However, it is a personal preference and we won’t hold it against you if you do. It just takes it over the top, and that’s why people probably do it. While my wife thinks it’s the one of the grossest things ever done, you just can’t beat a swab of soft butter on the top of your masterpiece. And yes I’ve heard some call it crumb buns, but I don’t like the bun, I like the sheet cake crumb cake (and I don’t like the corner! Butter or No Butter on Top But there are so many different variables to what makes a great crumb cake so It’s time to break it down and find out who makes the best in New Jersey. Today, bakers make crumb cakes with baking soda or baking powder for leavening. Origins of Crumb Cakeīased on our research all signs lead back to Germany The origin of crumb cake was called “streuselkuchen,” Today’s modern crumb cake is fairly similar to its forebear as Jersey bakeries have mastered this Streuselkuchen “crumb cake.” The modern version is often referring to a cake made of a sweetened yeast dough finished with a crumb topping called “streusel.” So you can credit, or blame, those German bakers that migrated to Jersey. Calorie count – depending on the piece could be from 500-700 calories per serving (depending if you add on what we’re going to discuss next – butter and icing). But now you start to see who’s in the game! We’ll discuss later.īut let’s see how Wikipedia describes crumb cake: WHAT it’s not there? Listed as a reference is the term Streuselkuchen ( crumb cake) – a German term – (unbelievable) – shoved in there with the coffee cake genre – how dare they! We’ll have to work on that after this review is published.Īnyway, if you check recipes for crumb cake it’s basically brown sugar and butter, and a variation of other things but that’s about it. Other terms are used to define this popular breakfast item – crumb cake, crumb bun, coffee cake are just a few. Finally we searched “New Jersey’s Best Crumb Cake” and got over 500,000 results. If you then Google “Best Crumb Cake” the search drops in half to just over 2 million results. Click on the images search and you’ll start to see that yes there are some weird people that are snapping pictures of their favorite crumb cakes. If you Google “Crumb Cake” you come back with over 4.86 million hits. Can’t remember the age – but I do remember the experience.īaked on a sheet – Crumb cake from B&W in Hackensack, NJ ranks right up at the top of the list. Me – my story started as a young kid going to Margie’s Cake Box on the Scotch Plains/Plainfield border in New Jersey (Gone but not forgotten!). And since the world revolves around New Jersey, the title would mean global supremacy in the crumb cake world. That’s what this piece is about – using the Internet to get the word out and get your stories back on what you say is the best crumb cake in New Jersey. While companies such as Entenmanns have tried to fill the bakery gap with both the regular and deluxe(extra crumb with a Drakes cake yellow base) versions of it’s recipe, it’s still not even close to crumb cake heaven. As we’ve found, this treat is not available all over the country.

New Jersey fans of crumb cake have been treated for years with the delectable breakfast offering. Now for those of you who ARE fans, read on.

If you’re NOT a fan of the cake, you might want to leave now because we’re really going to get into the discussion.

Maybe we’re taking this way to seriously, but I’ve been searching for bakeries that serve New Jersey’s best crumb cake.

Mr crumb bakery