The BEST Blueberry Coffee Cake recipe is soft and moist with a delicious streusel topping. Enjoy it for breakfast or dessert!
If you love Coffee Cake, be sure to try my Sour Cream Coffee Cake and Apple Coffee Cake!
This Blueberry Coffee Cake recipe is so easy and one that I typically always have the ingredients for. We enjoy it for breakfast, brunch, or dessert, and it’s perfect for serving at bridal or baby showers. The berries add a delicious and bright component, compared to a traditional coffee cake.
How to make Blueberry Coffee Cake:
Mix sugar and shortening together in a large mixing bowl or stand mixer, until well creamed. Add eggs, milk, and vanilla until combined.
Mix dry ingredients in a separate bowl; flour baking powder, and salt. Add to creamed mixture. and then stir in blueberries (batter will be thick). Pour batter into a greased 9×13 inch pan.
Streusel Topping: Combine topping ingredients and sprinkle over the top of the batter in the pan.
Bake at 375 F for 35-45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Allow to cool before serving.
Serve with coffee, tea, or even with a scoop of ice cream!
Make Ahead and Freezing Instructions:
To Make Ahead: Make the batter as instructed and pour in prepared pan. Cover and store in refrigerator for a few hours up to overnight. Remove from refrigerator and let stand 30 minutes before adding the streusel topping and baking.
To Freeze: Allow cake to cool completely then wrap thoroughly in plastic wrap, then aluminum foil. Freeze for up to 3 months. Allow to come to room temperature before serving.
Recipe Variations:
- Lemon Blueberry Coffee Cake: Add 1 Tablespoon fresh lemon zest into the batter.
- Sour Cream Blueberry Coffee Cake: Substitute half of the amount of milk for sour cream.
- Buttermilk Blueberry Coffee Cake: Substitute half of the amount of milk for buttermilk.
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Recipe
Blueberry Coffee Cake
Equipment
Ingredients
Ingredients:
- 1 ½ cups granulated sugar
- ½ cup shortening*
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 4 cups all-purpose flour
- 4 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 3 cups blueberries , fresh or frozen*
Streusel Topping:
- 1 cup brown sugar , packed
- 2/3 cup flour
- ½ cup butter
Instructions
- Add sugar and shortening to a large mixing bowl or stand mixer and mix until well creamed together. Add eggs, milk and vanilla and mix until combined.
- In a separate bowl stir together flour, baking powder and salt, then add to the creamed mixture. Stir in blueberries. Batter will be thick.
- Pour batter into a greased 9×13 inch pan. Combine topping ingredients and sprinkle over the top of the batter In the pan.
- Bake at 375 degrees for 35-45 minutes. Don't over bake or the cake will be dry. Cool before serving.
- Serve with coffee or tea, or even with a scoop of ice cream.
Notes
- Lemon Blueberry Coffee Cake: Add 1 Tbsp. fresh lemon zest into the batter.
- Sour Cream Blueberry Coffee Cake: Substitute half of the amount of milk for sour cream.
- Buttermilk Blueberry Coffee Cake: Substitute half of the amount of milk for buttermilk.
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Delicious..moist…recipe exact as written..my oven took the full 45 min.
I am writing ✍ this one down..5 🌟.
This might be the single best baked good I have ever put in my mouth in 73 years on this planet. And I mean the best! It is absolutely sublime. That it has enough to fill a 9 x 13 baking dish, lasts long enough to eat for breakfast and for desert at night over a few days, is dense and moist, I could go on forever, I think. Just stop reading this and go make this incredibly wonderful creation. Thank you, Lauren!!!
Ratio of 1 cup milk to 4 cups flour is too dry IMO.
I wondered about the 4 cups of flour too!
Freshly picked blueberries! My Hubby wanted a cake . Found your recipe. Made the sour cream version.
Success!!!! Very light cake! As it’s still warm served with vanilla bean ice cream.
Will definitely make again!!
Thanks for sharing!
My neighbor brought over some fresh blueberries and I found this recipe while looking for one to include the berries. If you can believe it, I was out of white sugar but did have brown sugar so I subbed the white with the brown and this came out great! Thanks for a yummy breakfast (or anytime) cake that was so simple to make!
This was a big hit for a breakfast meeting I went to. Even the men loved it!!
If I use frozen berries do I thaw them first?
You don’t need to.
Confession, I made this twice this past weekend. I made it to take to book club but it looked and smelled amazing so I had piece…and then another…and then my husband had a piece…and before I knew it, it was gone. I quickly threw together another batch to take to book club and just like the first batch, it was quickly devoured. Something tells me I’ll be making this again in the near future. 🙂