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Iced Lemon Crumb Cake

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I’m baaack! Did you miss me? I feel like it’s been way too long since I made a post. I was going to blog about our trip to Cabo San Lucas but I may not. You guys let me know if you’re interested in that or not. It was so fun and we had a great return experience bringing Liam but I already posted pictures on Facebook and Instagram. I don’t want to over share if you know what I mean…?

Anyway, I have been baking, just not new stuff that I can blog about. There is always something at my house; cookies, bread, cake… but I finally got inspired to make something new with this nice weather we’ve been having! So, kicking off my posting slum with a delicious lemon cake! I’ll just sit here and eat the entire thing, thank you so much. Very summery and seriously, go ahead and eat it for breakfast as a coffee cake! I won’t judge 🙂

So, go get some lemons, get your aprons on and let’s bake!

What you will need:

8 x 8 inch square bake dish, greased

For the crumb topping:

3/4 cup all-purpose flour
6 tablespoons brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon lemon zest
6 tablespoons unsalted butter cut into small pieces

For the cake:

1 1/2 cups flour
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup unsalted butter at room temp
1 cup sugar
3 large eggs
3 tablespoons lemon zest (from about 2 lemons)
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1/3 cup sour cream

For the glaze:

About 1 cup powdered sugar
Fresh lemon juice (I used about half a lemon)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees fahrenheit. First make the crumb topping. In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, brown sugar, salt and zest. With your hands or a pastry blender, cut in the butter until the mixture resembles coarse sand. Place the bowl in the fridge while you make the cake batter.

In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Set aside. In another large bowl, beat butter and sugar until smooth and creamy. Add in eggs, lemon juice and zest and beat until combined. Fold in the sour cream with a spatula until combined. Fold in the dry ingredients until just combined. Pour into your prepared bake dish.

Take the crumb topping out of the fridge and evenly sprinkle it over the cake, breaking up any large pieces. Bake for about 40-45 minutes. Allow to cool completely on a wire rack before making the glaze.

Once cake is completely cooled, stir together powdered sugar and lemon juice in a small bowl until you reach a drizzly consistency. Drizzle over the cake with a spoon.

Enjoy! Store covered at room temperature.

Banana Bread Muffins with Crumb Topping


I love me some crumb topping and I always have bananas in my freezer so… the perfect recipe is here! These are SO good! The perfect breakfast or snack packed with flavor, carbs and sugar! 

I needed a recipe not only to use up the bananas in my freezer, but one that I could use a jumbo size egg. Why they even sell those at the store RIGHT NEXT to the large ones is beyond me. But yes, I accidentally bought jumbo eggs. They are perfect for scrambling eggs for breakfast. Baking with them is another story. 2 jumbo eggs is more like 3 large ones. I used 1 jumbo in this recipe and it was perfect! Now that doesn’t mean you have to run to the store and get jumbo eggs. You might just need to use the whites of an additional egg for this recipe.

Ok… enough about jumbo eggs, let’s get to baking!

What you will need:

Cupcake tin lined with liners

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/3 cup melted butter
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1 Egg
3 bananas, mashed

For the Crumb Topping:

2 tablespoons flour
1/8 teaspoon cinnamon
1/3 cup brown sugar
1 tablespoon butter

Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. In a bowl, whisk together flour, salt, baking soda and baking powder. Set aside. In another bowl, beat melted butter and sugar. Beat in egg until combined. Beat in mashed bananas until everything is nice and smooth and blended. Slowly beat in flour mixture until just combined.

Pour batter into prepared pan, just above halfway full. Then, make the topping. In a bowl, mix all ingredients with your fingers until it resembles sand or coarse crumbs, pinching the butter with your fingertips. Evenly distribute on the tops of the cupcakes. Bake for 14-15 minutes. Allow to cool on a wire rack before digging in.

Store at room temperature in an airtight container. Enjoy!

Makes 10 muffins

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Pumpkin Crumb Cake in a Mug 

So I actually wasn’t going to post this. I’m so over pumpkin! LOL seriously. Pumpkin itself really is not a great flavor. It’s the cinnamon and pumpkin spice that everyone loves. But, I wanted to share this recipe with you all so there ya go! I had a little bit of canned pumpkin left and made this quick cake in a mug. I was expecting it to come out differently, it was good, but not great. And the white in the picture is powdered sugar. NOT NECESSARY as this is already very sweet.

What you will need:

Microwave safe coffee mug

1 tablespoon unsalted butter
2 tablespoons granulated sugar
2 tablespoons pumpkin puree
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
Pinch of salt
Pinch of ground cloves

For the streusel topping:

1 tablespoon unsalted butter
2 tablespoons flour
1 tablespoon brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon

In the microwave, melt the butter in the mug. Add the sugar, pumpkin and vanilla and stir until combined. Stir in four, baking powder, salt and cloves until combined.

To make the streusel, put all ingredients in a small bowl and mix with your fingers until it resembles coarse sand. Pour over the cake batter in the mug. Microwave for about 1 minute to 1 minute 20 seconds. Allow to cool for 2 minutes before digging in! Enjoy!

Cinnamon Crumb Cake (Boxed) Recipe

We had another box of Krusteaz in our pantry, and I wanted something easy to make and sweet to eat. Cinnamon Swirl Crumb Cake & Muffin Mix by Krusteaz came to my rescue! I decided to make the crumb cake but there’s also a recipe to make muffins on the box. Not much else to add so… here we go!

What you will need:

8 x 8 inch lightly greased square bake pan

 

1 box of Krusteaz Cinnamon Swirl Crumb Cake & Muffin Mix
2/3 cup of water
1 egg

Preheat oven to 350 degrees fahrenheit. In a large bowl, stir together the cake mix, egg and water until moistened. The batter will be lumpy.

Spoon a little less than half of the batter into the prepared pan. Spread evenly. Sprinkle half of the cinnamon topping evenly over batter. Tip: I poured out the cinnamon topping into a bowl to make it easier to work with. And, it comes in the box. Easy peasy.

Drop remaining batter in small spoonfuls over cinnamon layer and spread to edge of pan. I used the back of a spoon. The batter is slightly sticky so this process is tricky, but it doesn’t have to be perfect. Sprinkle remaining cinnamon topping evenly over batter.

Bake for about 40 minutes. I used a glass pan and took it out at 39 minutes. Always check before the full time is up. Let cool on a wire rack at least 10 minutes before cutting and serving. Enjoy with a cup of coffee!