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Blueberry-Miso Crumb Cake

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crumbtopped round coffee cake with blueberries partially cut into slices
Photo by Emma Fishman, Food Styling by Kat Boytsova

Whole wheat flour and miso make this crumb cake a little sweet, a little savory, and entirely delicious.  

  

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Recipe information

  • Yield

    8 servings

Ingredients

Crumble:

¾ cup (95 g) whole wheat flour
½ cup (packed; 100 g) light brown sugar
4 Tbsp. unsalted butter, melted
3 Tbsp. white miso

Cake:

1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, melted, cooled slightly, plus more for pan
1¾ cups whole wheat flour (219 g), plus more for pan
1½ tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. kosher salt
¼ tsp. baking soda
2 large eggs
1 cup (packed; 200 g) light brown sugar
1 cup plain whole-milk Greek yogurt
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 pint blueberries
Special Equipment: A 9"-diameter cake pan

Preparation

  1. Crumble:

    Step 1

    Mix whole wheat flour, brown sugar, butter, and miso in a small bowl to combine. Set aside.

  2. Cake:

    Step 2

    Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter pan, then lightly dust with whole wheat flour, tapping out excess. Whisk baking powder, salt, baking soda, and 1¾ cups flour in a large bowl to combine. Whisk eggs, brown sugar, and yogurt in a medium bowl to combine. Add vanilla and 1 cup melted butter; whisk just to incorporate. Using a rubber spatula, mix in dry ingredients, being careful not to overmix, then gently fold in blueberries. Scrape batter into prepared pan and spread out evenly. Top with reserved crumble.

    Step 3

    Bake cake, checking after 30 minutes and tenting with foil if crumble is getting very dark (some color is fine), until a tester inserted into the center comes out clean, 60–70 minutes total. Let cake cool in pan at least 2 hours (so it firms up and is easier to slice).

    Step 4

    Do Ahead: Cake can be baked 3 days ahead. Store tightly wrapped at room temperature.

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