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Classic Crumb Cake

Classic Crumb Cake Recipe

Course Breakfast, Dessert
Cuisine American

Equipment

  • mixer
  • 8 x 8 baking tray
  • measuring cups and spoons

Ingredients
  

Starter batter

  • 2 cups all purpose unbleached flour
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 1 tbsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 3/4 cup vegetable oil

Add wet ingredients after you have taken crumb topping out of the starter batter

  • 1 egg
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1/2 cup milk

Mix cinnamon with crumb topping mixture

  • 2 tsp cinnamon

Crumb cake icing

  • 2 1/2 tbsp confectioners sugar (powdered sugar)

Instructions
 

  • Pre-heat oven to 325 degrees
  • Mix together the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and vegetable oil
  • Once that has been combined, take out 1 cup of the starter batter mixture, set aside (crumb topping mixture)
  • Add to the original starter batter the egg, vanilla and milk. Mix well.
  • Pour cake batter into a cake pan
  • Mix the crumb topping mixture with the cinnamon
  • Sprinkle the crumb topping mixture over the cake batter
  • Bake for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean
  • While your cake is cooling, mix the icing. Take the confectioners sugar and mix with a little bit of water. Start with a teaspoon of water and add more as needed. You want it a thing icing consistency.
  • Drizzle the icing over your cake and serve