This strawberry crumb cake made with a buttery cake base, recent strawberries and a crumble topping is the sweetest strategy to rejoice the beginning of summer time. It’s so irresistible you want a slice not just for dessert however for breakfast, too!
I like utilizing recent seasonal fruit in my baked items and this strawberry crumb cake is not any exception! It’s shortly turning into a favourite amongst different fruity crumb cake recipes like my peach crumb cake, berry crumb cake and blueberry crumb cake.
It’s the right dessert to rejoice strawberry season plus it’s really easy to make! All you want is one bowl and no particular gear like a mixer.
Add this to your seasonal baking record together with recent strawberry bread and strawberry cookies, it’s so berry good (couldn’t resist the pun!)!
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- Layers of taste: A buttery crumb cake, recent juicy strawberries and a streusel like topping, make this so scrumptious!
- Recent and flavorful: Should you love my strawberry crumble, you received’t give you the option to withstand this strawberry crumble cake that has each recent strawberries and strawberry jam!
- Simple to make: With solely 10 substances, one bowl and one pan, this cake would be the best you make all season lengthy!
Substances Wanted to a Crumb Cake
- Baking staples: All-purpose flour, granulated sugar, baking powder and salt.
- Lemon zest: Whereas that is non-obligatory, it provides a light-weight citrus style that compliments the buttery crumble and candy berries.
- Butter: Don’t deliver the butter to room temperature, it have to be chilly.
- Egg: One giant egg is required for binding the bottom.
- Vanilla extract: Provides wealthy taste, strive almond extract for a extra nutty taste.
- Strawberry filling: Freshly chopped strawberries and strawberry jam.
Substitutions and Variations
- Add a glaze: As an alternative of powdered sugar add a vanilla glaze on high! You possibly can even add a strawberry frosting like I do on this do-it-yourself strawberry bread.
- Berry and jam variations: Different recent berries would additionally work! You possibly can strive cherry jam or apricot jam for some variation in flavors.
- Chocolate chips: Strawberries and chocolate are fantastic collectively! Add some chocolate chips to the highest like I do in my chocolate chip crumb cake.
- Crunchy topping: If you need a strawberry crunch cake recipe,, chill a portion of the crumb cake earlier than including it because the crumb topping.
Easy methods to Make Strawberry Crumb Cake
Crumbs desserts are really easy and scrumptious, I hope you get pleasure from this cake as a lot as we did! For the total directions and substances please scroll to the underside of the publish for the recipe card!
Chop the strawberries into medium cubes.
To start out, in a big mixing bowl, whisk dry substances together with flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and lemon zest. Add chilly butter and egg then mix to kind a moist crumb combination.
Add half the combination to the underside of the ready cake pan and gently press down.
Unfold the jam on high and canopy with chopped strawberries.
Prime with remaining crumb combination.
Bake till golden brown on high. Cool for a bit within the pan then transfer to a clear plate to chill utterly. Mud with powdered sugar earlier than serving.
Baking Suggestions
- Take away moisture from strawberries: If baking with strawberries prior to now has annoyed you as a result of their excessive moisture content material, after chopping the strawberries place them on a number of paper towels to empty the surplus moisture.
- Chilly butter: For one of the best streusel topping and crumb cake base, use chilly butter! If the butter is just too heat it begins melting and can throw off the feel.
- Use a meals processor: Whereas a fork or whisk works nice for the crumbly base and topping, a meals processor will make it much less work in only some straightforward pulses.
- Line your baking pan: I wish to both minimize out a chunk of parchment paper right into a spherical form to suit the underside of the pan or for greatest outcomes line the pan and let it overhang to simply take away the entire cake from the pan.
- Serving: This strawberry crumb cake recipe is scrumptious at room temperature or heat! Make it even higher by including some whipped cream or a scoop of no churn vanilla ice cream.
Storage Directions
- Retailer: Retailer leftover recent strawberry crumb cake in an hermetic container at room temperature or within the fridge for as much as 2-3 days. You could get a number of additional days out of it by inserting it within the fridge!
- Freeze: Cool cake utterly then wrap in plastic wrap and retailer in a freezer protected container for as much as a month. Thaw earlier than serving. The topping won’t be as crunchy however it should nonetheless be scrumptious!
Easy methods to choose one of the best strawberries to make use of on this cake?
As soon as berries are picked they don’t proceed to ripen, so you’ll want to select plump, agency crimson strawberries which have their inexperienced stems intact. For one of the best candy strawberry taste, Keep away from berries which are uninteresting in colour, not ripe or look mushy.
Can I take advantage of one other kind of berry on this crumb cake?
Any berry ought to work to swap for the strawberries! Attempt blueberries, raspberries, blackberries and even peaches. If you need to make use of apples, I might make this apple streusel cake as an alternative.
Can I take advantage of a distinct measurement pan to bake this cake?
Sure, you’ll be able to bake this in a 8×8 sq. baking pan or 9×9 sq. baking pan. If you wish to make this in a 9×13 pan you will want to double the recipe.
Can I take advantage of frozen strawberries?
Whereas this may appear to be a shortcut, frozen strawberries received’t work on this recipe! The frozen berries will launch an excessive amount of moisture whereas baking and can find yourself with a soggy mess. Frozen berries should not have as candy of style both, so actually utilizing recent candy strawberries is greatest for each style and texture.
Extra Strawberry Recipes
Nothing higher then a slice of cake, and this Strawberry Crumb Cake is certain to develop into a household favourite! Take pleasure in!
FOR THE CRUMB CAKE
- 2¼ cups all goal flour
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 1½ teaspoons baking powder
- 1 pinch salt (in the event you use unsalted butter then add ¼ teaspoon of salt)
- 1-2 teaspoon lemon zest (non-obligatory)
- ½ cup butter (chilly)
- 1 giant egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
FILLING
- 1½ cups Medium chopped strawberries (10-12 strawberries)
- ½ cup strawberry jam (kind of)
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Pre-heat oven to 350F/180C. Grease and flour, spray or line an 8 inch/ 20cm spherical cake pan.
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In a big bowl whisk the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt (and zest if utilizing). Add the butter and egg mix to kind a crumbly combination.
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Place half the combination on the underside of the ready pan and gently press down. Unfold the jam on high and canopy with the chopped strawberries. Cowl with the remaining crumb combination.
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Bake for roughly 30-35 minutes or till golden on high. Let cool 20-25 minutes within the pan then transfer to a clear plate to chill utterly. Mud with powdered sugar earlier than serving. Take pleasure in!
This strawberry crumb cake recipe is scrumptious at room temperature or heat! Make it even higher by including some whipped cream or a scoop of no churn vanilla ice cream.
Retailer leftover recent strawberry crumb cake in an hermetic container at room temperature or within the fridge for as much as 2-3 days. You could get a number of additional days out of it by inserting it within the fridge!
Cool cake utterly then wrap in plastic wrap and retailer in a freezer protected container for as much as a month. Thaw earlier than serving. The topping won’t be as crunchy however it should nonetheless be scrumptious!
Energy: 357kcal | Carbohydrates: 57g | Protein: 5g | Fats: 13g | Saturated Fats: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fats: 1g | Monounsaturated Fats: 3g | Trans Fats: 0.5g | Ldl cholesterol: 54mg | Sodium: 114mg | Potassium: 184mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 24g | Vitamin A: 392IU | Vitamin C: 18mg | Calcium: 54mg | Iron: 2mg
