Jam Crumb Cake Recipes

Steps:

• Topping: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Whisk together flour, brown sugar, and salt in a small bowl. Stir in butter until combined.
• Cake: Brush a 9-by-9-by-2-inch square cake pan (not nonstick) with butter. Line with parchment, leaving a 2-inch overhang on two sides; butter parchment.
• Whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl. In another bowl, beat butter with granulated sugar on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating to combine after each. Reduce speed to low and add flour mixture in 3 batches, alternating with 2 additions of milk, beating until combined and scraping down bowl as necessary.
• Transfer batter to prepared pan. Spread jam evenly over top. Sprinkle evenly with topping, squeezing to create large clumps. Bake until a tester inserted in center comes out clean, 45 to 50 minutes. Let cool in pan on a wire rack 20 minutes. Use parchment to lift cake out of pan, then let cool completely on rack before serving.

Steps:

• Make cake:
• Preheat oven to 400°F with rack in middle. Generously butter a 9-inch square or round cake pan.
• Whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.
• Whisk together butter, milk, and egg in a large bowl, then whisk in flour mixture until just combined. Pour batter into cake pan. Dollop jam all over surface, then swirl into batter with spoon.
• Make crumb topping:
• Whisk together butter, sugars, cinnamon, and salt until smooth. Stir in flour, then blend with your fingertips until incorporated. Sprinkle crumbs in large clumps over top of cake.
• Bake cake until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean and sides begin to pull away from pan, about 25 minutes. Cool in pan on a rack 5 minutes.

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine raisins and pineapple; let stand for at least 30 minutes. , In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Combine dry ingredients; gradually add to creamed mixture alternately with jam and buttermilk, beating well after each addition. Stir in raisin mixture and nuts. , Spread into two greased and floured 9-in. round baking pans. Bake at 350° for 40-45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely. , For icing, in a large saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. Stir in sugar and milk. Bring to a boil. Remove from the heat; cool until just warm. Pour into a large bowl; beat in enough confectioners' sugar to achieve a spreading consistency. Spread frosting between layers and over the top and sides of cake.

Steps:

• To prepare crumb topping, combine 1/4 cup flour with cinnamon and brown sugar in small bowl. Using a fork, cut in two tablespoons of butter until mixture resembles course meal. Set aside.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Lightly coat 8-inch baking pan with cooking spray, set aside.
• In a small bowl combine all dry ingredients (except sugar) and set aside.
• Combine in mixing bowl powdered sugar and 1/4 cup of butter and beat until well-blended(about 2 minutes). Add vanilla and almond extracts and the egg to the mixture and beat another 2 minutes. Combine milk and juice and add to sugar mixture and beat another 2 minutes.
• Add half the flour mixture to sugar mixture and stir until smooth.
• Add remaining flour and stir until just combined.
• Spoon half the batter into pan, spreading evenly.
• Top with jam.
• Spoon remaining batter over jam layer , spreading evenly.
• Sprinkle top with fresh blueberries and then top the blueberries with crumb mixture.
• Bake for 45 minutes or until a wooden toothpick comes out clean.
• Cool for 10 minutes on wire rack. Then remove from pan and let finish cooling on rack.

Steps:

• To Make the Cake:.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F and place rack in the center of oven.
• Generously butter a 9" square or round cake pan.
• In a bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder and salt.
• In a large bowl whisk together butter, milk and egg; then whisk in flour mixture just till combined.
• Pour batter into cake pan.
• Dollop jam all over surface, then swirl into batter with spoon.
• To Make Crumb Topping:.
• Whisk together butters, sugars, cinnamon and salt until smooth.
• Stir in flour, then blend with your fingertips until incorporated.
• Sprinkle crumbs in large clumps over the top of batter.
• Bake cake until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean and side begin to pull away from pan, about 25 minutes.
• Cool in pan on a rack for 5 minutes before serving.