Shelly's Recipe

THREE-BERRY CRUMB CAKE

Category: Cakes

Cake
1 box yellow cake mix
8 tbsp butter, softened
3 eggs
1 tsp lemon zest
Buttermilk -- measurement given for whatever type of liquid is on cake mix. I used 1 1/4 cups buttermilk.

Topping
2 cups flour
2/3 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 tsp cinnamon
12 tbsp butter, melted
1 1/2 cups (more or less), fresh mixed berries – strawberries, blueberries, blackberries

Preheat oven to 350. Spray a 9 inch springform pan with flour-added cooking spray.

In a mixing bowl, mix together cake mix, butter, eggs, lemon zest and buttermilk. Beat for 2 minutes, using high speed of electric mixer. Pour into pan, spread to edges of pan and bake for 45 minutes.

Prepare topping. In a mixing bowl, mix together flour, brown sugar, cinnamon and melted butter. Crumble it up.

Sprinkle some of the crumb mixture over top of cooked cake. Lay some fruit over the crumb mixture, then top with remaining crumb mixture. Return to oven and bake for another 25 minutes. Let pan cool on a wire rack.