As my husband is from New Jersey this will be the perfect sweet to serve. And let me tell you it's easy and bakery-shop delicious. Try this and your friends will be amazed at your culinary talents. You don't even have to tell them that it's a box mix. So don't! Let them be impressed! We all need a few little secrets up our sleeves, do we not? It also makes three so you can freeze two for later, or give the others as a gift (which is what I generally do and people are so grateful they fall all over themselves thanking me).
Doesn't this just look like something from a
bakery shop window?
Look at that crumb topping! Is your mouth
watering yet?
1 box Duncan
Hines yellow cake mix
Prepare cake mix as directed; pour into 3 eight-inch round cake pans. Bake for 15 minutes at temperature specified on box. (Cake will look wet.)
While cakes are baking, prepare the following
crumb mix by mixing the following ingredients together until crumbly:
4 c. flour
4 sticks of butter, softened
1 1/3 c. sugar
2 T. cinnamon
1 T. vanilla
Sprinkle the crumb mixture over the cakes once they have baked the first 15 minutes, and bake them another 17-20 minutes, or until toothpick comes out clean. Let cool completely and sprinkle thoroughly with powdered sugar.
I always make these in the 8" clear-lidded disposable pans (conveniently sold in sets of three) as it makes it easier for giving.
The perfect accompaniment to the morning paper.
