Baking crumb cake with Maddie

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Madison Rackett, Spring Editor

Ingredients :

  • Cake:

 

      • 1 1/4 cups cake flour
      • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
      • 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
      • 1/4 teaspoon table 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:

 

        • 1/3 cup sugar
        • 1/3 cup dark brown sugar
        • 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
        • 1/8 teaspoon table salt
        • 8 tablespoons unsalted butter 1 stick, melted and still warm
        • 1 3/4 cups cake flour 7 ounces

Instructions :

 

  • Crumb:

 

    • 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.
    • Coat baking spray or butter and flour in a square 8×8 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 crumb mixture 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.