Ingredients: |
Ingredients: Cake Dough • 3⅓ cups All-purpose flour • ¼ cup sugar • 6 tbsp cold butter, cut into small pieces • ½ tsp salt • ¾ cups whole milk, warm • 3 lg eggs, room temperature • 3½ tsp instant or active dry yeast • zest of ½ lemon (about 1 tsp) Crumb Topping • 2½ cups flour • 1¼ cups Granulated sugar • 1 cup (firmly packed) Dark brown sugar • 1 tsp cinnamon • 1 cup (2 sticks) melted butter • Powdered sugar for dusting (optional)
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Directions: |
Directions:DOUGH 1. Combine butter, flour, sugar and salt in the bowl of a mixer and beat until the butter is distributed and the mixture looks mealy. 2. In another bowl combine beaten eggs, luke-warm milk and yeast. Mix to combine and let rest while you zest your lemon (5 minutes should be fine) 3. Add the milk mixture & zest to the flour/sugar mixture and stir with a spatula until it comes together loosely. 4. Using a dough hook beat for 3-5 minutes until the dough becomes smooth and elastic and pulls away from the sides of the bowl. Put the dough out on a lightly floured board (the dough will be sticky). 5. Generously butter a 9"x13" pan. Use real butter, no sprays! 6. Roll out the dough to the size of the pan (use only ½ the dough if you prefer a thin layer of cake) If making a 2nd cake with the remaining ½ of dough, you will need to double the crumb topping quantities.) 7. Place dough in pan. CRUMB TOPPING 1. Place flour, granulated and brown sugar in a bowl with cinnamon. Mix to combine. 2. Pour in melted butter and combine until crumbly. |