I found this recipe while flipping through Nick Malgieri’s Perfect Cakes. He prefaces it by saying that he makes this cake about half a dozen times every summer. Knowing how much I have liked his recipes in the past, I did not hesitate to turn on the oven and get to baking.
Like most of my favorite summer recipes, this is a quick and simple cake to make. For the sake of convenience (and because of the state of my local produce), I used frozen blueberries.
One of the variations suggested is to substitute sour cherries for the blueberries. Quinn has quite an affinity for sour cherries, so I’m definitely on the look-out for some to top off this cake.
Ingredients
- 1 & 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 8 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 2 large egg yolks
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 cups blueberries
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/3 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
Instructions
To make the cake:
Preheat oven to 350°. Line a 9″x 13″baking pan with foil and butter the foil.
Stir together flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
Using a heavy-duty mixer on medium speed, beat butter and sugar until soft and light (about 5 minutes). Add whole eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla.
On low speed, add half the flour mixture and mix well. Add yolks, mixing well, then add remaining flour mixture.
Scrape batter into prepared pan. Smooth the top. Scatter blueberries over the batter.
To make the crumb topping:
Combine flour, sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Stir in melted butter and combine with your fingers until the mixture is coarse crumbs. Scatter the crumbs evenly over the berries.
Bake for 40 minutes, or until cake is firm. Cool cake in pan on wire rack.
Notes
Recipe adapted from Perfect Cakes.
July 31st, 2009 at 9:17 am
I love it so much, it’s irresistable!!!!
Plein de gourmandise!!!
July 31st, 2009 at 9:19 am
That’s a great looking crumb cake…. yum!!!
July 31st, 2009 at 10:24 am
Mmmm looks incredible! I love blueberry crumb cake, especially with a scoop of homemade vanilla ice cream
July 31st, 2009 at 10:25 am
The massive number of blueberry recipes and concoctions floating around right now is just great. Think we’ll toss some into a cobbler this weekend!
July 31st, 2009 at 10:57 am
Looks wonderfully moist and delicious. I wish I had a piece.
July 31st, 2009 at 1:35 pm
yummm. It looks delicious and its the perfect recipe for summer. Not to mention I have a ton of blueberries in my house xD I cant wait to try this recipe out!
July 31st, 2009 at 2:04 pm
Oh, god, this is a FANTASTIC recipe. I’ve made it before & it really is terrific.
July 31st, 2009 at 2:27 pm
This was so ver good!!! I ate it for breakfast a little warmed, and it was wonderful!
July 31st, 2009 at 3:39 pm
It sure looks great. i’ll have to give it a try.
July 31st, 2009 at 6:09 pm
Oh my! This looks great!
July 31st, 2009 at 7:34 pm
I love Nick Malgieri’s recipes and Perfect Cakes is my favorite one of his books. This recipe looks wonderful! In that same book, have you ever tried his white and dark chocolate cheesecake (not sure if that’s the exact title, but it’s something close to that)? It’s just incredible.
August 1st, 2009 at 12:16 am
While I am addicted to Gale Gand’s recipe for Double Blueberry Muffins, I will give this a go – you never know, somethign could topple the queen of the breakfast table, right?
August 1st, 2009 at 6:45 am
I had planned to try a blueberry cupcakes recipe for something I’m going to tomorrow but I’ve decided to try this instead. Thanks for sharing it.
August 1st, 2009 at 12:39 pm
Oh man, this looks wonderful!!! Can’t wait to try it.
August 1st, 2009 at 7:29 pm
Gorgeous. And the fact that your blueberries didn’t sink makes me want to try it RIGHT NOW. I have such a hard time with that!
August 2nd, 2009 at 3:10 pm
I love a good crumb cake, and yours looks like something I want to dig into right away!
August 2nd, 2009 at 3:12 pm
I made this yesterday, for church today, and it was wonderful. Got rave reviews.
August 6th, 2009 at 8:27 am
Made this last night for a weekend trip to the beach today! I keep staring at it, looks so delish! Keeping my fingers crossed that it tastes just as good!
August 6th, 2009 at 11:35 am
It looked delicious. I made it….frankly, it did not get the rave reviews that I had expected. Maybe not sweet enough? Maybe needed more topping?
August 7th, 2009 at 7:12 am
I love the idea for the sour cherry variation!
