Pumpkin Crumb Cake
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Featuring a crumbly streusel topping, this spiced pumpkin crumb cake is soft, moist, and bursting with pumpkin flavor.
This pumpkin crumb cake recipe is inspired by another recipe I have on Southern Plate: pumpkin muffins with streusel topping. We love banana crumb cake (which I came up with as a mixture of Mama’s banana bread with Grandmama’s streusel topping) and a can of pumpkin seemed like a great substitute for the bananas.
The result is an aromatic, delicious, and filling pumpkin cake, with just the right amount of sweetness. It’s so soft, moist, and the perfect treat with your morning cup of coffee or a suppertime dessert. Each crumb cake slice is also filled with the most delicious streusel topping, consisting of oats, brown sugar, and cinnamon.
The combination of pumpkin and cinnamon instantly makes this cake the perfect fall-inspired dessert. Don’t miss the Recipe Notes section below either if you’d like to add a little extra sweet addition to your pumpkin crumb cake, in the form of a vanilla glaze. Yum!
Recipe Ingredients
- Sugar
- Milk
- Vanilla
- Eggs
- Canned pumpkin puree
- Butter
- Brown sugar
- Oats
- Cinnamon
Place all of the cake batter ingredients into a large bowl.
Mix until well blended.
In a separate bowl, place all of the streusel ingredients.
Mix streusel ingredients together with a fork.
Pour half of your into a greased 9×13-inch cake pan.
Spread throughout the prepared pan evenly (ish).
Sprinkle with half of your streusel topping.
Pour the remaining over the top and spread evenly.
Sprinkle with the rest of the crumb topping.
Bake at 350 for about 45 minutes.
Remove the pumpkin crumb cake from the oven.
Cut in squares then watch out for the stampede of family and friends to grab them a piece of this freshly baked pumpkin crumb cake.
And when you have a chance find a quiet little place to sit, enjoy yourself a little slice of heaven in the form of .
Storage
- Store your cake leftovers in an airtight container at room temperature or in the fridge for up to 3 days.
- You can also freeze cake slices for up to 2 months.
Recipe Notes
- Folks have been asking me how to keep the streusel topping crunchy the next day. So for this recipe, I added oats to the mix, giving us a more crumbly texture.
- If you want to go that extra sweet step, top your pumpkin crumb cake with a dollop of whipped cream, a scoop of , or delicious vanilla icing. You’ll need: 1 cup of confectioners’ sugar, 2 tablespoons of milk, and a 1/4 teaspoon of pure vanilla extract. Whisk together and pour over the top of the warm or cooled cake. Enjoy!
- Make sure you’re simply using canned pumpkin puree and not pumpkin pie filling, as it has added sugars and spices, which will affect the crumb cake’s overall flavor.
- If you’re a big fan of cinnamon, add an extra teaspoon to the crumbly topping.
- Speaking of spices, you can also add 1/2 teaspoon of ginger, 1/4 teaspoon of nutmeg, and a pinch of cloves (or simply one teaspoon of pumpkin pie spice) to the cake batter.
- For a nutty and buttery crumb topping, add 1/3 cup of chopped pecans or walnuts to the streusel batter.
- You could also add 1/2 cup of mini chocolate chips or 3/4 cup of chopped cranberries to the pumpkin coffee cake batter.
- Want to learn how to make your own self-rising flour? See my FAQ page to learn how to make your own.
- To make this a gluten-free , all you need to do is use a gluten-free self-rising alternative. Follow the steps above to make self-rising with .
Enjoy more of my favorite pumpkin desserts:
Pumpkin Praline Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting
Easy Pumpkin Pie Recipe From Scratch
Ingredients
For the Batter
- 1 can pumpkin puree
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 cup milk
- 2 cups self-rising flour
- 1 stick butter
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
For the Crumb Topping
- 1 stick butter or 1/2 cup of butter
- 1 cup brown sugar dark or light
- 1 cup flour self-rising or plain, whatever you have on hand
- 1 cup oats quick or old-fashioned
Instructions
- Spray a 9×13-inch pan with cooking spray. Place all the cake batter ingredients into a large bowl. Mix until well blended.1 can pumpkin puree, 2 cups sugar, 1 cup milk, 2 cups self-rising flour, 1 stick butter, 2 eggs, 1 tsp vanilla, 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- In a medium bowl, place all the topping ingredients. Cut together with a long-tined fork until well blended.1 stick butter, 1 cup brown sugar, 1 cup flour, 1 cup oats
- Pour 1/2 of the batter into the prepared pan, then top with 1/2 of the crumb mixture. Then top with the remaining batter and remaining crumb mixture.
- Bake for 45 minutes to an hour at 350. The cake is done when a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
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You are so funny Christy! And so good at multi tasking while you make your cake & solve your problem. As always, your recipe sounds so good. Have you noticed how costly pumpkin is this year?! But it’s still so worth it anyways. Hope to try it real soon, i usually make baked goods with mostly splenda + a little brown sugar to help them brown.
I have noticed the price Susan, I have seen many things lately that they price has went way up on.
That’s the way you copy and paste on a PC. It’s easier on a Mac. But I wouldn’t advise anyone to run out and buy a Mac. When mine was new, it was like I hadn’t even used a computer before. But this advice is for everyone. I keep a zip drive plugged into my computer. Every time I save something, I immediately open my zip and drag it to my recipes folder or the appropriate folder. When it gets full, I just eject it and plug in a new one. My first computer lasted me 7 years and crashed and thousands of photos with it. I learned a very expensive lesson. So go out and buy you some zip drives or flash drives. Believe me in the long run, you won’t be sorry.
Don’t have pumpkin right now, but I think I will try it with sweet potatoes. What do you think?
Yum! I am on a total pumpkin kick right now. In fact I declared next week Pumpkin Week on my website. I have pumpkin cinnamon rolls rising as I type this.. yes, I am obsessed, I admit it! lol Thanks for all the great recipes.
They LOVED it! There is a TON of food there my husband said, but they are tearing into my cake. Thanks Christy!!!
I woke up at 5am to make this for my husbands work breakfast. I am a little nervous because I am NOT the best baker and I have never made this but it smelled so good and it starts in 20 min and my husband said it is still hot from the oven so hopefully they enjoy it and I didn’t screw it up lol.
I can’t wait to hear everyone’s verdict, I know it will be great though!!
Okay Christy- here’s one for you…..I substituted boiled mashed carrots for the pumpkin and made this for my hubby for Fathers Day!!! he LOVED it- And if you want to leave off the crumb topping- you can frost it with Cream cheese frosting or Seven Minute Frosting and maybe sprinkle it with coconut, too!!! A KEEPER!!!