Blueberry Buckle Cake with Lemon Cream Cheese Glaze

Blueberry Buckle Cake with Lemon Cream Cheese Glaze

1 3/4 cups cake flour, plus 2 tablespoons
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
1 cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 large eggs
1/2 cup milk
2 1/4 cups blueberries

Almond Streusel
3/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/2 cup finely chopped almonds, toasted
1/3 cup old fashioned oats
1/4 cup cake flour
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon salt
6 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, cut into small pieces

Lemon Cream Cheese Glaze
4 ounces cream cheese, softened
1/2 teaspoon finely grated lemon zest
1/3 cup confectioners' sugar
2 tablespoons milk


Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour 2 (9-inch) cake pans.

In a medium sized mixing bowl, sift together 1 3/4 cup cake flour, baking powder and salt.
In a large mixing bowl, using a mixer on medium speed, beat together butter and sugar until creamy, about 1-2 minutes; beat in eggs and vanilla until combined, about 1 minute. Reduce mixer speed to low and beat in flour mixture, alternating with milk, until combined, about 1 minute. Toss the additional 2 tablespoons cake flour together with the blueberries until well coated; gently fold into batter. Divide batter into prepared cake pans.

To make the almond streusel, stir together brown sugar, almonds, oats, cake flour, cinnamon, ginger and salt until combined. Knead in butter using fingertips until well combined and mixture starts to clump together; sprinkle evenly over batter.

Bake for 35-38 minutes or until golden brown and a toothpick inserted into cakes comes out with moist crumbs attached. Cool for 12 minutes; run a knife around outer edges and invert cakes onto wire racks to cool for 30 minutes.

To make the lemon cream cheese glaze, combine cream cheese, lemon zest and confectioners' sugar in a medium sized mixing bowl. Beat together using a mixer on medium speed, until creamy, about 2 minutes. Beat in milk until combined. Spread and drizzle glaze over one cake round, top with second cake round, and drizzle and spread remaining glaze over the top.

Makes 8 servings