Easy Blueberry Crumb Cake: Best Coffee Cake Recipe (2024)

ThisBlueberry Crumb Cake recipeis a delicious and satisfying to start the day with a hotcup of coffee. Bursting with juicyfresh blueberriesand topped with a buttery,crumb topping, this delightful treat is a surefire way to elevate your breakfast or dessert game.

Blueberry loverswill love the sweet and tart combination offresh blueberries. sweettender cake, andstreusel topping. I love to make this time testedblueberry coffee cake recipeevery year duringblueberry seasonand have done so for over 20 years!

Perfect for breakfast, brunch, or dessert, this is theperfect recipeto relax and enjoy with your morning cup, as an afternoon snack, or include it as part of a bridal shower brunch or baby shower treat!

❤️Why You'll Love Blueberry Crumb Cake

Crumble topping:the perfect blend of flour, sugar, butter, and cinnamon give a delightful crunch that compliments thetender blueberry crumb cake.

Fresh blueberries: the combination of blueberries and cake give a sweet tart flavor that makes this the mostscrumptious cake!

Weight Watcher Friendly: thissimple recipeis is only 258 calories per slice with just 8 grams of fat per serving making it the perfect addition to breakfast or dessert.

🥘Crumb Cake Ingredients

White sugar

Unsalted butter

Pure vanilla extract

Large egg

All-purpose flour

Baking powder

Baking soda

Salt

Lowfat buttermilk (see substitution note in variations)

Fresh blueberries

Ground cinnamon

🔪How to Make Blueberry Crumb Cake

To make the cake

1. Preheat oven to 350 F. Coat a 9-inch roundcake panwith cooking spray. Linebottom of the panwithparchment paper, and coat with more cooking spray. Set aside.
2. In alarge bowl, using an electric mixer, combine sugar and butter atmedium speeduntil blended.
3. Addvanilla extractand room temperature egg. Continue to mix onmedium speeduntil creamy.
4. In amedium bowl, sift together flour, baking powder,baking soda, and salt.
5. Adddry ingredientsto wet ingredients alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending withflour mixture.
6. Stirfresh blueberriesinto the cake batter.
7. Pour batter intoprepared panand set aside.

To make thecrumb topping

1. In asmall bowlgranulated sugar, flour, cinnamon, andmelted butterstirring until mixture resembles coarse meal.
2. Evenly sprinklecrumb toppingovertop of the cake batter.

Baking time

1. Bake crumb cake for 40 minutes untilgolden brownand a wooden pick inserted in center of the cake comes out clean. Cool on awire rack.

🥄Equipment

Mixing bowls

Cake pan:if desired, use aspringform panto allow for easier removal of the entire crumb cake.

Electric mixer

Rubber scraper

Parchment paper

Cooling rack

🥫Storage

Room temperature:store leftover crumb cake in anairtight containerup to 4 days.

Freeze: store cake in a freezer safe container up to 3 months.

Reheat: warm thawed cake in the microwave 15-20 seconds, until warmed through.

📖Variations

Sour cream crumb cake:substitute buttermilk with ½ cup ofsour creamand 2 tablespoons of milk

Mixed berry crumb cake: Substitute some or all of the blueberries with raspberries, blackberries, or strawberries for a medley of berry goodness.

Lemon blueberry crumb cake: Incorporate somelemon zestinto the batter for a citrusy kick that beautifully complements the berries.

Nutty Crunch: Sprinkle chopped nuts like almonds, pecans, or walnuts into thecrumb toppingfor an added textural element.

Crunchy cinnamon streusel: eliminate thecrumb toppingand sprinkle top of the coffee cake with cinnamon toast crunch cereal!

💭Tips

• Useroom temperaturebutterand eggs for a smoother batter.
• Gentlytoss the blueberries in a bit of flour before adding them to the batter to prevent them from sinking to the bottom of the cake while baking.
• Spread thecrumb toppingevenly over the batter for consistent, delightful bites.
• Usefrozen blueberriesin place offresh blueberries(do not thaw!)

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🍽Serve with..

Serve with a hotcup of coffee, tea, or cold glass of milk and a side ofblueberry jam.

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