High Altitude Crumb Cake Recipes

HIGH ALTITUDE CRUMB CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375F and grease a13 x 9" pan or two smaller pans.
• Mix first three ingredients in mixing bowl until the fine crumb stage.
• Reserve 1 cup of this mixture for topping.
• Combine the remaining ingredients and add to the crumb mixture.
• Pour into prepared pan and top with the reserved crumbs.
• Bake for 25 minutes.

HIGH-ALTITUDE BANANA BREAD WITH CRUMB TOPPING

Steps:

• For the bread:
• Preheat the oven to 350°F, and grease and flour a 9-inch round cake pan. In a large bowl, beat together the softened butter and granulated sugar until smooth. Add the eggs, mashed banana, water, and vanilla and mix to combine. In another bowl, combine the flour, salt, baking soda, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Add the flour mixture to the butter mixture and beat until combined. Fold in the chopped walnuts, and pour the batter into your prepared pan, spreading it evenly
• For the crumb topping:
• In a bowl, mix the flour, brown sugar, oats, walnuts, melted butter, cinnamon, and salt together with a fork until medium crumbs form. If yours comes out too dry, add a teaspoon of water. If it's too wet, add a teaspoon of flour. Evenly sprinkle the crumb mixture over the top of the batter.
• Bake for 40 minutes. Then place a piece of foil over the top to prevent overbrowning, and bake until a cake tester inserted into the center of the bread comes out clean, 10 to 15 minutes longer. Cool in the pan completely before removing. Cut into wedges and serve.

HIGH ALTITUDE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375F and lightly grease/flour two 9" round cake pans.
• Sift the cake flour and baking powder into a bowl and set to the side.
• Beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy, up to 10 minutes.
• Mix in eggs, one at a time, fully blending each one in before adding the next.
• Stir in vanilla.
• Stir in the flour and baking powder mixture alternatively with the milk until the batter is smooth.
• Divide the batter evenly between the prepared pans.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a knife inserted into the center of the cakes comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes.
• Cool cakes in the pans set over a wire rack.