I mixed two recipes in order to take a simple crumb cake to another level. Learn how to make a delicious Concord Grape Crumb Cake!
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ℹ️ Info about the recipe
I'm from Southern Brazil and many parts of this region were settled by German immigrants. Of course cooking was very much influenced by them, and one of the most famous treats made by them is a cake called Cuca.
Cuca is very similar to a crumb cake and you can make it in different flavors. But the Concord Grape Cuca has always been my favorite and this is the recipe I would like to share with you today!
This is not a traditional recipe. I have twiked a regular crumb cake so it would look like a cuca, as the first one is easier (and quicker) than the second!
📋 Ingredients
For this concord grape crumb cake recipe you will need:
For the batter:
- all-purpose flour
- sugar
- baking powder
- salt
- milk
- egg
- vanilla extract
- vegetable oil
For the topping:
- concord grapes
- all-purpose flour
- brown sugar
- butter
🍳 How to make it
Making a Concord Grape Crumb Cake is pretty simple. For the batter you will sift together flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in a bowl.
In a second bowl, whisk together egg, milk, vegetable oil, and vanilla. The next step is to fold dry ingredients into egg mixture and spread batter evenly into prepared pan.
Then spread grapes on top of batter.
And finally make the crumbs by combining the flour, brown sugar, and butter and tossing with a spatula until large crumbs form. Sprinkle crumbs over grapes.
Bake for around 30 minutes, let it cool a little and enjoy!
💭 Tips and Variations
- You can leave it at room temperature for about 24 hours after making it. For longer periods of time, place in an airtight container in the fridge.
- I used seedless Concord grapes, but I have also used the ones with seeds and removed them. It's some work but it's worth it.
- You can use other fruits like blueberries, strawberries, blackberries, raspberries, bananas, peaches.
- Apples tend to dry out while baking.
📖 Recipe
I think you might enjoy this Brazilian Carrot Cake!
Concord Grape Crumb Cake
Ingredients
Batter:
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 egg
- 1/2 cup milk
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
Topping:
- 2 cups concord grapes cut in half and seeded
- 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter melted
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350ºF (180ºC). Line a 8in x 12in (20cmX30cm) baking pan with parchment paper. Set aside.
Batter:
- In a bowl, sift together flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt; set aside.
- In a second bowl, whisk together egg, milk, vegetable oil, and vanilla.
- Fold dry ingredients into egg mixture. Spread batter evenly into prepared pan.
Topping:
- Spread grapes on top of batter.
- In a medium bowl, combine flour, brown sugar, and butter. Toss with a rubber spatula until large crumbs form.
- Sprinkle crumbs over grapes.
Baking
- Bake for around 30 minutes.
Looks delicious. A grape crumb cake is new to me, thanks for sharing
Hi Keith,
It is delicious! You should give it a try 🙂
Easy and fast recipe to pull together. I tried with table seedless grapes and baked in a spring form pan. Delicious. Great looking. Thanks for sharing this great recipe.
This looks fabulous as does everything ! Great blog and fantastic pics ! Thanks for sharing
Hi Mindy,
Thank you for your comment!
Andrea
Looks delicious! Going to start making this now, unfortunately I don't have parchment paper, can I just grease the pan with non stick spray or butter and flour?
Hi,
I think you can.
Please let me know how it turns out!
It was delicious, excellent, I used grape jelly instead of grapes and I add 2 tbsps lemon juice
Hello,
I'm glad you liked it!
I was gifted 2 quarts of concord grapes recently and needed a way to use them. I found this recipe and, oh my, it is very easy to make and incredibly delicious. It took about 1/2 hour to prepare the grapes but it is so worth it. I baked this in a 9"x13" pan and it worked just fine.
Hi, I'm so glad you liked it!
Do I leave the skins on the grapes?
Hi Melanie!
Yes!
I hope you make it and love this crumb cake as much as we do 🙂
I have concord grapes growing in my backyard. Do I leave the skins on my grapes ?
Hi Sandra!
Yes!
I hope you love this recipe as much as we do!
Oh! My! Goodness! This was so good. My neighbor gave me a huge bag of soon-to-be-too-ripe Concords that I didn't know what to do with. I couldn't snack on them because when the skin slid off, it felt like I was eating baby jellyfish. Bleh!! What a blessing to stumble across this recipe. There were enough good grapes in the bag to make a heaping 2 cups worth, so the cake was wonderfully "grapey." Seeding the grapes was a complete PITA, but the result was sooooo good. Somehow my crumb mixture was a pasty mess (maybe I accidentally put some other liquid into it?). I just kept adding flour until it made big crumbs. I wound up with a big fat crumb layer, but...hey...CRUMB Cake! I had to bake everything for more like 50 minutes (7"x11" pan). This was out of this world delicious. Better than Entenmann's! But next time, I'll try an easier fruit! HAHA!
Hi Betti!
I'm so glad you liked it! And yes, you can make this recipe with different fruits. My favorites are strawberries, blueberries and apples.
Thank you this awesome! I needed a way to handle lots of concord grapes and they are so tasty baked. Made it gluten free and vegan with GF flour. I just needed a tablespoon or two more milk. And vegan by substituting 1/3 cup applesauce and 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar for the egg. Worked really well. I found I only needed half the crumble on top. And I think I want to add in some cinnamon next time.
That's great! And I'm glad you were able to make all the adjustments according to your diet restrictions.
Thank you so much for this recipe! It was easy and a huge hit with my entire family. I was nervous going in since it my first time baking with grapes and it took me a long time to remove all the seeds so was really hoping it would turn out and my time wouldn’t be in vain, but I couldn’t be happier with the result! Already sat and removed seeds from more grapes as this first cake is almost all gone 🙂
Hi Julie! I'm so glad your whole family liked it 🙂