Desserts

Christmas Crumb Cake

by Editorial Staff

Summary

Prep Time 20 mins
Total Time 2 hrs 20 mins
Course Baking
Cuisine European
Servings (Default: 1)

Ingredients

For the dough:

  • 50 g cornstarch
  • 200 g flour
  • 0.5 teaspoon ½ baking powder
  • 1 egg (s)
  • 150 grams sugar
  • 0.5 teaspoon ½ cinnamon
  • 0.5 teaspoon ½ cardamom
  • 1 pinch clove (s), ground
  • 125 g butter, (or mararine)

For covering:

  • 1 glass sour cherries
  • 35 g cornstarch
  • 0.25 liter ¼ cherry juice
  • 1 packet vanilla sugar
  • 1 tablespoon kirsch, (but does not have to be)
  • Powdered sugar, for dusting
Christmas Crumb Cake
Christmas Crumb Cake

Instructions

  1. Knead the dough ingredients on a low setting until crumbs form. Press 3/4 of the dough into a greased springform pan.
  2. Drain the sour cream.
  3. Mix the cornstarch with a little juice. Remainder Bring the juice to the boil, add the vanilla sugar and thicken with the starch. Bring to the boil briefly - then add the cherries and season with kirsch to taste.
  4. Spread the cherry mixture on the floor and crumble the remaining dough over it.
  5. Bake at 200 ° top and bottom heat for 25-35 minutes.
  6. After cooling, dust with powdered sugar.
Editorial Staff

About Editorial Staff

The Boss Kitchen editorial staff oversees content review, fact-checking, and recipe verification across the site. Published articles pass through the editorial team before going live, ensuring ingredient lists, techniques, cooking times, and nutritional claims hold up in a home kitchen. The team coordinates contributions across the site writers, handles reader corrections, and maintains consistency in measurement conventions, safety guidance, and dietary labeling. Posts under this byline typically represent team-reviewed reference material, site announcements, or editorial roundups rather than individual-author features, and they are held to the same sourcing standards as bylined recipe and product coverage.

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