August 8th, 2009 at 4:44 pm
Great post! Looks really yummy!
August 9th, 2009 at 5:40 pm
This looks amazing. Just picked some blueberries. Might have to try this one.
August 9th, 2009 at 5:46 pm
Fab. U. Lous! I did a gingered blueberry cobbler recently, can’t seem to get enough of the little buggers this summer. The rec of trying sour cherries is excellent. And any recipe by Malgieri is a winner in my book!
August 10th, 2009 at 1:57 pm
Anything blueberry calls me by name! I’ll be trying this recipe very soon. Thanks for sharing it!
August 11th, 2009 at 12:35 pm
Wow, this crumb cake with blueberry looks so yummie…love the idea of using blueberries, specially that we can get them fresh here…I am sure that will taste good as well
August 16th, 2009 at 4:36 pm
This cake was so good…so good in fact that none remains.
August 16th, 2009 at 9:50 pm
Oh ,it looks so delicious ,I like it
August 16th, 2009 at 10:10 pm
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August 17th, 2009 at 6:14 am
I come here every day to see if you’ve updated and every day I see this picture which makes me soooo hungry!
August 19th, 2009 at 12:14 am
Thanks for posting this — I made it the same night I saw it with a container of blueberries I had in the fridge. It came out GREAT, and it was simple to make! A couple days later, tried the recipe again with frozen tart cherries, and again it came out delicious! For the cherry version, I thawed the cherries in a bit of Amaretto liquor and granulated sugar. When I drained the cherries, I saved the liquid and made a flat icing to drizzle over the cake after it had cooled — just added powdered sugar to the liquid and it was a hit… my co-workers gobbled it up!
August 19th, 2009 at 8:04 pm
This recipe looks amazing. Loving your photography!
August 20th, 2009 at 1:46 am
Yum Yum Yum! And blueberries are so perfect right now! I can’t wait to try them
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August 28th, 2009 at 9:24 am
MMMMMMMMM,…the crumb cake looks so delicious! fab presentation too!
September 2nd, 2009 at 2:51 pm
Just what I’m always looking for. Quick, simple and delicious. Thanks!
September 5th, 2009 at 2:00 am
i love blueberries, and the way they dye everything around them, your cake looks delicious and the rest of your recipes too, great blog!
cheers from london
pity
September 9th, 2009 at 1:29 pm
Now this is the right kind of recipe for me. Easy, fast, chalked full of anti-oxidants, and tasty enough to eat alone in one sitting. Great one, keep em coming!
September 9th, 2009 at 5:05 pm
I have many different blogs I follow each day, but I somehow am unable to get updated content for your blog. The last post I can get is in July for the Blueberry crumb cake. Any advice?
September 9th, 2009 at 7:23 pm
Arlene, can you figure out a way to light a fire under me and get me to update more frequently?
Sadly, that crumb cake is the last thing I posted. More is coming soon, though. I promise!
September 14th, 2009 at 8:04 am
Yum! These look great. I have tried something similar with blackberries, but I bet these are very sweet and tasy with blueberries! Thanks for sharing!
September 14th, 2009 at 8:59 am
I just made this and posted about it on my blog…it was so good! And it got better the second day. Thanks for another great recipe.
September 15th, 2009 at 2:39 pm
This is one type of cake I’ve always loved. Thanks for sharing it. I haven’t thought of making one in ages and now I think it is about time I do while I can still get my hands on fresh blue berries.
September 15th, 2009 at 8:54 pm
AHHHHHHH, these close-ups are just sinful. Now I can’t do anything else unless I take a bite of this yummy cake…
September 16th, 2009 at 7:13 pm
Great cake..will bake in a 9” square next time
September 17th, 2009 at 9:30 am
ahhh this looks DELICIOUS!! can’t wait to try it!
September 30th, 2009 at 12:08 pm
So yummy, so moist and sweet savory! I love it!
June 14th, 2010 at 8:44 pm
I’ve made a good number of blueberry muffins, but never crumbcake. It looks great. I’ll have to try it.
July 20th, 2010 at 8:20 am
I have this book, and this was the first recipe I tried. It’s a wonderful cake, I think it was better the next day. It got soft and light, just delicious!
September 27th, 2010 at 5:30 pm
Made this with fresh raspberries instead of blueberries, topped with fresh whipped cream and it was AMAZING.
This recipe is a keeper.