Crumb Cake ~ From My Mothers Kitchen

Since receiving several requests for

The Crumb Cake recipe mentioned in my post 

"Please Come For Tea", I thought what better 

way to share it than on my blog....Enjoy...

Crumb Cake

Preheat oven to 375 F

Grease a 9-inch square cake pan.

In small bowl of electric mixer, cream

¾ cup of butter {my Mother used lard}

Blend together {rub}

1 cup of white sugar

Add 2 cups of all-purpose flour

and blend until resembles cornmeal…crumbs.

Reserve 1 cup of this mixture and set aside

Sift together and add

¼ tsp salt

1 tsp cinnamon

1 tsp ground cloves

1 tsp nutmeg

½-tsp baking soda

2 tsp baking powder

Then mix in

2 eggs

1 cup of buttermilk or sour milk

Fold in

1 cup of raisons

1 cup of currants

Pour batter into prepared pan.  Sprinkle with reserved crumb mixture.

Bake in preheated 375 oven for 40 - 50 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.

Cool 5 minutes then remove from pan.

From my Mothers own pen