Outrageously Buttery Crumb Cake
Outrageously Buttery Crumb Cake is a moist cake topped with a decadent buttery crumb topping, a delightful classic recipe.
Equipment
- Mixing Bowl
- Electric Mixer
- 12x18-inch jellyroll pan
Ingredients
Cake Ingredients
- 1 package yellow cake mix 15.25 ounce
- ⅔ cup water
- 3 large eggs
- ½ cup butter softened
- 1 ⅓ cups packed brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon or to taste
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 4 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 ½ cups cold butter cubed
- 1 tablespoon confectioners' sugar for dusting (Optional)
Instructions
Preparation Steps
- Gather all ingredients.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 12x18-inch jellyroll pan.
- Beat yellow cake mix, water, eggs, and ½ cup softened butter together with an electric mixer in a mixing bowl until thoroughly blended, about 2 minutes on medium speed. Pour the cake batter into the prepared jellyroll pan.
- Bake in the preheated oven until the edges of the cake are light brown but the middle of the cake is still slightly gooey, 15 to 17 minutes.
- Meanwhile, make the crumb topping: Mix brown sugar, cinnamon, vanilla extract, and flour together in a large bowl. Rub in 1 ½ cups butter until the mixture forms medium crumbs.
- Remove cake from the oven, and press about ¾ of the crumb topping onto the top of the almost-baked cake. Reserve the remaining topping.
- Return cake to the oven, and bake an additional 10 to 12 minutes, until the crumb topping is firm and cake is cooked all the way through.
- Remove cake from the oven, and sprinkle with remaining crumb topping. Let cake cool to room temperature, and sprinkle with confectioners' sugar.
Notes
There will be a lot of crumb topping — just cut amounts back if it's too much. You can use a 13x9-inch dish if you prefer and increase the first cooking time from 15 to 17 minutes to 25 to 27 minutes.
Nutrition
Serving: 1sliceCalories: 559kcalCarbohydrates: 71gProtein: 7gFat: 28gSaturated Fat: 16gCholesterol: 97mgSodium: 395mgPotassium: 111mgFiber: 2gSugar: 33gCalcium: 81mgIron: 3mg
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