Oh yes! Crumb cake is classic comfort dessert—moist, tender cake topped with a sweet, buttery crumb topping 🍰✨ Perfect for breakfast, coffee, or dessert.
🍰 Classic Crumb Cake
⏱️ Time
- Prep: 15 minutes
- Bake: 35–40 minutes
- Total: ~55 minutes
🛒 Ingredients
For the cake
- 1½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ¼ tsp salt
- ½ cup unsalted butter, softened
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ½ cup sour cream or plain yogurt
- ¼ cup milk
For the crumb topping
- ½ cup all-purpose flour
- ½ cup brown sugar
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- ½ tsp cinnamon
- ¼ cup cold butter, cubed
🔥 Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C). Grease a 9×9-inch baking pan.
- Make the crumb topping: In a bowl, mix flour, brown sugar, granulated sugar, and cinnamon. Cut in cold butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Set aside.
- Make the cake:
- In a bowl, cream butter with sugars until light and fluffy.
- Beat in eggs one at a time, then vanilla.
- Mix in sour cream and milk.
- In another bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Gradually add dry ingredients to wet, mixing until just combined.
- Assemble: Pour cake batter into prepared pan. Evenly sprinkle crumb topping over the cake.
- Bake 35–40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Let cool slightly before serving. Optional: dust with powdered sugar.
🌟 Tips & Variations
- Extra crunch: Add chopped nuts (walnuts or pecans) to crumb topping.
- Flavor twist: Add lemon zest, vanilla, or almond extract to the batter.
- Moist cake: Use full-fat sour cream or yogurt.
- Mini version: Bake in muffin tins for crumb cake muffins.
This cake is soft, tender, and perfectly sweet with a crunchy topping—coffee’s best friend 😋
I can also give a super moist one-bowl crumb cake version that’s even easier to make. Do you want that?
