Very Berry Crumb Cake

My Crumb Coffee Cake

It is Sunday morning and time for a treat!

This recipe has been my family favorite for  over 40 years.

My Dad loved it and whenever I make it I think of him.

My Hubby loves it ... with lots of cinnamon.

My Boys love it however I make it.

My Girl loves plain crumb cake.

I love it with coconut and pineapple and nuts mixed into the topping.

Yesterday we found fresh raspberries and blueberries

 so today it is a 

Very Berry Crumb Cake

very berry = very yummy

My Coffee Crumb Cake Recipe

Cake:

3 cups all purpose flour

4 teaspoons baking powder

1 cup sugar

2 eggs, well beaten

1 cup milk

1 cup butter melted

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Crumb Topping:

1/3 cup soft butter

1/2 cup sugar.

1/3 brown sugar

1/2 cup flour

Glaze:

1 cup powdered sugar

2-4 tablespoons milk

1/2 tsp vanilla

To make it Very Berry ...

 1 cup fresh blueberries, rinsed, dried and lightly floured

 1 cup fresh raspberries, carefully rinsed and dried ... raspberries mush easily, 

 handle with care. 

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.  

Butter 13 x 9 inch baking dish.

In small bowl: combine all topping ingredients to form moist crumbs and set aside.

In large bowl:  measure in dry cake ingredients and stir gently to combine. In large measuring cup, combine beaten eggs and milk and extract and then stir in warm melted butter.  Add immediately to dry cake ingredients in large bowl and stir with wooden spoon just until combined. Batter will be thick and slightly lumpy.  This makes a lovely plain crumb coffee cake as is.  

If adding the berries, add the blueberries and fold gently. Then add the rasberries and very gently fold. A few broken raspberries add to the goodness but try to keep them as whole as possible.

Gently spoon into prepared baking dish and spread to level carefully.  A few hills and valleys is fine.

Sprinkle the crumb mixture evenly over the top.

Bake 35 - 45 minutes or until puffed, lightly browned and a toothpick inserted in the center come out clean.

Set on wire rack to cool and combine the glaze ingredients and then drizzle over the warm cake.  Cool about ten minutes before cutting ... unless your hubby is standing over you and cannot wait that long. 

Store cold leftover cake ... if you have any ... in an airtight cake saver.

Variations:

Sour Cream Crumb Cake ... substitute 1/2 cup sour cream for 1/2 cup of the milk

Buttermilk Crumb Cake ... substitute 1 cup buttermilk for 1 cup milk

Greek Yogurt Crumb Cake ... substitute 1 cup any flavor traditional Greek yogurt for the 1 cup milk

Whole Wheat Crumb Cake ... substitute half or all the all-purpose white flour 

Nut Topped Crumb Cake ... add 1/3-1/2 cup of chopped nuts of your choice to crumb topping

Almond Crumb Cake ... add 1/2 teaspoon almond extract to the cake batter and 1/2 cup finely chopped almonds to the crumb topping.  Substitute almond extract for vanilla in the glaze

Apple Cinnamon Crumb Cake ... fold in 1-2 apples cored and thinly sliced  and 1 teaspoon cinnamon to the cake batter

Banana-Nut ... Fold in 1/4 cup additional flour to original recipe and stir in 3 medium size well ripen bananas beaten with a fork and 1/3 cup chopped walnuts or pecans after cake batter in combined

Pineapple-Coconut ... Drain small can crushed pineapple.  Add drained pineapple and 1/3 cup moist flaked coconut to the topping ingredients and add put the juice in a measuring cup and add milk to make 1 cup of liquid.

Cherry Cobbler Crumb Cake ... spread 1 can cherry pie filling (or any peach or apple) into bottom of the baking dish before spreading cake mixture; add crumb topping as above.

Create your own family favorites variation ... :)

Enjoy!

Easy Peanut Butter Fudge

While taking my Pinterest break yesterday I found this easy recipe 

HERE

and the taste buds said this would make a yummy summer dessert so I spent a few minutes in the kitchen to stir this together and tuck in the fridge.

I made half smooth and then half crunchy because that's the way I like it.

The prep that took the longest was shelling the roasted no-salt peanuts 

I had in my peanut basket.

