Shelly's Recipe

BLUEBERRY BUTTERMILK STREUSEL COFFEE CAKE

Category: Coffee Cake

For the Cake:
2 cups flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp cinnamon
3/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup butter, softened
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup buttermilk
1 1/2 tsp lemon zest
2 cups fresh or frozen blueberries

For the Streusel:
1/4 cup flour
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 cup cold butter

Preheat oven to 375. Grease a 9 inch pan. Whisk together flour, baking powder, salt and cinnamon. Set aside.

Beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time until well incorporated. Add vanilla. Slowly add flour mixture, and than buttermilk until just combined. Do not over mix. Stir in blueberries and lemon zest. Pour batter in the pan, it will be slightly thick.

Make streusel. Mix sugar, brown sugar, flour, and cinnamon. Add butter and mix with hands, or a pastry blender until mixture is the size pea sized crumbs. Sprinkle evenly over cake batter. Bake for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle of the cake comes out clean.