Classic Crumble cake

This is the first recipe I have tried from The weekend Baker- by Abigail Johnson Dodge, and so by, my weekend baking has started.

I fell in love with this cake, just by looking at the photo in the book. Looking at the photo that I have taken, I know that I have not done justice to the cake. Anyways , If you try it and have a bite of the crumble topping and the soft layer of cake beaneath it , you'l just know what Im talking about. The crumble topping has a butter scotch flavour to it because of the brown sugar that we use. I have used butter for the topping , but not for the cake. I felt that the topping needed to be rich and heavy.

Classic Crumble Cake

For the Crumble Topping

Butter - 1 stick or 120 gms

Brown sugar- 1/2 cup

Granulated white sugar-3/4 cup

All purpose flour - 1.5 cup

Cinnamon- 1 tsp

Salt- 1/2 tsp

For the Cake

All Purpose flour- 2 cups

Milk-3/4 cup

Oil-1/2 cup

Egg-2 large

Baking powder-1 tsp

Vanilla extract-1tsp

Salt-1/2 tsp

To make the Crumble Topping
1. In a sauce pan, melt the butter over medium heat.
2. Slide the pan from heat and add the granulated white sugar, brown sugar, cinnamon and salt. Stir with a spatula , until no lumps are formed.
3. Add the flour and mix well until its well blended.
Set aside to cool for 5 to 10 min.

To Make the cake
1. In a large bowl combine, the dry ingredients together. Mix the flour, granulated sugar,salt and baking powder together.
2. In a medium bowl, whisk the eggs oil and vanilla.
3. Pour the wet ingredients with the dry ingredients and gently blend with a spatula.
4. In a greased 8" square pan, place a wax paper or parchment sheet and then spread the cake batter evenly.
5. Break the crumble topping mixture(see above) into medium lumps and spread them evenly over the cake batter.
6. Prehaeat the oven to 350degree C.
7. Place the pan on the medium rack and bake it for 40 min or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

Serve at room temperature.
Leftovers can be stored in an airtight container. See more about storage.

Weekend baking

All of us get caught up with life and its busy routine everyday. I am no exception. Once I come back from office, I am just too lazy to try out anything in kitchen. I would be happy if tea and snacks were ready when i come home, and i really dont mind if some one had prepared my dinner. :)

I have to just dream about that, coz I know that's not going to happen. Since weekdays are busy, I have set weekends for baking and trying out new recipes.On our visit to the library, my hubby picked me some books on baking from the library.



The Weekend Baker- written by Abigail Johnson Dodge and Simple Home Baking -written by Carol pastor

Both the books have recipes for cakes, muffins and other sweet delights. The weekend baker book is elaborate and the book gives 3 sections; Express baking, Baking in stages, Productions- baking for parties etc. Something that I personally miss in this book is pictures. Not all recipes have a photo,I would have loved to try more of the recipes if I knew what the output was going to look like.

The second book, Simple Home baking, is a slim book with few recipes, but all recipes have a detailed approach and not to miss, each recipe has a photo.

So, in the coming posts im planning to try out the recipes in my way, cutting down butter and replacing some of the ingradients with some of my flavour. Lets see how it comes out.

Egg n Cheese

For people out there looking for a quick and healthy breakfast, Egg n Cheese is the answer. Its creamy taste leaves you filling and wanting more for coming days.

This recipe was something that I picked from the Chinese eat out below our office. My hubby loved this, and so I went there and treated myself to one. I was surprised to see that it was a very simple recipe, yet the result was yummy. This recipe calls for freshly ground black pepper which adds a nice aroma to the egg and cheese combination. Moreover, for people looking for healthy breakfast you get 50 % of protein you need for a day from egg and loads of calcium from cheese. Recent studies have shown that calcium helps in decreasing weight, so weight- watchers, here is a breakfast for you.



Egg n Cheese


Egg -1

Cheese single slice-1

Bread slices-2

Fresh ground black pepper- ½ tsp

Salt to taste


1. Toast the bread (Homemade white bread)slices to medium or dark based on your preference.
2. In a bowl, whisk an egg and microwave it for 60 seconds.
3. Sprinkle pepper and salt on the egg, and place the cheese slice on it.
4. Using a fork, scrape the egg from the sides of the bowl and place it on the bread slice. Place the other bread slice on top and complete the sandwich.


Cut it diagonally and serve; if you’re planning to take it later wrap it up and take along.