streuselkuchen

{{Short description|Crumbly, yeasty cake}}

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| main_ingredient = Crumbs: flour, sugar, fat

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Streuselkuchen ({{IPA|de|ˈʃtʁɔʏzl̩ˌkuːxn̩|audio=De-Streuselkuchen.ogg}}; "crumb cake"), also known in English-speaking countries as crumb cake, is a cake made of yeast dough covered with a sweet crumb topping referred to as streusel. 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 Silesia,Adimando, Stacy. [https://www.saveur.com/crumb-cake/ "Crumb Cake Is Germany's Gift to Baking"], Saveur, 7 November 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2020.Schuhbeck, Alfons. [https://books.google.com/books/about/The_German_Cookbook.html?id=HBnatgEACAAJ "The German Cookbook"], Phaidon Press, 8 October 2018. and is popular in German 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 {{Convert|1|in}} 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, rhubarb), poppy seeds or creme{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H1NbK5b898cC&pg=PA1093|title=Barossa Food|pages=93–95|isbn=9781862544611 |access-date=8 December 2014|last1=Heuzenroeder |first1=Angela |year=2002 |publisher=Wakefield Press }} or using a shortening-based dough.

Barbara's Rhubarb Bar is a novelty song about a rhubarb streuselkuchen.{{cite news|url=https://www.foodandwine.com/tik-tok-rhubarb-cake-song-8645409|title=Why Is a Rap Song About Rhubarb Cake Blowing Up on TikTok?|magazine=Food & Wine|first=Audrey|last=Morgan|date=8 May 2024}}