Blueberry Streusel Loaf

Friendly Friday Challenge: my favourite cake shape

“I have blueberries I need to use up; what shall I make?”

“Something with streusel, please,” Loving Husband asked, ever so nicely.

“Let’s bake a loaf,” I decided, since it is my favourite cake shape: so easy to pour the batter (unlike the trickier shapes Younger Child prefers, like mini cupcakes and baby bundts) and a breeze to slice!

Do you have a preference for a cake shape: round? cupcake? square or rectangle?

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My go-to blueberry muffin recipe is offered by the NYTimes as well as King Arthur’s Baking for the department store (Jordan Marsh) copycat version. It calls for a lot of blueberries which is excellent for my blueberry rescue efforts, and is super moist because of the mashed-up blueberries. So, for this Blueberry Streusel Loaf, I used this recipe and put them into 2 loaf sleeves and adjusted the baking time.

And yes, I added a streusel topping.

Batter (for 2 loaves, 4 in x 9 in each)

• 115g softened butter
• 150g  sugar (original calls for 198g)
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 240g flour
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• ½ cup milk
• 300g blueberries, washed, drained 

Streusel Topping (the original recipe is topped with granulated sugar)

• 100g brown sugar
• 45g flour
• 1 and 1/2 tsp cinnamon powder
• 65g butter (chilled)

1. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Centigrade
2. Cream the butter & sugar.
3. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well.
4. Add vanilla.
5. Fold the flour, salt & baking powder into the mixture, alternately with the milk.
6. Crush 100g (1/3 of the total amount) blueberries with your mixing spoon or fork. Mix into the batter.
7. Fold in the remaining blueberries.
8. Scoop batter into 2 loaf tins (4in x 9in)
9. To make streusel topping: mix together brown sugar, flour & cinnamon powder. Rub in the chilled butter until like bread crumbs.
10. Sprinkle the topping onto the loaves.
11. Bake for 30-45 min, or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.

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Friendly Friday Challenge is hosted in turn by Amanda at Something to Ponder About, Sandy at The Sandy Chronicles & Sarah at Travel with Me. For this fortnight (until 28 July), Amanda collaborates with the fabulous Frank at Beach Walk Reflections on the theme of Shapes.