Blueberry Crumb Cake

Baked with a white and brown sugar topping with cinnamon and allspice, this fresh blueberry crumb cake with sour cream and lemon zest is super moist.

Blueberry Crumb Cake

Course: DesertsCuisine: European
Prep Time

15 mins

Cook Time

40

minutes
Total Time

55

minutes
Servings

8

Yield

1 (9-inch) cake

Ingredients

  • Topping
  • ⅓ cup — brown sugar

  • ¼ cup — white sugar

  • 1 ¼ teaspoons — ground cinnamon

  • ⅛ teaspoon — ground allspice

  • 1 stick — salted butter, melted

  • 1 ⅓ cups — all-purpose flour

  • Cake
  • ¾ cup — white sugar

  • 6 tablespoons — salted butter, at room temperature

  • 3 large — eggs

  • ⅔ cup — sour cream

  • 1 teaspoon — vanilla extract

  • ½ teaspoon — grated lemon zest

  • 1 ¼ cups — all-purpose flour

  • 1 teaspoon — baking powder

  • ¼ teaspoon — baking soda

  • 1 ¼ cups — fresh blueberries

Directions

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Butter and flour a 9-inch cake pan.
  • Combine brown sugar, 1/4 cup white sugar, cinnamon, and allspice; stir in 1 stick melted butter. Beat in 1 1/3 cups flour until well combined. Set topping aside.
  • Beat 3/4 cup white sugar and 6 tablespoons butter together in a bowl until creamy. Add eggs. one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add sour cream, vanilla extract, and lemon zest.
  • Sift 1 1/4 cups flour, baking powder, and baking soda together in a separate bowl; stir into sour cream mixture, then fold in blueberries. Spoon batter into the prepared cake pan; sprinkle with topping.
  • Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 40 minutes.

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