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Blueberry Crumb Cake

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Blueberry Crumb CakeRob Fiocca

Active time: 15 minutes Start to finish: 1 1/4 hour

Cooks' note:

• This crumb cake is best eaten the day it is made.

Recipe information

  • Total Time

    1 1/4 hours

  • Yield

    Make 8 to 12 servings

Ingredients

3 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 teaspoon cinnamon
Rounded 1/4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
1 1/2 sticks (3/4 cup) plus 2 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
2 large eggs, lightly beaten
1 cup sour cream
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
3 cups fresh blueberries (15 ounces)

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Preheat oven to 375°F.

    Step 2

    Whisk together flour, 1 cup sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg in a bowl. Blend 1 1/2 sticks butter into flour with your fingertips or a pastry blender just until mixture resembles coarse meal with some small (roughly pea-size) butter lumps.

    Step 3

    Transfer 1 1/2 cups flour mixture to another bowl for crumb topping. Add remaining 2 tablespoons butter and remaining 2 tablespoons sugar to crumb topping, then blend with your fingertips until large lumps form.

    Step 4

    Whisk together eggs, sour cream, and vanilla, then add to remaining flour mixture, stirring until just combined. Fold in blueberries and spread batter, distributing berries evenly, in a buttered 13- by 9- by 2-inch baking pan. Sprinkle batter evenly with crumb topping.

    Step 5

    Bake in middle of oven until cake is golden and a wooden pick or skewer inserted in center comes out clean, 40 to 45 minutes. Cool cake in pan on a rack 20 minutes before cutting.

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