Crumb cake 🍰 is a soft butter cake topped with a thick layer of sweet, crumbly streusel. It’s especially popular in the northeastern United States, particularly around New York City, where it’s often called New York crumb cake and served with coffee.
🍰 What Makes Crumb Cake Special
- Soft, moist cake base
- Thick crumb topping made from flour, sugar, butter, and sometimes cinnamon
- Usually more crumb topping than cake
🧁 Basic Ingredients
Cake layer
- Flour
- Sugar
- Butter
- Eggs
- Milk
- Baking powder
- Vanilla
Crumb topping (streusel)
- Flour
- Brown or white sugar
- Butter
- Cinnamon (optional)
👩🍳 Simple Preparation
- Prepare the crumb topping by mixing flour, sugar, butter, and cinnamon until crumbly.
- Make the cake batter with butter, sugar, eggs, milk, and flour.
- Spread batter in a baking pan.
- Cover with crumb mixture generously.
- Bake at about 175–180 °C (350 °F) for 30–40 minutes.
☕ How It’s Served
- With coffee or tea
- As a breakfast pastry or dessert
- Sometimes dusted with powdered sugar
🍏 Variations
- Apple crumb cake
- Blueberry crumb cake
- Sour cream crumb cake
If you want, I can also show you:
- The difference between crumb cake and coffee cake
- A very easy 5-ingredient crumb cake recipe.
