Blueberry Streusel Coffee Cake

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This Blueberry Streusel Coffee Cake is the perfect breakfast or snack! It’s wonderfully moist and rich with cinnamon and fresh blueberries!

image of full blueberry streusel coffee cake on white platter

Blueberry Streusel Coffee Cake

I don’t know about you but I could eat coffee cake for breakfast every day. What better way to start your day than with a little bit of cake! And when you call it “coffee cake” it magically becomes breakfast! Whoever came up with it is brilliant. And this one is especially tasty because it has blueberries. It’s a bit like a blueberry muffin in cake form.

Of course the hubs still gets confused every time I make a coffee cake. It must because he’s not originally from the U.S. He’s actually South African, and he can’t seem to remember that it doesn’t actually have coffee in it. It’s called a coffee cake because it goes well with coffee. No actually, it’s perfect with coffee.

And because cinnamon and blueberries are the stars of this coffee cake, I layered them right into the batter along with some streusel. Why just add streusel to the top when you could layer it in there? It’s the best part, after all.

What You’ll Need

For the Streusel

  • Flour – All purpose
  • Brown sugar
  • Ground cinnamon
  • Butter – I use unsalted and add salt, but feel free to use salted. Should be melted.
  • Salt

For the Coffee Cake

  • Flour – All purpose
  • Baking powder
  • Salt
  • Sugar
  • Butter – I also use unsalted here and add salt, but feel free to use salted. Should be room temperature.
  • Sour cream – I use a combination of sour cream and milk to make sure the batter is both moist enough for a nice cake and thicken enough for the streusel to not sink.
  • Milk
  • Egg – Just one large egg.
  • Vanilla extract
  • Blueberries

For the glaze

  • Powdered sugar
  • Milk
  • Vanilla extract
close up of slice of Blueberry Streusel Coffee Cake on white plate with a bite on a fork
blueberry streusel coffee cake on white platter with icing drizzling down the sides

How to Make Blueberry Streusel Coffee Cake

  1. Prepare oven and cake pan. Preheat oven to 350F. Line the bottom of a 9 inch pan with parchment paper and grease the sides.
  2. Prepare streusel. Add the flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, melted butter and salt to a medium sized bowl and mix with a fork until all ingredients are incorporated and crumbly. Set aside.
  3. Make cake batter. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt in a medium sized bowl and set aside. Add the sugar and butter to a large mixer bowl and beat together until light in color and fluffy, about 3-4 minutes. Then you’ll add the sour cream and milk individually to keep the batter from getting lumpy. Next, add the egg and vanilla extract. Finally, add the dry ingredients.
  4. Layer everything in the cake pan. Spread half of the cake batter into the bottom of the cake pan. The batter will be thick and the layer will be thin. Sprinkle about half of the streusel mixture evenly over the cake batter, then half of the blueberries. Drop spoonfuls of the remaining cake batter over the streusel and blueberries and carefully spread into an even layer. Again, it’ll be a thin layer of batter. Sprinkle the remaining streusel and blueberries over the top of the cake batter.
  5. Bake. The cake should take about 32 to 38 minutes to bake.
  6. Cool. Remove cake from oven and allow to cool in the pan for about 20 minutes, then remove to cooling rack to finish cooling.
  7. Make glaze and serve. To make the glaze, combine the powdered sugar and milk in a small bowl and whisk until smooth. You can always add a little more milk or sugar, if needed. Drizzle the glaze over the coffee cake and sprinkle a few more blueberries over top, then serve.
slice of blueberry streusel coffee cake on white plate and blue napkin

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close up of slice of Blueberry Streusel Coffee Cake on white plate
Recipe

Blueberry Streusel Coffee Cake

  • Author: Lindsay
  • Prep Time: 35 minutes
  • Cook Time: 34 minutes
  • Total Time: 1 hour 9 minutes
  • Yield: 8-10 Servings
  • Category: Dessert
  • Method: Oven
  • Cuisine: American

Description

This Blueberry Streusel Coffee Cake is the perfect breakfast or snack! It’s wonderfully moist and rich with cinnamon and fresh blueberries!


Ingredients

STREUSEL

  • 1/2 cup (65g) all purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup (112g) packed brown sugar
  • 3/4 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1/4 cup (56g) unsalted butter, melted
  • Pinch of salt

COFFEE CAKE

  • 1 cup (130g) all-purpose flour
  • 1 1/4 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/2 cup (104g) sugar
  • 6 tbsp (84g) unsalted butter, room temperature
  • 1/4 cup (58g) sour cream
  • 1/4 cup (60ml) milk
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 1/4 cups blueberries

GLAZE

  • 3/4 cup (86g) powdered sugar
  • 12 tbsp (15-30ml) milk
  • 1/4 tsp vanilla extract

