Easy and Delicious Blueberry Crumb COffee Cake

Inside: Blueberry coffee cake comes together quickly and is a real crowd pleaser for a special breakfast, brunch, or any time you want little something special.

This coffee cake is truly so easy to throw together and comes out delicious every time. You could even make it the night before and simply pop it in the oven to bake in the morning. For more easy, make-ahead breakfast options, be sure and grab this free printable.

It is no secret that my family loves breakfast food and I often like to make something special once or twice a week for our morning school or “coffee and tea time”. Coffee cake is one of those things that is perfect for these days because it comes together so quickly.

This coffee cake recipe came as a happy accident when I was beginning to use more whole grains in baked goods. This einkorn cookbook was given to me as a Christmas gift and I quickly made the einkorn coffee cake recipes, which was so good. Highly recommend the book if you want to learn to use einkorn in the kitchen.

Anyway, I had made a few adjustments based on ingredients that I did or did not have in my kitchen at the time, used traditional unbleached white flour, and decided to try adding blueberries as well. The result was this delicious coffee cake that has gone viral on Instagram multiple times.

Most Popular Question about the Coffee Cake

“There is no coffee in this recipe, I thought it was coffee cake??”

Many coffee cake recipes do not have coffee in them. In fact, I don’t think I have ever made a coffee cake recipe that did.

These tender and sweet cakes are called coffee cake because they often are serve alongside a cup of coffee. And in my opinion, this is the best way to eat them.

Key Ingredients

Unbleached flour – I prefer to use unbleached flour in my baked goods, unless I’m using whole grains. I will say that einkorn flour with this recipe gives a whole different texture, but is also very delicious.

Milk – Adds moisture to the cake. You could also use buttermilk.

Greek Yogurt – Adds moisture to the cake and also give it lift and an incredible tender and moist crumb.

Butter – Butter not only adds moisture, but adds flavor and helps create the tender crumb.

Honey – Honey is my natural sweetener of choice for baked goods and it works perfectly here. Read this post for more about substituting natural sweeteners in recipes and why I switched.

Eggs – Holds things together in this recipe. If you’re cutting the recipe in half, use two eggs.

Baking soda and baking powder – The leavening in this recipe.

Blueberries – I prefer to use frozen, but fresh would work also!

How to Make the Coffee Cake

Combine the wet ingredients: You’ll want to start by melting your butter and then mixing it with the milk, yogurt, vanilla, eggs, and honey.

Mix the dry ingredients together: in a mixing bowl combine the flour, baking powder and baking soda, salt.

Combine wet and dry ingredients in the mixing bowl and then pour into prepared pan.

Mix the crumb topping ingredients together and sprinkle over the batter.

How to Serve Coffee Cake

Coffee cake is great served in so many ways, here’s some ideas:

• Alongside a cup of coffee for a mid-morning treat
• For brunch with bacon and cottage cheese scrambled eggs

If you’re looking for more simple breakfast recipes, be sure and check out my Simply Breakfast cookbook with 30+ favorites.