Blueberry Crumb Cake

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Prep Time:
20 mins
Total Time:
1 hr 10 mins
Servings:
9

This moist cake can be served as an indulgent breakfast, afternoon snack, or dessert.

Ingredients

For the Streusel Topping

  • 1 cup all-purpose flour

  • ½ cup packed light-brown sugar

  • ¼ teaspoon salt

  • ½ cup (1 stick) cold unsalted butter (cut into tablespoons)

For the Cake

  • 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened, plus more for pan

  • 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour (spooned and leveled), plus more for pan and 1 teaspoon for blueberries

  • 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder

  • ½ teaspoon baking soda

  • ¼ teaspoon salt

  • ¼ teaspoon allspice

  • ¾ cup sugar

  • 1 large egg

  • cup buttermilk

  • 1 ½ cups blueberries

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Make streusel topping: In a medium bowl, stir together flour, brown sugar, and salt. Cut in the butter using your hands or a pastry blender until large, moist crumbs form. Chill.

  2. Butter and flour a 9-inch square baking pan. In a medium bowl, whisk together 1 1/2 cups flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and allspice. In a large bowl, beat the butter and granulated sugar with an electric mixer until fluffy. Add egg; beat well. Add flour mixture and buttermilk alternately until just combined. (Batter will be very stiff.) In a large bowl, toss the blueberries with remaining teaspoon flour. Fold blueberries into the batter; spoon into prepared pan.

  3. Sprinkle cake evenly with streusel topping. Bake until golden brown and a tester comes out clean, 45 to 50 minutes. Let cool completely.

Cook's Notes

Tossing the blueberries with a bit of flour keeps them from sinking during baking. When making streusel, squeeze the mixture into large crumbs so it forms a crisp topping as it bakes instead of melting into the batter.

Originally appeared: Everyday Food, May 2004

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