Lemon Rosemary Crumb Cake

Lemon is right up there on my top 10 list of favorite foods. Lemon in my turmeric Bragg apple cider vinegar drink each morning, lemon in my salad dressings, in my hummus, in my chicken dishes, in my desserts. I never grow tired of it. While I rarely bake cakes, when I do they are almost always lemon or lime. Unless my daughter is in town, then cakes are totally gonna be zucchini…

But back to lemon. I wanted to give my handsome husband & teenager a surprise breakfast the other morning & looked around at what I had on hand. Fresh herbs, lemons, & basic baking supplies. Got it, I thought, a crumb cake but instead of something typical let’s go for herbal. I used an old standby crumb cake recipe I have, reduced the sugar, added lemon juice & zest & tried out what happens when I sprinkled rosemary between the batter & the crumb.  Yumminess happens.

Also huge shoutouts to people who were DMing me asking for this recipe & to my hard-working microplane who makes zesting super easy.