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Crumb Coffee Cake Recipe

This delightful coffee cake has a lightly crunchy topping and a lovely filling of nuts, brown sugar and cinnamon. "It tastes delicious," Valma Devall assures from Kennewick, Washington.

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Crumb Coffee Cake Recipe

Prep: 30 min. Bake: 45 min. + cooling

Yield: 18 Servings

30 45 75

Ingredients

1 cup butter, softened
1-1/2 cups sugar
2 eggs, lightly beaten
1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 cups cake flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup (8 ounces) sour cream
FILLING:
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
1/4 cup packed brown sugar
2 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
TOPPING:
7 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1/4 cup packed brown sugar
3 tablespoons sugar
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
5 tablespoons cold butter
1 cup chopped walnuts
ICING:
1/4 cup confectioners' sugar
1-1/2 teaspoons milk
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking powder and baking soda; add to creamed mixture alternately with sour cream. Pour half of the batter into a greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking pan.
Combine filling ingredients; sprinkle over batter. Carefully top with remaining batter. For topping, combine the flour, sugars and cinnamon in a bowl; cut in butter until crumbly. Stir in walnuts. Sprinkle over batter.
Bake at 350° for 45-50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack. Combine icing ingredients; drizzle over coffee cake. Yield: 18 servings.

Lighter version: Makeover Crumb Coffee Cake

Nutritional Facts 1 piece equals 391 calories, 22 g fat (10 g saturated fat), 68 mg cholesterol, 244 mg sodium, 44 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 5 g protein.

Originally published as Crumb Coffee Cake in Light & Tasty August/September 2006