Blueberry Crumb Cake
(from fearama’s recipe box)
Prep time: 20 minutes
Cook time: 50 minutes
Serves 10 people
Categories: Dessert, Gluten-Free
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup fine brown rice flour or GF millet flour
- 1 cup sorghum flour
- 1/2 cup arrowroot starch, potato starch, or tapioca starch
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 1/2 teaspoons xanthan gum
- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg or cardamom
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 cup organic light brown sugar, packed
- Ener-G Egg Replacer for two eggs whisked with warm water (total 4 tablespoons liquid)*
- 1/4 cup light olive oil
- 1/4 cup Spectrum Organic Shortening or coconut oil
- 1 tablespoon bourbon vanilla
- 1 tablespoon honey or raw agave nectar
- 3/4 cup hot water (start with less, especially if you use real eggs)
- 10 oz. blueberries (If you are using frozen, make sure they're thawed and patted dry)
- Crumb topping:
- 1/4 cup organic light brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons millet flour
- 2 tablespoons coconut oil or Spectrum Organic Shortening
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Directions
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Preheat the oven to 350ºF. Lightly oil a 9-inch round cake pan.
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In a mixing bowl, whisk together the dry ingredients.
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Make a well in the center and add in the wet ingredients.
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Beat the mixture until you achieve a smooth batter. It should be somewhere between a cake batter and a muffin batter.
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Fold in the blueberries by hand.
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Scoop the batter into the prepared cake pan and smooth it out evenly using a wet spatula.
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Make your crumb topping.
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Rub this mixture together with your palms until you get a grainy, sandy crumb.
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Sprinkle all over the top of the cake batter.
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Bake in the center of a preheated oven for 40 to 50 minutes until the center is firm to a light touch.
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Cool on a wire rack.
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Makes 10 servings.
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Wrap leftover slices in foil, bag, and freeze for freshness.