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare a 9 inch cake pan with a circle of parchment paper in the bottom and grease the sides.
2. To prepare the streusel, add flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, melted butter and salt to a medium sized bowl and mix with a fork until all ingredients are incorporated and crumbly. Set aside.
3. To make the cake batter, combine the flour, baking powder and salt in a medium sized bowl and set aside.
4. Add the sugar and butter to a large mixer bowl and beat together until light in color and fluffy, about 3-4 minutes. Do not skimp on the creaming time.
5. Add sour cream and mix just until well combined.
6. Add the milk and mix just until well combined.
7. Add egg and vanilla extract and mix just until well combined.
8. Add the dry ingredients to batter and mix until well combined.
9. Spread half of the cake batter into the bottom of the cake pan. The batter will be thick and the layer will be thin.
10. Sprinkle about half of the streusel mixture evenly over the cake batter, then half of the blueberries.
11. Drop spoonfuls of the remaining cake batter over the streusel and blueberries and carefully spread into an even layer. Again, it’ll be a thin layer of batter.
12. Sprinkle the remaining streusel and blueberries over the top of the cake batter.
13. Bake for 32-38 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted comes out with a few crumbs.
14. Remove cake from oven and allow to cool in the pan for about 20 minutes, then remove to cooling rack to finish cooling.
15. To make the glaze, combine the powdered sugar, milk and vanilla extract in a small bowl and whisk until smooth. You can always add a little more milk or sugar, if needed.
16. Drizzle the glaze over the coffee cake and sprinkle a few more blueberries over top, then serve.

Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 1 slice
  • Calories: 214
  • Sugar: 19.1 g
  • Sodium: 53.3 mg
  • Fat: 9.4 g
  • Carbohydrates: 31 g
  • Protein: 2.3 g
  • Cholesterol: 37.1 mg

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197 Comments
  1. Jefferey Mattos

    All I can say is it taste as good as it smells. Deeeelicious!! thanks for the recipe.
    —Jeff in Sacramento, CA.

  2. Jen

    I made this cake today for Father’s Day and it turned out great. Followed the directions, didn’t need to adjust anything. Great recipe. I will definitely make again.

  3. Julie Flandorfer

    Just made this! So good. Followed directions exactly. Perfect! After my husband and I secretly ate 2 small pieces each, we hesitated before telling our two teenage kids. It won’t last long once they start on it!

  4. Sally

    Hi. Made this 2 times. First time was perfect. This time too moist. In reviewing the recipe, on the actual site, it calls for 1 cup flour, but on the Pinterest ingredient list, it states 1-1/2 cups. I can’t remember how I made it the first time, but it probably was with the higher amount? Help! Thanks!

    1. Lindsay

      I don’t ever suggest going by the ingredients that pinterest lists for recipes. They have their own way of pulling in that information, but very often it is incorrect. I have nothing to do with the information they pull and display. There is nothing on my site that enables them to accurately pull that information. And if I were to ever make an update to the recipe, there’s no way of knowing if it would change on pinterest. If you’d like the recipe to be correct, please follow the recipe as written on my site. Thanks!

  5. Joan

    I like a thicker coffee cake. Do you think I could just double the batter? Would I have to make any adjustments? How about to the cooking time?

    1. Lindsay

      If I remember correctly, I tried a doubled version of this before and it was too thick. You should be able to do about 1 1/2 recipes worth though.

  6. Linda Falzetta-Grosse

    I can never figure out how to remove the cake from the pan without leaving upside down!
    Any easy suggestions?

    1. lifeloveandsugar@gmail.com

      I actually do turn it upside down, but then have another cooling rack handy to quickly flip it back over to cool right side up. I always put parchment paper on the cooling rack too.

    2. Sarah S.

      I used a springform pan and lined the bottom with parchment paper. When it was done i slid the cake onto a large plate.

  7. Janina

    I just made the Blueberry Streusel and it’s absolutely delicious .Tastes great.Thanks for sharing this recipe.

  8. Tim

    Hi Lindsay,
    I just made the Blueberry Streusel . Omg. its amazing. I saw in the instructions to add an egg but didnt see it in the ingredients. I added one egg but I wasn’t sure if that was correct but it turned out great. Thank you for the great pics and wonderful breakfast treat.

    1. lifeloveandsugar@gmail.com

      One egg is correct. It’s in the ingredients underneath the milk. I’m so glad you enjoyed it!

  9. Marianne

    Hi I just made this and it was fantastic! Texture of the cake was so soft. I really appreciated the advice in advance like warning that the batter would be thick and you’d only need a thin spread as it would expand as I was a little worried when I saw the texture and quantity of batter. But as you predicted it worked!

  10. Amelia

    I had to add 20 minutes baking time to mine, not sure why this happened. When I checked it at 36 minutes all but the edges was raw batter :/. I am a meticulous baker and it’s not my oven. Any suggestions on what may have happened?

    1. lifeloveandsugar@gmail.com

      That is very strange. It’s really hard to say what happened without being there. I haven’t ever had that happen.

  11. Grace Tan

    Hi!! I am from Malaysia and stumbled upon your site. Tried the Blueberry Streusel Coffee Cake today and I died and went to heaven. So moist and wonderful. Thank you for the wonderful recipe.

    1. lifeloveandsugar@gmail.com

      I haven’t, but I’d think it’d be ok. I’d defrost them and pat them dry first though.

  12. Christine Mayfield

    Tastes great! Especially the next day. Thanks for sharing this recipe. I was surprised at how much cake came out of the batter.

    1. lifeloveandsugar@gmail.com

      I’m so glad you enjoyed it! And yes, it doesn’t seem like much batter, but bakes up nicely. 🙂

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