Blueberry crumb cake

My parents came up to our place this weekend to visit and spend time with Jane (she's growing so fast!). While they were here I made a few different dishes that were a big hit and they asked for the recipes. I decided to post them here so they would be easy to find, rather than searching for a piece of paper or trying to remember a website, and thought other people might like to have them.

The first one I will post is a blueberry crumb cake I made for breakfast Saturday morning. We shop at Aldi a lot and they had pints of blueberries for 99 cents each. For that price I couldn't pass them up and after trying this recipe I'm glad I didn't.

Blueberry Crumb Cake
Slightly modified from Simply Scratch

For the cake:
5 tbsp unsalted butter, softened
3/4 cup sugar
1 egg
1/2 tsp vanilla
2 cups flour
2 1/4 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp nutmeg
3/4 cup milk
1 pint blueberries

For the crumb topping:
3/4 stick butter
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup flour

To make the cake: preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter an 8x11 glass baking dish. Mix together butter, sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg. Add vanilla and egg, then flour and milk. Fold in blueberries then pour in pan.

To make the crumble topping: blend butter, sugar and flour until large crumbles form. I don't have a pastry blender and I hate doing the two knives thing, so I just smush it all together using a fork. A food processor would probably work well too. Sprinkle the crumbles over the cake and bake for 45-50 minutes. Take it out and eat it! We like to slather it with butter :)

I didn't think about taking a picture, so here is one from Simply Scratch.




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