streusel
Buttery baked crumbles
Streusel is a crumbly topping made from butter, flour, and sugar, often with cinnamon or nuts, baked over cakes, muffins, and pies.
The word comes from German for something strewn or scattered: coffee cake with streusel topping, apple streusel.
Fragment gradually
- coffee cakeCinnamon-swirled breakfast pastry
- apple piePastry with cooked fruit
- muffinsIndividual baked breakfast cakes
- kuchenGerman-style sweet bread
cobbler · crisp · fruit pie · cheesecake · quick bread · pound cake · baked goods · garnish
Milled grain powder
- butterSolid fat from cream
- sugarCrystalline carbohydrate sweetener
- cinnamonAromatic bark spice
- oatsCereal grain for porridge
brown sugar · almonds · pecans · walnuts · vanilla · nutmeg · mixing · crumbling
Prone to fragmenting
- butteryRich like a spread
- crunchyBreaking with sound
- crispyBrittle and snapping
- golden brownWarm, rich hue
flaky · coarse · granular · sandy · chunky · lumpy · friable · brittle
Baked fruit with crumbly topping
- crumb cakePastry with crumbly topping
- fruit crumbleBaked produce under topping
- cinnamon rollsCoiled spiced pastry, often glazed
- peach cobblerBaked fruit under crust
crumble
Fragment gradually
- coffee cakeCinnamon-swirled breakfast pastry
- apple piePastry with cooked fruit
- muffinsIndividual baked breakfast cakes
kuchen · cobbler · crisp · fruit pie · cheesecake · quick bread · pound cake · baked goods · garnish · layer
flour
Milled grain powder
oats · brown sugar · almonds · pecans · walnuts · vanilla · nutmeg · mixing · crumbling · pinching
crumbly
Prone to fragmenting
golden brown · flaky · coarse · granular · sandy · chunky · lumpy · friable · brittle · fragmented
apple crisp
Baked fruit with crumbly topping
- crumb cakePastry with crumbly topping
- fruit crumbleBaked produce under topping
- cinnamon rollsCoiled spiced pastry, often glazed
- dessert toppingschocolate chips, sprinkles, rainbow sprinkles, whipped cream, caramel sauce
- crumbly thingsshortbread, scone, scones, feta, cracker
- crumb toppingscrumb topping, butter crumbs
- cake layerssponge cake, frosting, ganache, mousse, custard
- pastriescroissant, danish, croissants, butter croissant, eclairs
- piesapple pie, pie, cherry pie, blueberry pie, cream pie