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Half-Batch Blueberry Coffee Cake

  • Author: Audrey

Ingredients

Cinnamon Crumb Mixture

  • 1/3 cup packed dark or light brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup + 2 tbsp all-purpose flour (spooned & leveled)
  • 1 and 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • 3 Tablespoons unsalted butter, cold and cubed

Cake

  • 1/2 cup + 2 tbsp all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/8 teaspoon baking soda
  • pinch salt
  • 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, softened to room temperature
  • 1/4 cup + 2 tbsp granulated sugar
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • 1/4 cup Greek yogurt
  • 1 tbsp milk (any kind)
  • 1/2 cup blueberries

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a 9×5 loaf pan with parchment paper, or directly grease the pan.
  2. Make the cinnamon crumb mixture: Combine the brown sugar, flour, and cinnamon together in a medium bowl. Cut in the chilled butter with a pastry cutter or two forks (or use a food processor or your hands) until the mixture is in pea-sized crumbs. Some larger crumbs are OK. You’ll have a little over 1 cup of crumb. Refrigerate until ready to use.
  3. Make the cake: Whisk the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together in a large bowl. Set aside. In a large bowl using a handheld or stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, beat the butter and sugar together on high speed until smooth and creamy, about 2 minutes. Scrape down the sides and up the bottom of the bowl with a silicone spatula as needed. Add the eggs and vanilla, and beat on medium-high speed until combined. Beat in the Greek yogurt. Scrape down the sides and up the bottom of the bowl with a silicone spatula and beat again as needed to combine. Mixture will be lumpy.
  4. Add the flour mixture to the wet ingredients, and beat on low speed until just combined. Finally, beat in the milk. Do not overmix this batter. The batter will be thick. Gently fold in the blueberries.
  5. Carefully spread about half of the batter into the prepared pan. Sprinkle about half of the crumb mixture evenly on top. Carefully spread the remaining batter on top (every last drop of it!). This can be a little tricky since you’re spreading thick batter on top of crumbs, but do your best. It doesn’t have to be perfect. Sprinkle the remaining crumb mixture evenly on top.
  6. Bake for around 35–40 minutes or until the cake is baked through. To test for doneness, insert a toothpick into the center of the cake. If it comes out clean, it is done. Allow cake to cool in the pan set on a wire rack for 15 minutes.

Notes

Adapted from Sally’s Baking Addiction