This week Sihan of Befuddlement chose Blueberry Crumb Cake on pages 192-193. I sat down to read the recipe and was soooooooooo stunned. Short of the blueberries this is virtually my grandmother’s coffee cake recipe that I’ve been making since I was a kid. The differences besides the blueberries were that grandma just dumped and mixed (never could taste a difference) and that grandma always poked holes into the cake so the streusel would run down through it.

I made it Dorie’s way for here, but offer grandma’s recipe too:

GRANDMA’S STREUSEL COFFEECAKE
2 + 1/3 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 + 1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 + 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1/4 + 2/3 cups sugar
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1 teaspoon grated orange peel
6 + 6 tablespoons butter, room temperature
2 JUMBO eggs, room temperature
1 teaspoon pure vanilla
1/2 cup milk
1 teaspoon vinegar
1/2 cup finely chopped walnuts
2 cups blueberries

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Sift together the 2 cups flour, 1/4 teaspoon salt, 2/3 cup sugar, baking powder, baking soda, 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon, nutmeg and orange peel in a large mixing bowl.
• Whisk together the eggs, 6 tablespoons butter, buttermilk and vanilla.
• Gently fold in the blueberries.
• Pour liquid mix into flour mixture and beat until smooth with a hand mixer.
• Pour into a prepared 9×9 pan.
• In a small food processor process all the remaining ingredients except the walnuts until smooth.
• Using your hands form small flat pancakes with the mixture and scatter over cake batter until well covered.
• Poke a few holes down into the cake for the streusel to run into or run a knife through creating a swirl.
• Scatter walnuts evenly over top.
• Bake 1 hour.
• Serve warm with a dab of butter melting on top of each piece.