Lemon Blueberry Coffee Cake

A Lemon Blueberry Coffee Cake is the perfect guest at your upcoming Easter Brunch or any breakfast or brunch.

The sun has finally come out in Portland and after the wettest February and March in recorded history we are ready for it!  The sunshine has definitely put me in a springtime frame of mind and that means lemon!  I’ve been planning our Easter menu and this lemon blueberry coffee cake with streusel is definitely going to make the cut.  Because nothing says or smells more like spring than fresh lemons.

I think lemon and blueberry is a perfect flavor combination and the colors go so lovely together too.  The colors in this lemon blueberry coffee cake is a great excuse to use my favorite blue and white dishes!

Lemon Blueberry Streusel Coffee Cake

For this coffee cake, I used a round tube pan to make this coffee cake.  But you can also bake it in any 9 x 13 pan r bundt pan if you like.  Just be sure and adjust the baking time.  If you use a tube ban or an angel food cake pan, make sure the bottom is removable.  That will makes it much easier to get the coffee cake out of the pan. Trust me on this one.

This recipe works well with both frozen blueberries and fresh blueberries.  But make sure to thaw the frozen berries first.  Then coat the berries in some of the flour first before adding them to the batter.  This helps keep them suspended in the cake instead of just sinking to the bottom.  Although many of them will anyway!  But that’s okay.  The cake is still going to be tender and lemony!

Finally, a drizzle of lemon glaze over the top adds an extra lemon punch and makes it look prettier too. Happy Spring!

Some of my other favorite lemon and blueberry combos are this Blueberry Lemon Curd Coffee Cake ,  Blueberry Buttermilk Coffee Cake with Browned Butter Glaze and Lemon Blueberry Marble Cake.

Lemon Blueberry Coffee Cake with Streusel Recipe

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5 from 2 votes

Lemon Blueberry Coffee Cake

Course Brunch

Prep Time 20 minutes

Cook Time 45 minutes

Total Time 1 hour 5 minutes

Servings 12 servings

Author Leigh Anne Wilkes

Ingredients

Streusel Toppoing

• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1 cup all purpose flour
• 3 Tbsp lemon zest
• 6 Tbsp butter softened
• 1/4 tsp lemon extract
• pinch of salt

Cake

• 1/2 cup butter softened
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup plain Greek yogurt
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 Tbsp lemon juice
• 2 cups all pupose flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 2 cups fresh or frozen blueberres thawed and well drained

Glaze:

• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 1-2 Tbsp lemon juice

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350 degress F.
• Grease a 10" tube pan (with removeable bottom), 9 x 13" baking pan or two 8" x 2" round pans.
• Make lemon streusel by combining sugar, flour and salt in a medium bowl. Add in lemon zest and stir to combine.
• Add in butter and using a pastry blender, work the mixture until it resembles small pebbles.
• Add in lemon extract and stir to combine. Set aside mixture.

Cake

• Mix together butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
• Add in eggs, one at a time. Scrape down bowl.
• Add in yogurt, lemon juice and vanilla.
• Add in flour (minus a tablespoon), baking powder, baking soda and salt.
• Mix to combine, do not over beat.
• Sprinkle blueberries with remaining 1 Tablespoon flour and stir to coat the berries.
• Gently fold berries into the batter.
• Pour batter into prepared pan and spread evenly.
• Cover the top with the streusel mixture.
• Bake for 40-50 minutes in the tube pan, 30-35 minutes in a 9 x 13 or ckae pan.
• Insert a toothpick to see if cake is done, should come out clean.
• Remove from oven and allow to cook on a rack.
• Remove from pan after it has cooled.

Glaze

• Combine powdered sugar and enough lemon juice to make a good drizzling consistency.
• Drizzle over top of cooled coffee cake.