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Classic Crumb Cake
I am feeling some comfort food. It is another miserable day here and I found what looks to be quick and easy comfort treat
Everything is on hand, including ALL the butter.
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The crumb topping requires double the butter, then in the cake
I even have sour cream, from nachos on the weekend so, bonus!
Here we go
Cream the butter, add the eggs and then the flour and sour cream
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This dough has a very thick consistency and is a bit difficult to spread in the greased pan but I make it work.
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Ok, so this crumb topping has 3 ½ sticks of butter…that is almost a pound of butter
I start out mixing the crumb topping in a mixing bowl, that turns out to be a little on the small side.
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In the book (at the end of the recipe – ugh!) Martha tells me I can use a food processor instead of a pastry blender to mix the crumb topping.
So I bust out the food processor, which is only a 7 cup, so smaller than I would like but it is my mom’s and beggars can’t be choosers right?
I mix the topping, and it is a lot…I actually have some left over as it covers the cake batter nicely
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Now we bake for 50 minutes – the plow has been by so I need to go clean out the bottom of the driveway anyway
I just came inside and it smells so good!
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I have to let this cool but I am looking forward to digging in this one
It looks good and it has puffed up real nice, but there is something missing
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The cake itself is fantastic, it is not overly dense and has a nice texture
The topping, I think, is a little much
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It is missing something, like fruit maybe. I am not exactly sure, but it just not quite there.
Hubby agreed, suggested I try to incorporate apples or something to give it more
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It is a good bake – just not quite there
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