Banana Crumb Cake

This is another banana cake recipe shared here after my previous posts:

Banana and Chocolate Chips Muffin

Banana Pudding

Banana Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

Banana Bread Pudding

Banana Walnut Bread

Yes. My family really loves banana flavored baked goods! To make sure my family is not getting bored from the banana muffins or bread, I have been looking for another recipe to blow off their mind. This crumb cake is the best thing to have with a cup of coffee or milk in the morning. It is buttery, moist, dense and it is highly recommended to serve warm. However, it is not a healthy diet option. 

To make the crumb cake looks fancier, I have drizzled with chocolate glaze.

Notes:

- The crumb to cake ratio seems to be 1:1 before baking. Don't be surprised on the ratio as the cake portion will rise a bit after cooking. 

- You can substitute with another kind of glaze, such as peanut butter (reference here Sweet Pea’s Kitchen) or sugar glaze. 

Recipes adopted from Sweet Pea’s Kitchen

Yield: 12 servings

Ingredients:

Crumb Filling and topping:
1/2 cup cold butter, cubed
2/3 cups light brown sugar
1 cups all purpose flour

For the Coffee Cake:
1 cups all purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2  teaspoon salt
2 very ripe bananas (medium size), mashed
1/4 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
1/3 cups white sugar

1/3 cup brown sugar
1 large eggs, room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup whole milk

For the Chocolate Glaze:
Chocolate (70% Cacao)

Directions:

To make the filling/topping:

1. Blend the butter, sugar and flour in the food processor. Process until butter pieces are the size of peas, about with 10-15 1-second pulses.
2. As I do not have a food processor, I first mix together the sugar and flour in a bowl until combined. Cut the cold butter into 1cm cube. Quickly add the cold butter to the flour mixture and use fingers to cut/ mix them into crumbs.
3. Place crumbs in refrigerator until ready to use.
4. Preheat the oven to 350°. Grease a 9" x 9" square baking pan and set aside.

To make the coffee cake:

1. In a medium bowl, mix together the flour, baking powder, and salt; set aside.
2. In a large bowl, whisk together mashed bananas, butter, sugar, eggs and vanilla until combined.  
3. Beat in milk and flour mixtures alternatively (in ~ 2 batches) until just combined and do not over mix.
4. Pour 1/2 of the batter into the prepared pan. Top with 1/3 of the crumb mixture. Cover the crumb mixture filling with the remaining batter and top with remaining crumb mixture.
5. Bake for 40-45 minutes until the center is set and a toothpick comes out clean.

To make the chocolate drizzle:

1. Melt the chocolate in a double boiler. Fill the melted chocolate in a Ziploc bag and cut a tiny hole at one of the corner. Using that corner as the tip, drizzle the chocolate with your creative pattern on the crumb cake. Serve warm with a cup of coffee or tea.