The perfect snacking cake; studded with blueberries and topped with a not-too-sweet cinnamon cardamom almond strudel crumble.
Prep Time15 minutesmins
Cook Time40 minutesmins
Total Time55 minutesmins
Course: Breakfast, Dessert, Snack
Cuisine: American
Keyword: blueberry, coffee cake
Servings: 1Cake
Author: Johanna Rothenberg
Equipment
8x8 Baking Dish
Ingredients
For the Cake
1CupAll Purpose Flour
1 ½TeaspoonsBaking Powder
Small Dash of Salt
¼CupRaw Sugarsee note
½CupMilk
1Eggbeaten
½TeaspoonVanilla Extract
⅓CupAvocado Oilor flavorless oil
1Cup+ 2 Tablespoons Blueberries
1TablespoonFresh Lemon Juice
For the Streusel Topping
⅛ - ¼Well rounded TeaspoonGround Cardamomsee note
½TeaspoonGround Cinnamon
2TablespoonsAlmond Flour
⅓CupRaw Sugarsee note
¼CupAll Purpose Flour
Small Dash of Salt
2TablespoonsAvocado Oilor flavorless oil
Instructions
Grease an 8x8 baking dish and set aside.
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, dash of salt, and 1/4 cup raw sugar. Mix well to combine.
In a small bowl, add the milk, egg, vanilla extract and 1/3 cup avocado oil, Beat well to combine.
Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and gently stir to combine until no flour streaks remain.
Pour the batter into the prepared baking dish and gently smooth out the batter to cover the bottom of the dish.
In a small bowl, toss the blueberries in the lemon juice then scatter them over the batter.
In a small bowl, combine all streusel ingredients and stir well to combine. Work your your fingers through the streusel in a snapping motion to create crumbles.
Scatter the streusel topping over the blueberries.
But the baking dish on a cookie sheet and then into oven. Bake for 30-40 minutes until streusel is cooked and a toothpick comes out clean.
Let the cake cool before serving.
Notes
Raw Sugar: My recipe calls doe raw sugar/turbinado sugar. You can replace this with white sugar.Cardamom: I aired on the lighter side for cardamom. If you like a little more flavor (I know I do!), I would make the total amount for this recipe to 1/4 teaspoon....but no more.