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!
Along with our other sweet Breakfast Recipes you’ve come to love, like Easy French Toast Bake and Blueberry Cream Cheese Coffee Cake, this one will be a contender for top-favorite!
Sabrina’s New York Crumb Cake Recipe
One of my favorite things is a luxurious crumb cake and this recipe is exactly that! Luxurious, moist and rich- this is sure to be a crowd pleaser at any gathering, bake sale, or as a gift to friends and family. It looks and tastes like it came from a bakery, but you can make it easily in the comfort of your own home!
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Ingredients
Cake:
- 1 1/4 cups cake flour
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter (¾ 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 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:
- Add sugar, dark brown sugar, cinnamon, salt, and butter into a bowl.
- Whisk together and add in cake flour until combined. Form into a dough ball.
- Let sit until you are done making the cake.
Cake:
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
- Use baking spray or butter and flour a square 8×8-inch pan.
- In a stand mixer, add flour, sugar, baking soda, and salt.
- On low speed, add butter in pieces.
- Mix for 1-2 minutes, or until you no longer see the butter and the mixture looks like a crumble.
- Add in your remaining cake ingredients, egg, egg yolk, vanilla, and buttermilk
- Mix until light and fluffy, another 1-2 minutes.
- Pour and spread cake batter into greased baking pan.
- Take the topping dough and break apart into chunks about the size of marbles over the dough in a uniform pattern.
- Bake for 35 to 40 minutes, or until a knife is inserted and comes out clean.
- Let cool, then dust with powdered sugar.
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Chef’s Note
New York Crumb Cake is a luxurious copycat recipe of the old NY Crumb Cake that Starbucks used to sell years ago. It is not the current Cinnamon Coffee Cake that they’ve transitioned to. This is the old-school giant squares of cake with the most amazing large crumb topping pieces.
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Ingredients
- Flour: You can use your preferred baking flour like cake flour or all-purpose flour.
- Sugar: You will use white sugar along with brown sugar in this recipe.
- Butter: Use unsalted butter at room temperature or melted for your mixtures to ensure the flavor is not too salty.
- Vanilla: Use real vanilla extract, not imitation, for the best taste! A little bit goes a long way.
- Buttermilk: Buttermilk is slightly tangy and is important in this recipe. Try to use actual buttermilk if you can. In a pinch, you can add a bit of white vinegar or fresh lemon juice to regular milk. But be aware that the flavor might not be exact.
How to Store
- Serve: Slice and serve Crumb Cake while it’s slightly warm, and enjoy with your favorite cup of coffee.
- Store: Wrap tightly in plastic wrap or cover with an airtight lid and keep at room temperature up to 3 days.
- Freeze: Tightly wrap the entire cake or individual slices and freeze for up to 1 month. Defrost at room temperature before serving. If wrapping individually, wrap well with saran wrap then place into a ziplock bag with the air pushed out.
Frequent Questions
While there are many versions of crumble cakes, this one is so-named because of the extra thick layer of sugar-powdered crumbs on top has the perfect, soft, nibbling texture. Additionally, the cake base itself is the perfect velvety and moist texture – not too dense and not too fluffy so you can enjoy it morning, noon, and night!
The crumble topping should form into a loose dough ball as you blend the ingredients. Keep the topping cold until baking or it can melt. You’ll also want to keep the chunks larger and sprinkle gently over the top of the cake.
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