Mini Pecan Crumb Cakes Recipes

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Line 6 medium muffin cups with paper baking cups; or grease cups with shortening or spray with cooking spray. In large bowl, stir flour, brown sugar and butter with spoon until crumbly. Reserve 1/3 cup mixture for topping.
• Stir egg, baking powder, cinnamon and milk into remaining crumbly mixture until well mixed. Spoon batter into muffin cups. Sprinkle reserved crumbly mixture over batter.
• Bake 20 to 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 5 minutes; remove from pan. Sprinkle warm cakes with powdered sugar before serving. Serve warm or cooled.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Grease 12 standard size muffin pan cups or line with paper liners.
• To prepare topping, mix together flour, brown sugar, nuts and cinnamon.
• Using a pastry blender or 2 knives, cut butter into flour mixture until coarse crumbs form.
• Set aside.
• To prepare cakes, mix together flour, baking powder, salt, nutmeg, and allspice.
• Mix together sugar, melted butter, vanilla, and eggs until blended.
• Alternately stir flour mixture and milk into butter-egg mixture.
• Spoon batter into prepared pan, filling cups two-thirds full.
• Sprinkle topping over batter; press in slightly.
• Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 20 to 25 minutes.
• Transfer pan to a wire rack to cool slightly.

Steps:

• Mix together 1/2 cup butter, chopped pecans, crushed vanilla wafers, and 1/3 cup sugar.
• Pat mixture on the bottom and sides of 2 greased loaf pans.
• Cream remaining butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
• Add eggs and beat well.
• Mix milk and vanilla and add to batter alternately with sifted dry ingredients, starting and ending with dry ingredients.
• Pour into 2 prepared loaf pans and bake at 350 degrees until cake test done in the middle.
• Turn out on cake racks to cool immediately.