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    Home » Recipes » Desserts

    07/30/2021

    Birthday Crumb Cake - is it Breakfast or Dessert?

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    Crumb cake, is it dessert or breakfast? I say both! Do you know someone with a birthday coming up that likes crumb cake? Then this Birthday Crumb Cake recipe is a must make for them. What better way to start or end a day than a slice of birthday crumb cake? This post and recipe was created for #SummerDessertWeek! I was sent samples by some of the sponsor companies but as always opinions are 100% mine.

    birthday crumb cake with sprinkles
    thick slice of birthday crumb cake on a plate. Crumb cake is mixed with sprinkles.

    Crumb cake and coffee cake are similar but not exactly the same. Both cakes are really similar, especially with the cake layer. What makes them different is the amount of streusel or crumb topping the cake has. Crumb cake has a thicker or chunkier layer of streusel on top as you can see in the photos here.

    Jump to:
    • Ingredients for birthday crumb cake
    • Birthday Crumb Cake Instructions
    • Funfetti Birthday Crumb Cake
    • Giveaway!

    Ingredients for birthday crumb cake

    How can you go wrong when sprinkles are involved? You can make this crumb cake in a loaf pan, a smaller size baking dish, or a bundt pan.

    funfetti birthday crumb cake batter

    Cake Batter ingredients :

    2 C flour

    1 ¼ teaspoon baking powder

    ½ teaspoon baking soda

    ½ teaspoon kosher salt

    ½ C unsalted sweet cream butter, softened

    ¾ C sugar

    ¼ C light brown sugar

    2 large eggs

    1 large egg yolk

    2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

    ½ C sour cream

    ½ C whole milk

    ⅓ C rainbow sprinkles

    Birthday Cake Crumb Topping :

    1 C flour

    ½ C sugar

    ¼ C light brown sugar

    ¼ teaspoon kosher salt

    ½ C unsalted butter, softened

    ⅓ C rainbow sprinkles

    Optional sugar glaze:

    1 cup confectioners' sugar

    2-3 tablespoon whole milk

    Birthday Crumb Cake Instructions

    ingredients funfetti birthday crumb cake

    For the crumb cake: Preheat oven to 350 degrees and spray a 9x5 baking dish with pam baking spray.

    Using a large bowl, whisk the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and the rainbow sprinkles until combined.

    Using a standing mixer, beat together the sugar, butter, brown sugar, eggs, vanilla and sour cream until combined and fluffy.

    Alternate between the dry ingredients and the milk and beat until combined.

    Pour the batter into the baking dish and set aside while you make the crumb topping.

    bowl of butter and sugar mixed for funfetti birthday crumb cake

    For the crumb topping:

    Using a medium to large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, brown sugar, salt and sprinkles until combined.

    Using your fingers or spoon, cut the butter into the dry ingredients to create a crumb mixture.

    Sprinkle the crumb topping onto the batter and sprinkle some more rainbow sprinkles on top.

    Bake in the preheated oven for 45-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.

    If you choose to use the sugar glaze you will mix that together until it is smooth and drizzle it across the cake before serving.

    funfetti birthday crumb cake
    Birthday crumb cake aka funfetti crumb cake slice on a plate with the dish of the rest of the cake sitting back behind it.
    funfetti birthday crumb cake recipe

    Funfetti Birthday Crumb Cake

    Crumb cake but with sprinkles for breakfast or dessert.
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    Prep Time 30 mins
    Cook Time 50 mins
    Course Breakfast, Dessert
    Cuisine American
    Servings 12 servings

    Ingredients
      

    • Cake Batter ingredients:
    • 2 cups all purpose flour
    • 1 & ¼ teaspoon baking powder
    • ½ teaspoon baking soda
    • ½ teaspoon salt
    • ½ cup unsalted sweet cream butter softened
    • ¾ cup granulated sugar Dixie Crystals
    • ¼ cup light brown sugar
    • 2 large eggs
    • 1 large egg yolk
    • 2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
    • ½ cup sour cream
    • ½ cup whole milk
    • ⅓ cup rainbow sprinkles
    • Birthday Cake Crumb Topping:
    • 1 cup all purpose flour
    • ½ cup granulated sugar Dixie Crystals
    • ¼ cup light brown sugar
    • ¼ teaspoon salt
    • ½ cup unsalted butter softened
    • ⅓ cup rainbow sprinkles
    • Optional Sugar Glaze:
    • 1 cup confectioners powdered sugar Dixie Crystals
    • 2-3 tablespoon whole milk

