Oh pshaw, on Fri 25 Aug 2006 04:51:24a, Jen meant to say...

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> "Dave Smith" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Jen wrote:
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>>> I just made a streusel cake. But the crumble topping has just turned
>>> into cake type mixture with melted butter sitting on top. What have I
>>> done wring? It was 1/3 cup flour, 1/3 cup sugar, 4 Tablespoons
>>> butter.
>>
>> Did you mix the topping ingredients together, but not too much?
>>
>>
> I don't have a pastry cutter, so I started using a knife, but it seemed
> to be taking forever so I used my fingertips. You're going to tell me
> that's where I went wrong. I just couldn't manage with a knife.

Yes, it was probably your fingertips and possibly over-mixing. Did you try
2 knives (1 in each hand) drawn against each other in opposite directions?
Also, you want this to end up a rather loose mixture, a little lumpy.

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Wayne Boatwright
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