This fresh Blackberry Coffee Cake with sour cream is the best blackberry crumb cake ever! It's so moist and delicious, and really very simple to make. If you're looking for a fantastic brunch treat, you'll have to try this! It's the best blackberry coffee cake with streusel topping!
Preheat oven to 350℉. Spray the bottom and sides of a springform pan with baking spray.
baking spray
Prepare Crumb Topping
In a medium bowl, add flour, brown sugar, salt, and cubed butter. Use a pastry blender or a fork to press them together until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
⅔ cup light brown sugar , 1 cup all-purpose flour, ¼ teaspoon salt, ½ cup unsalted butter
Set aside in the fridge to chill.
Prepare Cake Layer
In a large mixing bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer, mix together flour, white and brown sugar, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
2 cup all-purpose flour, 1 ½ teaspoon baking powder, ¼ teaspoon baking soda, ½ teaspoon salt, ⅔ cup light brown sugar, ¼ cup granulated sugar
Add in butter and oil, and mix well until dry ingredients are well coated.
½ cup unsalted butter, ¼ cup vegetable oil
Mix in eggs and vanilla, followed by sour cream until batter is combined.
2 large eggs, 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract, ¾ cup sour cream
Spread batter evenly into prepared springform pan. Top evenly with blackberries, followed by crumble topping.
1 ½ cups blackberries
Bake in preheated oven for 50-55 minutes, or until a toothpick entered into the center of the cake comes out clean.
Let cake cool in the pan 15 minutes, then remove to a wire rack to cool completely.
To make vanilla icing, whisk together powdered sugar, vanilla, and milk. Add a little extra milk if needed for desired consistency. Drizzle icing over cooled cake.
1 cup powdered sugar, ½ teaspoon vanilla extract, 1 tablespoon milk
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Notes
Storage: Store this easy blackberry coffee cake in an airtight container or a cake dome for about 2 days at room temperature, or 4 days in the fridge. You can also freeze this cake, well wrapped, for up to two months.Blackberry Cream Cheese Coffee Cake Variation: If you love this old fashioned blackberry coffee cake, but you really want to try it with a cream cheese layer, I got you! Just check out my Blueberry Cream Cheese Coffee Cake recipe, and swap out the blueberries for blackberries!Blackberry Coffee Cake Muffins Variation: If you love this blackberry streusel cake, you can turn them into easy blackberry coffee cake muffins! Just follow the recipe instructions, and make these adjustments:
Toss blackberries in 1 tablespoon of flour and fold them gently into the batter once it's baked. Fill muffin liners up to ¾ full.
Top muffins with streusel topping, preheat oven to 425°F, and follow the baking instructions in my Buttermilk Blueberry Muffins recipe.