Blueberry Milk Tea Cake

June 29th, 2011 by justJENN

No one can resist a good coffee cake. Tender cake with a sweet crumb, it’s the stuff dreams are made of. I brought this classic recipe up to date by using milk tea. The tea adds a subtle, wonderful flavor that gives the cake a whole new depth.

Fresh blueberries seem to be on every stand at the Farmer’s Markets and they add just the right zing to compliment this delicious cake. Normally, blueberries sink into cakes and it drives me crazy. By sprinkling them on top with the crumb they almost pop in your mouth with every bite. You can taste the freshness of the blueberries and it adds a great texture.

This Blueberry Milk Tea Cake is my ideal breakfast–standing up at the kitchen counter, crumbs everywhere. I’m classy like that.

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Blueberry Milk Tea Cake

Ingredients:

For the tea:
1 cup whole milk
2 Tablespoons tea (I used a rose infused black tea)

For the cake:
2 cups cake flour
1 cup all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter
1-1/2 cups sugar
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups fresh blueberries

For the crumb:
3/4 cup brown sugar
1/3 cup flour
6 tablespoons unsalted butter, diced

Instructions:

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Prep a 9×13 pan with buttered parchment. Set aside.

In a small saucepan, add the milk and cook just until warmed through, being careful not to scald it. Remove from heat and add the the tea leaves in an infuser. Set aside and let the tea steep in the hot milk until cool.

In a bowl whisk together the cake flour, all purpose flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.

In the bowl of an electric mixer cream the butter and sugar. Add the eggs and the vanilla.

Stir in the dry ingredients, alternating with the cooled milk tea.

Pour the batter into the prepped pan, spreading evenly.

In a small box cut the butter into the brown sugar and flour to make the crumb.

Sprinkle the crumb and the blueberries over the batter.

Bake for 50 minutes, until a toothpick test comes out clean.

Let cool, cut into squares to serve.