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New York Crumb Cake

New York Crumb Cake is tender with chunks of cinnamon sugar and just like the kind you would find in your favorite coffee shop! Try today!

Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Total Time
1 hr
Servings: 9 generous servings
Calories: 431 kcal
Course: Breakfast , Brunch
Cuisine: American

Ingredients

Cake:
  • 1 1/4 cups cake flour
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 6 tablespoons unsalted butter (3/4 stick, cut into small pieces, softened)
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 large egg yolk
  • 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/3 cup buttermilk
Crumb Topping:
  • 1/3 cup sugar
  • 1/3 cup dark brown sugar
  • 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt
  • 8 tablespoons unsalted butter (1 stick, melted and still warm)
  • 1 3/4 cups cake flour
Additional:
  • powdered sugar , for garnish

Instructions

Crumb Topping:
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  1. Add sugar, dark brown sugar, cinnamon, salt and butter into a bowl.
  2. Whisk together and add in cake flour until combined. Form into a dough ball.
  3. Let sit until you are done making the cake.
Cake:
  1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
  2. Use baking spray or butter and flour a square 8x8 pan.
  3. In a stand mixer, add flour, sugar, baking soda, and salt
  4. On low speed, add butter in pieces.
  5. Mix for 1-2 minutes, or until you no longer see the butter and the mixture looks like a crumble.
  6. Add in your remaining cake ingredients, egg, egg yolk, vanilla, and buttermilk
  7. Mix until light and fluffy, another 1-2 minutes.
  8. Pour and spread cake batter into greased baking pan.
  9. Take the topping dough and break apart into chunks about the size of marbles over the dough in a uniform pattern.
  10. Bake for 35 to 40 minutes, or until a knife is inserted and comes out clean.
  11. Let cool, then dust with powdered sugar.

Notes

  • Adapted from Cook's Illustrated
  • Cook's Illustrated

Nutrition Information

Calories 431kcal (22%) Carbohydrates 57g (19%) Protein 6g (12%) Fat 19g (29%) Saturated Fat 11g (55%) Cholesterol 87mg (29%) Sodium 150mg (6%) Potassium 71mg (2%) Fiber 1g (4%) Sugar 27g (54%) Vitamin A 615IU (12%) Calcium 35mg (4%) Iron 0.6mg (3%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 9generous servings

Amount Per Serving

Calories 431

% Daily Value*

Calories 431kcal 22%
Carbohydrates 57g 19%
Protein 6g 12%
Fat 19g 29%
Saturated Fat 11g 55%
Cholesterol 87mg 29%
Sodium 150mg 6%
Potassium 71mg 2%
Fiber 1g 4%
Sugar 27g 54%
Vitamin A 615IU 12%
Calcium 35mg 4%
Iron 0.6mg 3%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.