Gluten-free Triple Chocolate Crumb Cake
Triple chocolate crumb cake is a fudgy, moist, chocolate cake topped with big, buttery chocolate crumbs filled with chocolate chips and drizzled with milk chocolate. A chocolate lovers' dream! 🍫
Are you ready for a treat? A chocolate treat to be exact. We are HUGE fans of crumb cake in my house. New Jersey style crumb cake as always been a favorite. It was something we always got while vacationing at Long Beach Island on the Jersey Shore. On one of those trips we visited a local bakery to scout out some goodies. We were looking for regular crumb cake, but this bakery had chocolate crumb cake which I had never seen before. Of course, we had to try some. It was delicious, but we were never lucky enough to have it again after I went gluten-free.
After I went gluten-free I decided to try and recreate that super delicious chocolate treat. It starts with a layer of chocolate cake with a tiny bit of coffee mixed into the batter to enhance the chocolate flavor. It's also made with peanut butter instead of butter or oil. You can't really taste the peanut butter, but it does keep the cake perfectly moist, rich, and gives it a fudge-like texture. Now, let's talk about the crumbs; If you like crumb topping then you will love chocolate crumb topping. Big chunks of buttery, sweet, chocolate crumbs with mini chocolate chips mixed in for an added punch of chocolate flavor. All of this goodness is topped with a milk chocolate drizzle. Triple chocolate crumb cake is definitely a dessert for all of you gluten-free chocolate lovers out there.
Let the baking begin!
TIPS AND TRICKS:
- Always preheat your oven.
- All refrigerated ingredients should be room temperature unless stated otherwise.
- The crumbs need to be put on the cake before it is done baking completely, so prepare the crumb mixture while the cake is baking for the first 17 minutes.
- The easiest way to make the crumbs is in the food processor.
- When you are sprinkling the crumbs on the cake start on the edges and make your way to the center in a spiral motion to prevent sinking the center of the cake.
