Strawberry Crumb Cake

Ingredients

• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1.75 cups white sugar
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 0.5 teaspoons salt
• 0.5 teaspoons ground nutmeg
• 0.75 cups unsalted butter , cut into ½-inch cubes
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 2 large eggs , at room temperature
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups hulled and halved strawberries

Instructions

1. 1

   Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Line a 9-inch square cake pan with enough parchment paper to have overhang on all sides.

2. 2

   Mix flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and nutmeg together in a large bowl until combined. Cut in butter until mixture resembles wet sand. Measure out 1 cup of the crumb mixture to use for the topping, and set aside.

3. 3

   Add buttermilk, eggs, and vanilla to remaining mixture in the bowl. Mix just until there are no dry clumps of flour remaining. Fold in strawberries.

4. 4

   Pour cake batter into the prepared pan and smooth into an even layer. Sprinkle 1 cup reserved crumb mixture evenly over the top.

5. 5

   Bake cake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out with a few moist crumbs, 60 to 65 minutes. Allow cake to cool completely in pan before carefully lifting out of the pan using the parchment overhang. Cut and serve.