    Instructions
     

    • For the crumb cake: Preheat oven to 350 degrees and spray the baking dish with non-stick spray.
    • Using a large bowl, whisk the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and the rainbow sprinkles until combined.
    • Using a standing mixer, beat together the sugar, butter, brown sugar, eggs, vanilla and sour cream until combined and fluffy.
    • Alternate between the dry ingredients and the milk and beat until combined. Pour the batter into the baking dish and set aside while you make the crumb topping.
    • For the crumb topping: Using a medium to large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, brown sugar, salt and sprinkles until combined.
    • Using your fingers or spoon, cut the butter into the dry ingredients to create a crumb mixture.
    • Sprinkle the crumb topping onto the batter and sprinkle some more rainbow sprinkles on top.
    • Bake in the preheated oven for 45-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.
    • If you choose to use the sugar glaze you will mix that together until it is smooth and drizzle it across the cake before serving.
    Keyword cake, crumb cake, funfetti

    Giveaway!

    Welcome to this year's #SummerDessertWeek event hosted by Angie from Big Bear’s Wife. You're going to be in for a treat this year because we have 28 blogs/bloggers creating summer themed dessert recipes all week! We're sharing them with the hashtag #SummerDessertWeek on social media and you'll find some of the links in this post as well. Plus, we also have some great giveaways for you this week thanks to our amazing sponsors!

    Scroll down to take a look!

    PRIZE #1

    Prize #1 — Dixie Crystals is giving away 1 (one) 4.2 Quart (4 Liter) Electric Air Fryer

    PRIZE #2

    Prize #2 — Circulon is giving away a TOTAL BAKEWARE 6-Piece Nonstick Bakeware Set - Two 9-Inch Round Cake Pans, 9-Inch Square Cake Pan, 9-Inch x 5-Inch Loaf Pan, 9-Inch x 13-Inch Rectangular Cake Pan, 10-Inch x 15-Inch Cookie Pan

    a Rafflecopter giveaway

    Giveaway open to US Residents 18 years or older.. All entries will be verified. No PO Boxes Please. Prizes will be sent directly from sponsors to winners, bloggers are not responsible for prizes. This giveaway runs from July 26th until July 31st at 11:59PMEST. Winners will be selected soon afterwards and contacted by e-mail. Winners will have 48 hours to respond or a new winner will be chosen. There are a total of 2 (two) prizes and therefore we will have a total of 2 (two) winners. No purchase necessary. Void where prohibited by law.

    Disclaimer: These posts and recipes are part of the week long event, #SummerDessertWeek but all opinions are 100% mine! We would like Thank our amazing sponsors: Dixie Crystals and Circulon. These wonderful sponsors provided the prize packs for our giveaways and also sent samples and products to the #SummerDessertWeek bloggers to use in their recipes.

    Check out the amazing #SummerDessertWeek recipes from our bloggers today!

    Strawberry Banana Cheesecake Salad from Big Bear’s Wife
    Copycat Orange Julius from Semi Homemade Recipes
    No Bake Raspberry Cheesecake from Eat Move Make
    Birthday Crumb Cake from It’s Shanaka
    Strawberry Cheesecake Poke Cake from Fake Ginger
    Blueberry Muffin Cake from Blogghetti
    Lemon Cheesecake Mousse from 4 Sons ‘R’ Us
    No Churn Mint Chocolate Ice Cream from Cindy’s Recipes and Writings
    Strawberry Unicorn Puppy Chow from For the Love of Food
    Brown Sugar Layer Cake with Peach Filling from Hezzi-D’s Books and Cooks
    Smore's Ice Cream Torte from Family Around the Table
    Strawberry Basil Cupcakes from Sweet Beginnings
    Oreo Ice Cream Cake from Jolene’s Recipe Journal
    Donut Bread Pudding from Savory Experiments
    Flourless Chocolate Cake from Devour Dinner
    Rhubarb Crumble from Shockingly Delicious
    Japanese Strawberry Shortcake from SugarYums
    Raspberry Cream Pie from Cheese Curd In Paradise
    Instant Pot Twix Cheesecake from Baking up Memories
    Lavender Honey Cake from Food Hunter’s Guide to Cuisine
    Pineapple Upside Down Cake Dip from Sweet ReciPEAs
    No Bake Key Lime Cheesecake from Comfortably Domestic
    Peach Berry Eton Mess from Cookaholic Wife

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