Friday, April 13, 2012

BROWN SUGAR SOUR CREAM BLUEBERRY COFFEE CAKE

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I need to get better at naming recipes.  Usually, I just list the ingredients in a tasty sounding matter, but for this recipe...there's too much tasty! Obviously I have to mention the blueberries, but what about the brown sugar, giving it a deeper, almost maple-y flavor? I should also bring up the sour cream, adding a tangy richness.  What about the cinnamon streusel? Nah, you'll find out about that soon enough.

This recipe is a play on my mom's sour cream coffee cake, also known as the BEST CAKE EVER.  My brother had it as his 18th birthday cake.  It's moist, a little tart, and laden with cinnamon and pecans.  I thought, why not merge this awesomeness with my other favorite baked good, blueberry muffins.

So I give you: Brown Sugar Sour Cream Blueberry Coffee Cake...with cinnamon streusel!


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Ingredients:

1 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar, packed
8 oz unsalted butter (two sticks)
2 eggs
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon Baking Soda
1 tablespoon Baking Powder
1/4 teaspoon Salt
1 teaspoon Cinnamon
2 cups Sour Cream
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
2 half pints blueberries

For Cinnamon Streusel:
1/2 cup flour
2 oz butter, cold and cubed
1/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
Pinch of salt

Preheat oven to 350 F. In a mixer with a paddle attachment, cream the butter and sugars together (it should be a creamy, consistent texture and blonde looking). Add the eggs, one at a time until fully incorporated. Sift together the dry ingredients and add a quarter at a time, alternately adding the sour cream. Lastly, add the vanilla. Pour into a greased sheet cake pan.

To make the cinnamon streusel, cut together the butter, flour, cinnamon, sugar, and salt until the butter is the size of small peas.

Sprinkle the batter blueberries, and then the streusel on top. Bake for 40-45 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean.

Allow it to cool completely, then slice and serve. Enjoy1

9 comments:

Katrina @ Warm Vanilla Sugar said...

This is like a dream come true! Lovely cake :)

SreeBindu said...

delicious =)

Gio of The Hungry Giant said...

I have to try this SOON! :D

lynn said...

I made this today. It didnt turn out all that great and could be because im baking at high altitude...
the taste is delish but it is so sweet it is more like dessert than something for breakfast. I think id rather have this warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream for dessert....

Mary Ann M said...

Could this work with other fruit, namely cranberries?

Claire Thomas said...

Hi Mary Ann,

It could totally work! Just bear in mind that cranberries are super tart, so you might want to add a touch more sugar (a pinch of orange zest would also be delicious with cranberries). Let me know how it works out!

bakeaffairs said...

Hello Claire, this cake looks delicious! I Will try it out very soon! I already made your blueberry muffin ice cream and it was just dream like!

Nancy Brodhead said...

So, not to sound like an idiot, but is a sheet cake pan the same as 9X13??? If not, what size is it? I want to make this for a Mother's Day brunch and I need to know how much it makes.

Claire Thomas said...

Hi Nancy, No worries! A standard sheet pan is 9x13, so you're good to go :)

 
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