Carole Walters Butter Crumb Coffee Cake Recipes

Steps:

• Combine the flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, and salt in a small bowl and mix to combine. Add the butter and mix thoroughly with your fingers or a fork until all of the butter has been evenly distributed and incorporated into the flour. Form into small to medium clumps with your fingers.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter an 8-inch square cake pan.
• Whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a small bowl.
• Beat the butter and granulated sugar together in a large bowl with an electric mixer on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add the eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in the vanilla. Reduce the speed to low and add the flour mixture in 3 batches, alternating with the sour cream, beginning and ending with the flour, beating until just incorporated.
• Spoon the cake batter (it will be very thick) into the prepared pan and smooth with an offset spatula. Sprinkle on the crumb topping.
• Bake until the cake and topping are golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, about 1 hour. Let cool in the pan 20 minutes, then invert onto a plate and re-invert onto a rack to cool completely.

Steps:

• 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 13x9-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 in the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack. Combine icing ingredients; drizzle over coffee cake.

Steps:

• Prepare a large recipe of Carole's favorite streusel. Set aside. ■ Position the rack in the lower third of the oven. Heat the oven to 350 degrees. Generously butter a 10-inch springform pan, line the bottom with baking parchment, and then butter the parchment. Set aside. ■ In a large bowl, thoroughly whisk together the flour, granulated sugar, baking powder, and salt. Add the butter and work with your fingertips until fine crumbs are formed. ■ In a medium bowl, whisk together the egg, milk, and vanilla. Make a well in the center of the flour mixture and add the liquid. Using a wooden spoon, gradually push the crumbs into the liquid, beginning with the crumbs in the center of the bowl and gradually working toward the edge of the bowl. Beat for about 1 minute, or until the batter is smooth. (Note: the batter will be thick.) ■ Scrape the batter into the prepared pan and smooth the top with the back of a large soupspoon or an offset spatula. Take a handful of the streusel crumbs and squeeze gently to form a large clump. Then break the clump apart, and sprinkle the crumbs onto the batter. Repeat until all of the streusel mixture has been used. Lightly press the streusel onto the batter. ■ Set the pan on a 12-inch strip of aluminum foil and bake for 40 to 45 minutes, or until the top is golden brown and firm to the touch, and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. ■ Remove the cake from the oven and let stand on a cooling rack for 20 to 25 minutes, then remove the outer ring. Place a 12-inch piece of aluminum foil directly on the top of the cake, cupping it around the side to hold the topping in place. Cover with a cooling rack, invert the cake, and carefully lift off the bottom of the pan and peel off the parchment paper. Cover with another rack, invert again, remove the aluminum foil, and cool right side up. Just before serving, dust with confectioners' sugar.