Cherry Crumbcake Squares
- 2 sticks unsalted butter, softened
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 3 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 1/2 cups unbleached, all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 3 egg yolks
- 1/4 cup milk or buttermilk
- 4 cups pitted sour cherries
- Crumb Topping, recipe follows
- 2 cups unbleached, all-purpose flour
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1/3 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1 1/2 sticks unsalted butter, melted
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Butter a 10 by 15-inch jelly roll pan and line the bottom with a sheet of parchment or waxed paper.
- In a large mixer bowl, beat the butter and sugar until soft and light.
- Add the eggs one at a time, beating well between each addition.
- Beat in the vanilla.
- Sift together the flour and baking powder and stir into the batter in three additions, alternating with the yolks and milk, beginning and ending with the flour.
- Spread the batter evenly in the prepared pan.
- Scatter the cherries evenly over the batter, pressing them in gently.
- Scatter the Crumb Topping over the berries as evenly as possible.
- Bake the cake about 40 minutes until batter is firm and crumbs are well colored.
- Cool the cake in the pan on a rack.
- Cut the cooled cake into 24 (3-inch) squares.
- Remove the squares from the pan to a platter.
- Mix the flour, sugars, cinnamon, and nutmeg in a bowl.
- Melt the butter and stir it in evenly.
- Rub the mixture to coarse crumbs by hand.
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Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/cherry-crumbcake-squares-recipe.html (may not work)