cup buttermilk (or substitute 1 cup milk tbsp lemon juice or vinegar)
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice or 1 tablespoon vinegar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• ½ teaspoon baking soda

Directions:

1. Prepare streusel just by mixing ingredients together with a spoon.
2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
3. In a large bowl cream sugar, butter and vanilla together until fluffy.
4. Add the eggs in, beating them well on medium speed.
5. In another bowl combine dry cake ingredients together and whisk together.
6. Alternate adding the dry mix and the buttermilk into the creamed sugar with a wooden spoon until batter is smooth.
7. Do not over mix.
8. Pour the cake batter into a greased 15X10 jelly roll pan.
9. Sprinkle streusel mixture over top of the cake batter.
10. Bake cake for 20 to 25 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
11. Let cool.
12. Cut into squares.
13. Enjoy!

Reviews

[adinascotch]

easy and great

[Charishma_Ramchandani]

This is a nice cake. I've tried it before and it goes very well with kids - big and small!