Blueberry Coffee Cake with Lemon Glaze

This moist blueberry espresso cake is made with plump blueberries, topped with a delicious cinnamon streusel and completed with a candy lemon glaze.

Ingredients For the Cake: 2 cups all-purpose flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon salt 6 tablespoons softened unsalted butter (plus additional for pan) 3/4 cups granulated sugar 1 teaspoon lemon zest 2 huge eggs 1 cup plain Greek yogurt 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 tablespoon recent lemon juice 2 cups recent blueberries Cinnamon Streusel Topping 1/2 cup granulated sugar 1/4 cup all-purpose flour 4 tablespoons very chilly unsalted butter, cut into cubes 1 teaspoon flooring cinnamon Lemon Glaze 1/2 cup powdered sugar 1/2 to one tablespoons recent lemon juice Instructions Preheat oven to 350 ranges F. Grease a 9-inch springform pan with butter. An 8x8 sq. pan could also work, but make certain to line it with parchment paper with overhang. Make the streusel: In a medium bowl, combine the dry ingredients. Add the chilly butter cubes, and utilizing a pastry blender or a fork, cut the butter into the combination till you get small pea-size crumbles. Place ready topping in refrigerator whereas you make the cake batter. Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl. Set aside. In a separate bowl, cream 6 tablespoons softened butter, sugar, and lemon zest utilizing an electrical or stand mixer. Add the eggs, one by means of means of one, and beat till smooth. With a hand whisk, blend in Greek yogurt, vanilla extract, and lemon juice till effectively combined. Using a rubber spatula, fold within the dry foods to the mixture, and blend till just combined. Gently fold within the blueberries to the batter. Try to no longer burst them. Pour the batter into the ready pan. Even out with the rubber spatula. Top with the streusel topping. Bake for about 40-45 minutes, till a toothpick or cake tester inserted within the heart comes out clean. Let cool for 20 minutes. Make the lemon glaze: whereas cake is cooling, make the glaze. Whisk collectively the powdered sugar with lemon juice till a skinny (but no longer watery) glaze forms. Once the cake has cooled to room temperature, drizzle with the lemon glaze. Cut into slices and serve. Recipe Notes For the lemon glaze, upload the liquid in small increments till desired consistency. Wait for the cake to cool down earlier than drizzling the glaze. Otherwise, it's going to melt into cake, making it soggy.

Whenever there's fruit in my cake, I just cross crazy. I love how the gentle sweetness of fruit contrasts with the richness of a cake. Or a cupcake. Or a scone. Or a pie. You get it. FRUIT!!!

Yup, obviously I even have a factor for recent fruits throughout the summer. In fact, the different day, I just made this heavenly tropical shrimp salad and served it with a refreshing blackberry iced tea. When you've got so many delicious ripe fruits to select from, you simply can’t resist!

I mean, just seem on the blueberries inner the cake, bursting with plenty of herbal sweetness and flavor.

The Batter
The batter is thick, so don’t be tempted so as to feature additional liquid! When you’re executed blending the foods for the batter, gently fold within the blueberries attempting to no longer burst them. Also, as the batter is thick, the blueberries won’t sink all find out how to the backside when baking. By the way, did I point out that this cake has a trace of lemon?! Yes – I brought a few recent lemon juice and aromatic lemon zest. It’s like a bit upgrade.

Cinnamon Streusel
Now, let’s speak concerning the cinnamon streusel. It’s very easy – granulated sugar, all-purpose flour, flooring cinnamon, and VERY COLD butter. Cold butter facilitates to create a crumbly texture for the topping. So make certain you vicinity your butter within the freezer for about 20-30 mins earlier than making it.

Lemon Glaze
The lemon glaze is merely powdered sugar and recent lemon juice combined. Simple is nice and easy. I’d suggest including the lemon juice little by means of means of little. Sometimes glazes can get too watery too soon.

When you make this, your kitchen will odor like a bakery. Serve it with with a cup of espresso or tea (even although it’s referred to as a “coffee” cake, hah!). And don’t overlook to share it with others! They will love you.

This is a thick batter. Try to no longer upload additional liquid until you suppose it's fully necessary. Like, if it’s too floury, however it shouldn’t be. Just count to degree your flour properly (spooned and leveled).
I haven’t tried this recipe with frozen blueberries, and that’s simply due to the fact I needed the juices of the recent blueberries to burst when baking. However, really sense unfastened to make it with frozen blueberries – permit me understand the method it turns out!
Cinnamon streusel: make certain the butter is VERY chilly should you cut the butter into the dry streusel ingredients. This will create a crumbly texture.
Lemon glaze: Glazes have a tendency to be finicky, at the least for me. Always soar with small quantities of liquid, and progressively upload additional till desired consistency.
Equipment: To cleanly launch the cake from the pan, I used a 9-inch springform spherical pan.
blueberry espresso cake on cake stand