Description
A soft blueberry coffee cake layered with a velvety cream cheese ribbon and topped with a buttery brown sugar cinnamon streusel.
Ingredients
Scale
- ½ cup packed light brown sugar
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 cup (120g) all-purpose flour
- 6 tbsp (85g) unsalted butter, melted
- 8 oz (225g) full-fat brick cream cheese, softened
- â…“ cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg yolk
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 2 cups (240g) all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp fine sea salt
- ½ cup (115g) unsalted butter, softened
- ¾ cup (150g) granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs, room temperature
- 1 tsp vanilla
- ½ cup full-fat sour cream
- 1½ cups fresh blueberries tossed in 1 tbsp flour
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 165°C (325°F).
- Grease a 9-inch springform pan or square baking dish and line the bottom with parchment paper.
- In a small bowl, whisk together brown sugar, granulated sugar, cinnamon, and flour for the streusel.
- Pour melted butter into the streusel mixture and stir with a fork until crumbly clumps form.
- Place the streusel in the refrigerator to chill.
- In a medium bowl, beat cream cheese, sugar, egg yolk, and vanilla until smooth.
- In a large bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
- In a stand mixer, cream butter and sugar for 3 to 4 minutes until fluffy.
- Add eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition.
- Mix in vanilla and sour cream.
- Reduce mixer speed to low and add dry ingredients until just combined.
- Fold in the flour-coated blueberries gently.
- Spread two-thirds of the cake batter into the prepared pan.
- Spoon the cream cheese filling over the center, leaving a border around the edges.
- Dollop the remaining cake batter over the cream cheese layer and smooth gently.
- Sprinkle the chilled streusel evenly over the top.
- Bake for 55 to 65 minutes until set and a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean.
- Cool completely on a wire rack before removing from the pan and serving.
Notes
Tossing the blueberries in flour helps prevent them from sinking during baking. Chilling the streusel before baking creates crisp, bakery-style crumbs.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 1 hour 5 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baked
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 430
- Sugar: 28g
- Sodium: 210mg
- Fat: 22g
- Saturated Fat: 13g
- Unsaturated Fat: 7g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 54g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 5g
- Cholesterol: 95mg