Lemon Blueberry Sour Cream Coffee Cake
Moist, loaded with blueberries, and flavored with lemon zest, this Lemon Blueberry Sour Coffee Cake is the perfect breakfast, brunch, or afternoon coffee and tea.
Equipment
- 8x8 square pan 9 inch works too
Ingredients
Crumble
- 4 tablespoon butter melted
- ½ cup (100g) brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup (60g) all purpose flour
Coffee Cake
- 2 cups (240g) all purpose flour
- 1½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 cup (200g) granulated sugar
- zest of one lemon
- ¼ cup unsalted butter melted
- ¼ cup neutral oil
- 2 large eggs room temperature
- ½ cup (130 g) sour cream room temperature
- 2 cups blueberries fresh or frozen
Cream Cheese Drizzle
- 2 oz. cream cheese softened
- ½ cup (to ¾) powdered sugar
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- pinch of salt
Instructions
Crumble
- In a bowl, combine melted butter, brown sugar, cinnamon and salt, and mix, then add the flour and mix until you get a sort of wet crumbly mixture. Set it aside.4 tbsp butter, ½ cup (100g) brown sugar, 1 tsp cinnamon, ¼ tsp salt, ½ cup (60g) all purpose flour
Coffee Cake
- Preheat the oven to 375℉ and line an 8x8 pan with parchment paper (9 inch pan works too. See notes for baking time).
- In a bowl, combine flour, baking powder and salt and whisk.2 cups (240g) all purpose flour, 1½ tsp baking powder, ½ tsp salt
- In another bowl, add the blueberries and a tablespoon of flour, mix and set aside.
- In a large bowl, combine sugar and lemon zest and rub together using your fingers to infuse the sugar with the zest. Then add the oil, butter, and eggs, and whip using a hand mixer for about a minute. Add the sour cream, and whip until combined.1 cup (200g) granulated sugar, zest of one lemon, ¼ cup unsalted butter, ¼ cup neutral oil, 2 large eggs, ½ cup (130 g) sour cream
- Slowly add in the dry ingredients and mix on low speed.
- Lastly, fold in the blueberries using a spatula.2 cups blueberries
- Pour into prepared pan and top with crumble. Bake for 50-55 minutes until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
- Cool before adding drizzle.
Cream Cheese Drizzle
- Add softened cheese to a bowl and mix using a hand mixer or you can use a whisk. Slowly add in powdered sugar (½ cup to ¾, depending on how sweet you want it). Add 1 tablespoon of lemon juice and a pinch of salt and mix until it creates a drizzle.2 oz. cream cheese, ½ cup (to ¾) powdered sugar, 1 tbsp lemon juice, pinch of salt
- Drizzle the coffee cake, then slice and enjoy.
Notes
- To make in 9x9 pan, bake for 30-35 minutes.
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