Community Pick
Crumb Cake
photo by cookin mama
- Ready In:
- 50mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Yields:
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1 large crumb cake
ingredients
directions
- Grease and flour a cookie sheet with sides (11 x 17 or 10 1/2 x 15) just watch the time.
- Mix cake using above ingredients.
- Spread in cookie sheet.
- Bake 350° for 20 minutes (20 minutes is the time for the 10 1/2 x 15 pan), so a little less time if you are using the bigger pan.
- I like the 11 x 17 pan.
- Crumbs: Add ingredients to bowl and mix together.
- Spread in chunks covering cake.
- Bake 15 minutes more.
- Cool.
- Sprinkle with powdered sugar.
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Reviews
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Let me be the first to say people will want the recipe! I have lots of neighbors who drop in all the time, and are welcome to whatever I have cooked or am cooking. I have already printed this recipe four times since I made it yesterday, and am just now posting my review. I followed the recipe exactly from start to finish. Delicious! Try it, you'll like it!
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I had to look twice-- you're supposed to use a *cookie sheet*, not a cake pan. That's why the sizes of the pans are 'unusual.' 11x17 is a standard sized cookie sheet and both 11x17 and 10.5x15 are readily available in stores, and probably are the sizes you've got in your house. Just make sure it has a lip, and isn't one of the completely flat cookie sheets, obviously. I accidentally used a standard Betty Crocker yellow cake mix, which is not the same size as the butter cake mix suggested in the ingredients. I added some flour to make up for it. I also added a little vanilla and cinnamon to the cake batter before baking. The crumb topping does seem like a lot when you're mixing it up at first, but as you start putting it on the hot cake, the butter and sugar start to melt a bit, and it turned out absolutely perfect for my 11x17 cookie sheet. Not only did this smell fantastic, but it tasted absolutely great. Quick, easy, painless.
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This is unbelievably delicious for such an easy cake to prepare! My whole family adored it; my little brother had three pieces! I loved that it used cake mix because that made it so much simpler. I realized after getting home from the grocery store that I was out of butter cake mix, so I used yellow cake mix. After reading others' reviews, I added two teaspoons of cinnamon to the cake mix before baking, along with a teaspoon or so of vanilla. Then, I added an extra teaspoon of cinnamon to the crumb topping. This intensified the cinnamon flavor but was definitely not too much. I served it sprinkled with confectioner's sugar, as suggested, but also topped with Cool Whip! Talk about delicious and decadent! Thanks so much for sharing this great recipe.
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Tweaks
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One caveat, the butter should not be almost melted for the crumb topping. I usually take the butter from my freezer and let sit on the dining room table for 4 hrs. It is then pliable but not melted. I've gottent the best crumbs this way. I've also done a variation recommended by my DH substituting cocoa for cinammon, grating chocolate shavings in the topping and marbling the cake. I am a big baker but let me say doing the Cake Doctor thing with the homemade crumbs works. Almost too well, I'm now on hospitality and make 3 trays a month at church because everyone loves it!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
DeeBee
Atco, NJ
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