Blueberry Crumb Cake Recipe

  Cakes

Ingredients:
TO MAKE ONE 13 X 9 INCH CAKE
8TBS. butter, chilled and cut into small bits, plus 8 TBS. butter softened
31/4 cups flour
2cups sugar
1tsp ground cinnamon
3cups blueberries
1TBS baking powder
1/2 tsp. freshly grated nutmeg
1/4 tsp ground cloves
1tsp salt
3 eggs
3/4 cup milk
heavy cream optional

Directions:
Pre-heat the over to 375 with a pastry brush, coat the bottom and sides of the pan with melted or softened butter. Sprinkle in a few spoonfuls of flour and shake the pan to spread it evenly: tap out the excess.

Prepare the crumb topping by first mixing the butter bits, 3/4 cup of flour, 1 cup of the sugar and cinnamon in a deep bowl. working quickly, rub them together with your fingertips until the mixture resembles flakes of course meal. Set aside.

Combine the remaining 21/2 cups of flour, the baking powder, nutmeg, cloves and salt, and sift them together into a bowl. In a deep bowl, cream the softened butter and the remainging cup of sugar by beating and mashing them against the sides ot the bowl with the back of a spoon until they are light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time. add about 1 cup of the sifted mixture and when it is well incorporated, stir in 1/4 C of milk repeat twice more beating well after each addition. Gently stir in the bluberries.

Pour the blueberry batter into prepared baking dish. Smooth the top with a rubber spatular. Then sprinkle the reserved crumb topping evenly over the cake. Bake the the middle of the oven for 40 to 50 minutes, or until the top is crusty and a cake tester inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean. Serve the cake warm or at room temperature, accompanied-if you like- by some whipped cream

This is really a wonderful recipe!!!! ENJOY

Blueberry Crumb Cake
 

Copyright © 2007 Epicurean.com
All rights reserved