Reviewed: Mar. 11, 2012

Good but not great. I used a Betty Crocker Butter Recipe Cake Mix & only made/used one half of the topping which was more than enough for a 13 X 9 pan. The crumb topping was good but the cake was a little dry.

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HAUSER49

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Chicago, Illinois, USA

Living In: Chandler, Arizona, USA

Reviewed: Feb. 29, 2012

I had to do a trial run first. I learned a lot from the first go around. You really need to use less flower for the crumbs and more butter when making the crumb topping. Other then that I love it!

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bstylist1

Reviewed: Jan. 21, 2012

Good recipe. First time, I tried it in 2 round cake pans, but should have spread into 3. It was still really good for such a simple recipe.

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rmpeter

Reviewed: Jan. 10, 2012

The only thing I changed is the amount of Flour in the crumb mixture. it was more doughy than sweet like I think of the crumbs. Plus there is far more crumb than is needed. I cut back by 1.5 cups. This made it a little sweeter and a little sticky. Either way a great recipe!

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jbarboza

Cooking Level: Beginning

Home Town: Milpitas, California, USA

Living In: Pahrump, Nevada, USA

Reviewed: Jan. 8, 2012

For the topping I did way less flour that it called for, more brown sugar and maybe a little less butter and added salt till it tasted right. For the people who say the cake part was dry... I have noticed butter recipe cake mixes always come out dryer and more bland than the yellow cake mixes so I would recommend the yellow cake mix vs the butter recipe box. Hope this helps! :)

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SAR1010

Cooking Level: Expert

Reviewed: Jan. 5, 2012

I thought the picture looked great! tasted so bad I'm sorry

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doodlebug

Reviewed: Nov. 29, 2011

Too bad, I had high hopes for this cake. The cake did not cook all the way and most of the crumb topping sunk towards the middle. The outer edges were cooked but I had to thow this away. Cooked it in a 13x 9 glass dish, but followed everything else to a T. So disappointed this was a waste of money. I think I'll stick to crumb cake at my local coffee shop.

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jess

Reviewed: Nov. 15, 2011

First, thank you for sharing the recipe. I thought it was good but wasn't "amazing". A little disappointed but still good.

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AnnTyz

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Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: East Meadow, New York, USA

Living In: Bethpage, New York, USA

Reviewed: Aug. 22, 2011

This is a great recipe! The crumbs were easy, and they tasted delicious! I did change the recipe a bit, but nothing too big. Instead of using 1 1/2 cups butter, I used 1 cup margarine and 1/2 cup butter. Also, instead of using a boxed cake, I used a recipe for vanilla cake! The recipe was not from this site, but you coud use a vanilla cake recipe from this site. I think it works better than a boxed cake mix. Overall, this recipe was a big success! Everybody enjoyed it, although the crumb was a little rich! It was still great though... It looked amazing and tasted even better! Thanks for the recipe! This is a keeper! Oh, and definetly use a 9x13 pan... not a jellyroll pan.

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AlexInWonderland

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Jul. 27, 2011

This review is just for the crumb topping-- if you are interested in making the whole cake, read no further. I made this today because I had been dreaming of crumb cake, and really more about the crumb than the cake. I had some cherries on hand that were starting to become questionable in freshness, and so I made a cream-cheese cherry pound cake (recipe from cookrepublic.com) for the cake part. Then, when it was almost done baking, I sprinkled the crumb topping--ALL OF IT-- onto the top of the cake. After baking it for about ten minutes more with the heat turned up to 400 degrees to brown the top, I pulled the baked cake out of the oven and let it sit out for about two hours to cool and set. Then.......... I cut a slice for myself. Delicious! The crumb topping was perfect-- thick, crisp, slightly sweet, and slightly nutty in flavor. A new favorite!

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