🧁 Crumb Cake (Classic Coffee Cake Style)
Soft, buttery cake with a thick cinnamon crumb topping — perfect with coffee.
🛒 Ingredients
For the Crumb Topping
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- Pinch of salt
- 1/2 cup melted butter
For the Cake
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter (softened)
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup sour cream (or Greek yogurt)
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
👩🍳 Instructions
1️⃣ Make the Crumb Topping
- Mix flour, sugars, cinnamon, and salt.
- Stir in melted butter until large crumbs form.
- Set aside.
2️⃣ Make the Cake Batter
- Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C).
- Grease a 9×9-inch pan.
- Cream butter and sugar until fluffy.
- Add eggs one at a time, then vanilla.
- Mix in sour cream.
- In a separate bowl, whisk dry ingredients.
- Gradually combine dry ingredients with wet ingredients.
3️⃣ Assemble
- Spread batter evenly in the pan.
- Generously sprinkle crumb topping over the batter.
4️⃣ Bake
- Bake 35–45 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Cool before slicing.
💡 Pro Tips
- For extra crumb: double the topping.
- Add chopped pecans for crunch.
- Dust with powdered sugar before serving.
If you’d like, I can give you a New York bakery-style crumb cake version with an extra thick topping 😋
