Maple Crumb Cake
Prep
20 mins
Cook
35 mins
Servings
8
Difficulty
Easy
Moist and flavorful cake topped with a crunchy maple sugar crumb, perfect for a sweet treat.
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Ingredients
- 500 gall-purpose flour
- 300 ggranulated sugar
- 200 gunsalted butter
- 4eggs
- 100 mlpure maple syrup
- 10 gbaking powder
- 5 gsalt
- 1 mlvanilla extract
- 100 gmaple sugar
- 150 mlunsalted milk
- 5 gall-purpose baking powder
- 100 gbutter
- 50 gbrown sugar
- 100 mlalmond milk
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Instructions
- 1
Preheat your oven to 180°C. Grease a 20cm round cake pan and line the bottom with parchment paper.
- 2
In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.
Tip: Whisk well to combine.
- 3
In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs one at a time.
- 4
Add the vanilla extract and mix well.
- 5
With the mixer on low speed, gradually add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix until just combined.
- 6
Pour in the maple syrup and mix until well combined.
Tip: Don't overmix.
- 7
Pour the batter into the prepared cake pan and smooth the top.
- 8
To make the crumb topping, mix together maple sugar, brown sugar, and cold butter until crumbly.
Tip: Use your fingers or a pastry blender to mix.
- 9
Sprinkle the crumb topping evenly over the batter.
- 10
Bake for 35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
- 11
Remove from the oven and let cool in the pan for 5 minutes.
Tip: Don't remove the cake from the pan yet.
- 12
Transfer the cake to a wire rack to cool completely.
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