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Buttermilk Banana Crumb Cake
Servings: 9 servings
Ingredients
Crumb Topping
- 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
- ½ cup firmly packed brown sugar
- ¼ cup sugar
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon coarse salt
- ½ cup 1 stick unsalted butter, melted
Banana Cake
- 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon buttermilk powder*
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup 1 stick unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup mashed bananas 2 to 3 medium
- ¼ cup milk*
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Icing
- ⅔ cup powdered sugar
- 1 tablespoon water
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325° F. Line an 8x8-inch glass or ceramic baking dish with parchment. Alternatively, for a metal pan, heat the oven to 350° F and prepare the pan in a similar manner.
- To make the topping, whisk together flour, brown sugar, sugar, cinnamon, and salt. Stir in melted butter with a fork until moist clumps form. Set aside the topping.
- For the cake, whisk together flour, buttermilk powder, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl.
- In a large mixing bowl, cream the butter and sugar together. Add eggs, bananas, milk and vanilla and mix until well combined. Mix in the dry ingredients just until blended.
- Pour the batter into the prepared pan. Scatter the topping, in clumps, on top of the batter.
- Bake 55 to 60 minutes until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- To make the icing, whisk together powdered sugar, water and vanilla until smooth. Drizzle over warm cake.
Notes
*The original recipe used ¼ cup buttermilk.