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Cherry Blueberry Streusel Cake

Cherry Blueberry Streusel Cake

Course Dessert
Cuisine German
Keyword blueberry streusel cake, cherry blueberry cake, cherry streusel cake, low sugar streusel cake, Streusel Cake
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Servings 8
Author Lora Wiley-Lennartz

Ingredients

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar divided
  • 1 egg
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 1/2 cup cold unsalted butter cut into pieces
  • cups cherries, de-pitted
  • cups blueberries
  • 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract

Instructions

  1. Place the flour, baking powder, salt, 1/2 cup sugar, egg, egg yolk, and butter, in a mixing bowl. Use the dough hook of your mixer or your hands to knead the mixture into streusel.

  2. Preheat the oven to 350F.

  3. Line a 10-inch spring form pan with parchment paper.

  4. Grease the paper and the sides of the pan.

  5. Toss the fruit in a bowl with the remaining 2 tablespoons of sugar and vanilla.

  6. Separate 2/3 of the streusel mix and press it into the prepared baking pan, forming an edge 1/2 inch up the side of the pan.

  7. Puncture the dough on the bottom of the pan several times with a fork.

  8. Cover with a layer of baking paper and distribute pie weights on top.*

  9. Place in the oven and bake for 10 minutes.

  10. Remove the pie weights from the pan.

  11. Spread the cherries and blueberries out on the pre-baked dough base.

  12. Spread the remaining streusel evenly over the top

  13. Bake for 30 minutes.

  14. Let sit 10 minutes, then remove from the pan.

  15. Transfer to wire rack. Let cool completely before transferring to a serving plate.

  16. Slice and serve.

Recipe Notes

*If you do not have pie weights, place an 8-inch springform pan inside the 10-inch springform pan on top of the streusel crust.