Easy Sour Cream Crumb Cake
This coffee cake-inspired New Jersey sour cream crumb cake recipe is the breakfast cake of my dreams. A moist vanilla cake topped with chunky, buttery cinnamon brown sugar streusel.
Servings: 10 to 12 people (1 x 9" x 13" cake)
Calories: 930kcal
Ingredients
For the Crumb Topping
- 2 1/2 sticks (10 ounces) unsalted butter
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 1/2 cups light brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 3/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 4 cups cake flour
- powdered sugar (for dusting)
For the Cake
- 1 stick (4 ounces) unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 3 eggs
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1 generous cup blueberries (optional)
- 1 cup pecan or walnut pieces (optional)
Instructions
For the Crumb Topping
- Melt the butter and combine in a large mixing bowl with the sugar, brown sugar, cinnamon, and salt. Stir in the cake flour one cup a a time, until the mixture forms a cohesive dough, like a very thick cookie dough. Set aside.
For the Cake and to Finish
- Preheat the oven to 350°F and grease a 9" x 13" cake pan.
- Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt and set aside.
- In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat together the sugar and softened butter until fluffy. Add the eggs and beat until lightened and smooth. Scrape the bowl to make sure everything is well mixed.
- Add the flour mixture alternately with the sour cream (flour/sour cream/flour), mixing on low with each addition, just until combined. Fold In the blueberries, if using.
- Spread the cake batter evenly in the cake pan. If using nuts, sprinkle them all over the top of the batter. Top with the streusel crumbs, breaking the streusel into roughly 1/2" chunks. Be generous.
- Bake for 40 to 45 minutes, until a cake tester comes clean in the center. Cool fully. Dust with powdered sugar and cut into squares to serve.
Nutrition
Calories: 930kcal | Carbohydrates: 121g | Protein: 12g | Fat: 46g | Saturated Fat: 24g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 14g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 148mg | Sodium: 676mg | Potassium: 220mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 63g | Vitamin A: 1211IU | Vitamin C: 0.3mg | Calcium: 114mg | Iron: 2mg
Disclaimer: Nutrition information is provided for courtesy purposes only, and is an estimate not verified by medical or nutrition experts. Read the full nutrition disclaimer.
