Hey friends! As we head into the weekend I thought I’d share a recipe from my latest book, Sweetness, with you. This Lotsa Crumb Cake is a cake recipe that I developed after LOVING the ones I purchased in the grocery store. I think the crumb topping is my favorite part so I set out to make a crumb cake that had lots of topping but stayed put while I ate it. This is that cake! It has a rich buttery bottom and a mile high crumb that is to die for!
This recipe can be found on page 83 of Sweetness. Sweetness is shipping from online retailers now (many already have their copy!) and it hits store shelves Monday, November 7th.
I’m on my way to Kentucky today for my first book signing in Frankfort tomorrow. Next week I have signings in Huntsville AL, Chattanooga TN, and Fayetteville TN. For more information on my tour, please click here.
To take an inside peek in my book, please click here.
Ingredients
- For the Cake:
- 1 box 15 to 18 ounces yellow, butter golden, or white cake mix
- 3/4 cup whole milk
- 3 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup 1 stick butter, melted and cooled slightly
- For the crumb topping:
- 1 cup 2 sticks butter, at room temperature
- 3 cups all purpose flour
- 1 cup packed light brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Lightly coat a 9 X 13 inch baking dish with cooking spray and set aside.
- Place the cake mix, milk, eggs, vanilla, and melted butter in a large mixing bowl. Beat with an electric mixer at medium speed until blended and smooth, scraping down the side of the bowl if needed, about 2 minutes. Pour the batter into the prepared baking dish.
- In a separate medium sized bowl, combine the butter, flour, brown sugar, and cinnamon and cut together using a long-tined fork or pastry cutter until well mixed and crumbly. Sprinkle the crumb mixture over the top of the cake batter.
- Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 45 minutes. Allow to cool slightly and then sprinkle the top with confectioners' sugar, if desired.
Nutrition
“Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something.”
~ Henry David Thoreau, Submitted by Sabrina Wenning
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How the coffee cake stay fresh?
Not sure if I did something wrong but I made 2 of these for the first time today. One was going to be for my mom’s neighbor who mowed her yard for her and the other for her to take to church. When I went to check on them, the cake batter had come up through the crumb layer and was cooking on top and the edges were browning way before it was time to be done. I tried to let them stay in there as long as I could without completely burning. Then I took them out and trimmed the browned edges. It’s pretty much like a ooey gooey cake of some sort. They still taste really good but not sure that I can give them to her neighbor or the church. Unless the outside rows are cooked enough then I can put some pieces on a plate and give it to them lol.
Love the cake and have made it twice but both times the cake came up over the topping, so my topping was in the middle the first time and today it was on the bottom! Still tastes great 🙂 Any idea on what I’m doing that might cause that issue. I use a Duncan Hines butter cake mix. Thanks a bunch!
How long the cake stay fresh and is the cake called coffee cake or another name?
Welcome to Kentucky,WE are excited that you are here.Just gotta have this book. I have all the others. Love all you recipes and posts.
Thank you so much Roxie, I hope you enjoy this one as much as you do the others!!!