I love crumb cake. Gonna save this one. Thanks for posting it!

That's a lot like the Cooks Illustrated recipe. I made it and was not pleased with the taste or texture. I couldn't make sense of why there's more flour in the topping than in the cake.

I have cookingrv SUE"S I make it and cook in a 1/2 aluminum tin so its easily transported Use vanilla boxed cake mix made to box directions for the crumb topping 1lb melted butter 2 tsp vanilla 4 cups flour 2 tsp cinnamon 1 cup white sugar...........spread on a cookie sheet to dry then break into crumbs...bake cake 1/2 way then add crumbs when cooled dust with powdered sugar....this is a real easy delicious crumb cake

I assume this one is the kind that has LOTS of the big chunks of crumbs on it, which I like. Hope the OP comes back & verifies the quantities on the topping.

The crumb topping for a New York style cake is meant to be thick. Yes, Ginger, the large quantity of butter and flour allows for serious crumbs. A friend from New York said she hadn't had such a good crumb cake since she left New York.

Aint nothing like New york Crumb Cake,Pizza and bagels IMO

Definitely going to make this, then. The crumbs are the best part. Thanks again.

Thanks, Lorna, I also make Sue's recipe like Eileen does but I'd love to try one that doesn't call for a cake mix - on very rare occasions I get the urge to make something homemade, LOL. As a New Jersey girl, we think the Jersey crumbcakes are the best, LOL!

I used the crumb part of the recipe to make an apple crisp this afternoon. I am pleased with it. The crumb cake recipe is really easy, not much more bother than using a boxed mix.

I lived in New Jersey,and upstate New York, when I was a kid. I'm originally from Massachusetts, but lived most of my life in northern California. I moved to New Mexico a few years ago.