Chocolate Crumb Cake recipe – chocolate cake mix topped with an easy homemade crumb topping. This cake is OUTRAGEOUSLY good! Chocolate cake mix, egg, oil, water, sugar, brown sugar, cinnamon, butter, cocoa powder, and flour. Super easy to make and tastes great. I could not stop eating it! Great for overnight guests, potluck dinners, and holiday mornings.
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I love a good crumb cake and this Chocolate Crumb Cake is a new favorite! It is great for breakfast or dessert! The best part about this cake is that it is super easy to make. I cheated and used a box of cake mix for the base of the crumb cake. Once the cake was mixed up, I topped it with a quick and easy homemade chocolate crumb topping. The cake was ready for the oven before the oven was preheated!
How to Make Chocolate Crumb Cake with Cake Mix
This cake is easy to make with only a few simple ingredients. Grease and flour a 9×13-inch cake pan. In a large bowl, combine chocolate cake mix, eggs, water, and oil. Use a mixer and mix until well combined. Pour cake batter into the prepared pan.
In a medium bowl, combine granulated sugar, brown sugar, salt, unsweetened cocoa powder, cinnamon, melted butter, and all-purpose flour. Mix with a mixer or stir by hand until combined and crumbly.
Stating at the edges of the pan, sprinkle crumb mixture over the cake and work your way towards the center. Bake in a preheated oven. Remove the cake from the oven and cool on a wire rack.
Helpful Tips and Frequently Asked Questions
- Make sure to cover the entire top of the cake batter with the crumb topping layer.
- If you don’t cover the cake completely, the cake batter will bubble up through the crumb topping.
- Line the cake pan with parchment paper to easily remove the cake from the pan.
- Top the cooled cake with powdered sugar or a quick powdered sugar glaze.
- The cake can be made a day or two in advance and stored in an airtight container.
What to Serve with Chocolate Coffee Cake
We ate this cake for dessert with some vanilla ice cream. Go big or go home, right? It was SO good!! I shared some of the cake with a friend, and she loved it too! This cake is perfect for overnight guests, a potluck dinner, and holiday mornings! It is a real crowd pleaser!
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Chocolate Crumb Cake
Equipment:
Ingredients:
- 1 box chocolate cake mix, plus ingredients to make cake
- 1 tsp vanilla
- ⅔ cup granulated sugar
- ⅔ cup packed brown sugar
- ½ tsp salt
- 1½ tsp cinnamon
- 1½ cups unsalted butter, melted and cooled slightly (three sticks)
- ¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 3¼ cups all-purpose flour
Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 350ºF.
- Prepare cake mix according to package directions and add vanilla. Pour into lightly greased and floured 9×13-inch pan.
- In the bowl of an electric mixer, combine granulated sugar, brown sugar, salt, cinnamon, melted butter, cocoa powder, and all-purpose flour. Mix until combined and crumbly.
- Sprinkle crumb mixture over cake, covering completely. Start at the edges and work your way towards the center for best results.
- Bake for 30 to 35 minutes.
Notes:
- Make sure to cover the entire top of the cake batter with the crumb topping layer.
- If you don’t cover the cake completely, the cake batter will bubble up through the crumb topping.
- Line the cake pan with parchment paper to easily remove the cake from the pan.
- Top the cooled cake with powdered sugar or a quick powdered sugar glaze.
- The cake can be made a day or two in advance and stored in an airtight container.
Steph
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Would a devil’s food cake mix be good?
It should work fine. I’ve tested this recipe with Great Value cake mix and Duncan Hines cake mix.
Do you think with crumb would work on to of chewy brownies?
Thanks!
It probably would. You could definitely try it!
Wonderful crumb cake! Nothing but compliments!