Preparation

• 1
  Pre-heat your oven to 180 degrees Celsius. Lightly grease a 9″ pie dish or if you are using a cake tin make sure it is springform.
• 2
  In a food processor, mix together the All purpose flour, caster sugar, unsalted butter, vanilla essence until it resembles fine breadcrumbs.
• 3
  Remove approximately one a half cups of this mixture in a bowl and refrigerate. This will be the crumb topping.
• 4
  To the remaining mixture in the food processor, add the baking powder, bicarbonate soda, buttermilk and eggs. Mix well.
• 5
  Pour the batter in your greased dish making sure it spreads evenly.
• 6
  Remove the crumb topping mixture from the fridge and sprinkle evenly over the cake batter.
• 7
  Place the Vanilla Crumb Cake in your pre-heated oven at 180 degrees Celsius. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the centre of the cake comes out clean. (the baking time may vary depending on your oven, but it took me approximately 25 – 30 minutes).
• 8
  Allow the cake to cool completely before serving. Tastes best warm served with a little custard on the side …
• 9
  Congratulations, your Vanilla Crumb Cake is ready to be consumed!