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Friday, July 1, 2011

Club: BAKED - NY Style Crumb Cake




I got hooked on BAKED: New Frontiers in Baking when I made my first recipe from the book in November 2008.  Their
Brownies quickly became my favorite, and that's saying quite a bit as I've made about one and a half gajillion different brownie recipes.  So when several members of Sweet Melissa Sundays mentioned they were started a Club: BAKED baking group based around the book Baked Explorations: Classic American Desserts Reinvented, I jumped at the opportunity.  I know I'm going to love the recipes we make from the book and I'll find many new favorites.

The first recipe up in our schedule is NY Style Crumb Cake.  This is a great way to start off this group!  I'm a native New Yorker and have tasted quite a few crumb cakes.  And big buttery cinnamon-sugary crumb topping is one of my favorite things in the world.  Rather than make the full batch, since I'm baking up other things for Fourth of July in the very near future, I decided to half the recipe and make it in a cupcake tin.  This method yielded 12 individual Crumb Cakes.  Besides halving, and substituting (1/2 Cup granulated sugar + 1 Tablespoon molasses) for the Dark Brown Sugar, I made the recipe exactly as it appears in the book.  I haven't tried one yet, so I can't report on their taste!  But from the looks of them, I think they're a winner!  I'll come back here with an update once they've been sampled.  :)


I'm excited to be baking in this new group!  Make sure to visit our site to see the other bakers' versions of this classic dessert.  Visit Karen's Cookies Cakes and More for the recipe.  Thanks for hosting, Karen (and picking such an awesome recipe to start off with)!



10 comments:

Gloria - The Ginger Snap Girl said...

Your crumb cake muffins look great! And I'm sure they taste great too! How could you resist tasting one??? :) I loved this recipe.

k.a.r.e.n said...

Thanks for joining the group and baking along! Your mini ones look great!

BTW, the stands came and worked out perfectly! Cant thank YOU enough for them!

PhDcupcaker said...

These look great! I am a New Yorker too and was so excited for this recipe! I love your pictures too!

Jess said...

Darn, girl. You have will power. I could hardly wait the 30 minutes and when I finally grabbed a piece it was still warm! Your muffins look tasty and cute in your basket though!

K. said...

Your pictures are beautiful! & I totally agree it smelled so good! My house still smells like it!

Donna-FFW said...

They look absolutely scrumptious.. love the topping!

Future Grown-Up said...

I'm in awe of your strength in resisting the lure of the cake so far...this looks delicious.

Nina said...

Your muffins look lovely! I was trying to keep all of them for my boyfriend's trip to Vegas, but I ate some before I could resist!

Julie said...

Beautiful photos!!! I can't wait until we make the brownies!! I've read many good things about them.

Tessa said...

Love how the muffin batter ended up peeking through your crumbs. Makes for some beautiful muffins. Hope you got to try one. They are great!

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