Cranberry Cake With Walnut Crumb Topping Food

APRICOT COFFEE CAKE WITH PISTACHIO-CARDAMOM CRUMB TOPPING

Steps:

• Combine the flour, pistachios, brown sugar, cardamom and salt in a small bowl and mix well. Add the butter and mix thoroughly with your fingers or a fork until all of the butter has been evenly distributed and incorporated into the flour. Form into small to medium clumps with your fingers.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter an 8-inch square cake pan.
• Whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a small bowl.
• Beat together the butter and granulated sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add the eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in the vanilla. Reduce the speed to low and add the flour mixture in 3 batches, alternating with the sour cream, beginning and ending with the flour, beating until just incorporated.
• Spoon half of the cake batter (it will be very thick) into the prepared pan and smooth with an offset spatula. Dollop the apricot preserves on top and carefully smooth with the spatula. Spoon the remaining cake batter on top and smooth the top. Sprinkle on the crumb topping.
• Bake until the cake and topping are golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, about 1 hour. Let cool in the pan 20 minutes, then invert onto a plate; invert back onto a rack to cool completely.

CRANBERRY WALNUT CRUMB CAKES

Steps:

• Make the Cake. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Line the muffin tins with paper liners.
• In a mixer fitted with a paddle attachment (or using a hand mixer), cream the butter until smooth. While the mixer is running, slowly add the sugar. Add the eggs one at a time, waiting for each to be incorporated before adding the next, and mix until light and fluffy.
• Sift together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Working in batches, add the flour mixture to the butter-sugar mixture, alternating with dollops of sour cream. Mix in the cranberries. Pour or spoon the batter into the prepared tins, filling them no more than 3/4 full.
• Make the Topping: Combine the brown sugar, flour, and cinnamon in a medium bowl. Add the butter pieces and, using your fingertips, pinch the ingredients together into a sandy, crumbly mixture. Add the walnuts and mix. Sprinkle the mixture over the cakes.
• Bake until risen and browned, about 20 to 25 minutes. Let cool 10 minutes in the pan.

CRANBERRY CRUMB CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400 degrees. Butter 9-inch square baking pan.
• Prepare topping: Process flour, brown sugar, butter, and nutmeg in food processor until thoroughly blended. Transfer to small bowl.
• Prepare cake: Put flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt in food processor and process until mixed. Add butter and pulse jut until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
• Whisk buttermilk, eggs, and vanilla together in small bowl. Add to dry ingredients and process just until blended. Stir in cranberries by hand.
• Pour batter into buttered pan and sprinkle crumb topping evenly over top.
• Bake cake until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean, about 45 minutes. Cool completely on wire rack.