Streuselkuchen (; "crumb cake"), also known in

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as crumb cake, is a cake made of yeast dough covered with a sweet crumb topping referred to as

streusel In baking and pastry making, streusel () is a crumbly topping of flour, butter, and sugar that is baked on top of muffins, breads, pies, and cakes.

. The main ingredients for the crumbs are sugar, butter, and flour, which are mixed at a 1:1:2 ratio. The recipe allegedly originated in the region of

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and Polish cuisines. A streuselkuchen is usually a flat cake made on a baking tray and cut into oblong pieces. It should be flat – about thick – with crumbs making up about half of its height. The original version uses yeast dough, however a short crust is possible. A puff pastry at the bottom turns it into a prasselkuchen. Many variants of the cake are prepared with fillings such as fruit (mostly of sour taste, e.g. apples, gooseberries, sour cherries,

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), poppy seeds or creme or using a shortening-based dough. Barbara's Rhubarb Bar is a

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about a

streuselkuchen.

Gallery

File:Haselnuss-Streuselkuchen (8523653045).jpg, alt=A round streuselkuchen, cut in pieces. Half the cake has been dusted with powdered sugar, Streuselkuchen with and without

powdered sugar Powdered sugar, also called confectioners' sugar and icing sugar, is a finely ground sugar produced by milling granulated sugar into a powdered state. It usually contains between 2% and 5% of an anti-caking agent—such as corn starch, potato ...

File:Streuselkuchen with plums.jpg, Streuselkuchen with plums File:Ananas-Kokos-Streusel.jpg, Pineapple coconut streusel cake File:Streuselkuchen5.jpg, alt=Raw streusel dough in a mixing bowl, Streusel mixed, before being put on top of a cake and baked File:Apple crumb cake - Apfelstreuselkuchen being prepared.png, alt=Rectangular baking sheet, with rows of raw apple slices on top of cake batter. Two-thirds of the apples are covered by cinnamon-scented streusel, Apple cake, partially covered with streusel before being baked

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* * German cakes Silesian cuisine Polish products with protected designation of origin Culture of Silesian Voivodeship {{Poland-cuisine-stub