Ingredients

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Crumb Topping

1/3 cup granulated sugar

1/4 cup all-purpose flour

1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg

2 tablespoons butter, softened

Blueberry Cake

1 cup all-purpose flour

1/3 cup sugar

1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 teaspoon table salt

1/2 cup whole milk, at room temperature

1 large egg, beaten and at room temperature

1/2 teaspoon vanilla

5 tablespoons butter, melted and cooled

1 1/4 cups fresh blueberries, plus more for garnish

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Instructions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Grease the sides of an 8-inch cake pan and line bottom with a round of parchment paper.

Crumb Topping

In a medium mixing bowl, sift together the 1/3 cup sugar, 1/4 cup flour, cinnamon and nutmeg. Cut in 2 tablespoons butter until the mixture is fine crumbs (it will look sort of like brown sugar). You can cut in the butter using a food processor, a pastry cutter, or two knives. Set aside.

Blueberry Cake

In a large mixing bowl, sift together the 1 cup flour, 1/3 cup sugar, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
In a small mixing bowl, whisk together the milk, egg and vanilla. Whisk in the cooled melted butter. Stir into flour mixture just until mixed. Stir in the blueberries. (Batter will be thick.) Spread in prepared pan. Sprinkle crumb mixture evenly over the top. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
Let cool in pan. Slice and serve. Delicious on its own, or with a scoop of vanilla or butter pecan ice cream. Garnish with additional blueberries, if desired.

Notes

Serving variation: If you want to remove the cake from the pan before serving (like in the photo), let cool in the pan for 15 to 20 minutes, then run a knife around the sides to loosen cake from the pan. You may have to gently cut it away where a blueberry or two might have adhered to the side. Place a dinner plate (or cookie sheet) over the top and gently invert the cake onto the plate/sheet. Peel off parchment paper and place serving dish over; invert again. A few bits of the crumb topping may fall off, but you can take them off the dinner plate and put them back on the cake. (Very few crumbs fall off when I do this method!)

Make ahead: Cake can be made up to 24 hours ahead, covered and refrigerated. Bring to room temperature before serving.

Author: (By Lee Clayton Roper)
Category: Desserts, Breakfast and Brunch