Monday, March 17, 2008

Crumb Cake
2 cups flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup Crisco shortening
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
1 cup milk

Crumbs:
3 cups flour
1 1/2 cups sugar
4 tsp. cinnamon
2 1/2 sticks of butter (at room temp)

Beat sugar and shortening, beat in eggs and vanilla. Mix together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Add 1/2 of the flour mixture into the sugar mixture. Then add milk. When mixture is smooth, add remaining flour mixture. Pour into a greased 13x9x2 inch pan.

Crumbs: Cut ingredients with pastry blender to mix, then work mixture with your hands to form the crumbs. Sprinkle over batter. Bake at 350 for 20 -25 minutes (until toothpick comes out clean). Crumbs will not brown. Sprinkle with powdered sugar after the cake is fully cooled.

My notes: This recipe was in a church cookbook of our's growing up. It turns out like the crumb cake you would get from a bakery (TONS of crumbs!). It usually takes a good 10 or 15 minutes longer in the oven to bake completely.