Blueberry Buttermilk Cake with Sweet Lemon Glaze

By vealam

Ingredients

• Crumb topping:
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/3 cup white sugar
• 1/8 tsp. fine sea salt
• 1/4 cup unsalted butter at room temperature, cubed
• Cake:
• 1 1/2 cups plus 2 Tbsp. all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• 1/4 tsp. baking soda
• 1/2 tsp. fine sea salt
• 1/4 tsp. freshly grated nutmeg
• 6 Tbsp. unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• Zest of 1 lemon
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup buttermilk (or see substitution below)
• 2 cups blueberries, fresh or frozen – DIVIDED
• Lemon Glaze:
• 2 cups icing (confectioner’s) sugar
• 3-4 Tbsp. freshly-squeezed lemon juice
• 1 tsp. butter

Details

Servings 8
Preparation time 15mins
Cooking time 60mins
Adapted from seasonsandsuppers.ca

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350° F. Grease a 9-inch square baking pan, smaller baking pans, ramekins or muffin tins.

Make the crumb topping: Mix all the dry ingredients together in a small bowl. Add the butter and using a fork or your fingers, combine the butter with the dry ingredients until you have crumbs the size of peas. Place in freezer while you make the cake.

To make the cake: Combine the dry ingredients in a medium bowl. In another bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer, cream the butter, sugar, and lemon zest until light and fluffy, about 3-5 minutes. Add the eggs one at a time, scraping down the side of the bowl several times. Stir in the flour mixture alternating with the buttermilk, starting and ending with flour mixture. Gently fold in 1 cup of blueberries.

Spread batter into prepared pan (or pans) and sprinkle the remaining 1 cup of blueberries over the top. Sprinkle the chilled crumb mixture over the berries.

Bake for 45-50 minutes (for a 9-inch pan – much less for muffins or small ramekins), or until lightly golden and firm on top. Remove from oven and allow to cool. Once cooled, drizzle with lemon glaze.

To make the glaze, combine the icing sugar, lemon juice and butter in a small microwaveable bowl and stir until blended. Microwave for 30 seconds, then stir well until no lumps remain. Glaze should be fairly thin and fall freely off a spoon. Add more lemon juice, if necessary (or more icing sugar if too thin). Drizzle the glaze over the cooled cake.

*Buttermilk substitution: 1/2 cup milk, less 1 1/2 tsp. Add 1 1/2 tsp. fresh lemon juice. Stir and let stand for 5 minutes before adding to batter.