Of course, it would not have taken as long to get enough peanuts for add-ins 

had I not snacked ... ;)

I also added crushed graham cracker crumbs to the crunchy half.

This is good, but I think next time I will dig out my 40 year old recipe for

No Bake Peanut Butter Bars 

which are more similar to 

this recipe on the same site

The ratio of 10X sugar to peanut butter makes for a less sweet 

and more peanutty taste. 

Really ... I did not just have a piece of peanut butter fudge with my coffee 

while I typed this morning post ... ;)

My back has been acting up so my sewing and gardening and cooking 

and such this week is off to a slow start. 

Not sure what I did over the weekend that put the knots in my back.

I am trying to stretch the knots out and it is helping.

In my quilty corner, Butterfly and I are finishing the binding on ...

... the pink baby sister quilt. 

I use no pins or clamps when I bind a quilt.

I just roll and stitch as I go along.

I do not use a lot of pins when I sew and quilt.

Yesterday I had a reader write to me about my quilting technique ...

I do not baste, use pins or basting spray when I quilt.

I am wondering if others would be interested in a tutorial on my method.

If so, leave me a comment or drop me a email.

I love to share with other quilters.

Linking up today with



Down Home Blog Hop @ Tilly's Nest

where I enjoyed reading the links and learned why two on my hydrangeas did not bloom this year.  I cut then back too late in the fall. Now I know better.  Next year they will bloom again.

Living and learning here in the scrapatch.

Thanks for visiting!

Have a happy quilty day!

:) 

In My Cookie Jar

Wheaties Cookies - 4 Ways

This is a favorite cookie of mine.  I love them with the coconut in them. There are those in my family who do not share my love of coconut ... or of the fruit and nuts that I like to add for flavor and texture to my cookies. So I have adapted many recipes to make them different ways.  So my cookie jar is usually filled with many delicious choices. 

Here is what is in my cookie jar for Easter:

Wheaties Cookies – 4 Ways 

 
½  c. shortening
½ c.  margarine
1 c. packed brown sugar
¾ c. white sugar
2 eggs
2 tsp. vanilla
2 c. flour
1 tbls. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
2 c. crushed Wheaties cereal
2 c. quick oatmeal

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Cream shortening and margarine and sugars.  Add eggs and vanilla and beat well.  Stir in flour, baking powder and soda.  Stir in crushed Wheaties and oatmeal.  

For plain cookies:  Bake 12-14 minutes until set but not brown.  Tops should look dry and a bit crinkled.  Do not overbake.  Remove from oven and set to cool on pans from ten minutes.  Remove from pans and finish cooling. Cookies should be chewy with a bit of crunch from the wheat cereal when cool.

For 4-Ways

Divide batter into fourths, if desired for add-ins:

#1: Leave one fourth plain and bake as above.

#2:  Add 1 cup of white chocolate chips and bake as above.

#3:  Add ½ cup white chocolate chips, ½ cup chopped walnuts, ½ cup dried cranberries.  Bake as above.

#4:  Add 1 cup sweetened flaked coconut and 1 tbsp soft margarine and blend well.  Bake as above.

Other add-in options:  semi-sweet or milk chocolate chips, chopped almonds, raisins, chopped dates

Enjoy!

 

 

A Colorful (and Tasty) Random Thursday

? No Sashing Posts ?

 

 More pretty fabric randomness

 

I need help deciding the setting for these pretties

Above I am "auditioning"  "no sashing posts"
to see the pattern and other options ...

 

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to offer a welcomed opinion ... TIA!

 

... Delicious Randomness ...

 

I still buy my milk in glass bottles with a deposit return from a local dairy.

Irish Soda Bread

Let's Dish Recipe Here

The Bread Baker

 

Tasty!

 

My hubby and I had this for lunch with homemade Chicken Soup.

 

It was good. 

 

I made it exactly as directed as I always do with new recipes.

 

I almost added caraway seed  which I usually use in Irish Soda Bread.

 

Next time I will tinker with the recipe.

 

I may add the caraway and raisins
 

or I may experiment with other herbs like rosemary.

 

I will bake it in a covered casserole dish.

It will become my random quick bread recipe.

<3

  

I am randomly linking up again with
 

Cindy's is my Favorite Blog Post of the Day!
(for all blog posts ... not just this linky party)

Check it out ... and all the other fun randomness

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