Melissa L'Abbe Cake Design

08/25/2026

Blueberry Streusel Cake
1/2 cup light tasting oil
1 cup sour cream or plain Greek yogurt
1 1/4 cup brown sugar (tightly packed)
2 eggs room temperature
1 tsp vanilla
2 cups All Purpose Flour (spoon leveled)
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
2 1/2 cups blueberries (fresh or frozen)If using frozen, only stir minimally to incorporate, otherwise it will turn the batter purple.

Topping
1/2 cup melted butter
1 1/4 cup All Purpose Flour
3/4 cup brown

Glaze
3/4 cup icing sugar
1 Tbsp milk/water
1/2tsp Vanilla

Preheat oven to 350°F
Line a 9" springform pan with parchment paper.

1.Mix together sour cream and brown sugar until smooth.
2.Add eggs (lightly beaten),Vanilla, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Mix until smooth.
3. Add flour, Mix until combined.
4.Toss blueberries with a little bit of flour before stirring into cake batter. This helps keep the berries a little more suspended.
5. Spread batter into prepared pan.

Streusel Topping
1.Melt the butter.
2.Stir in flour and sugar to form a crumbly muxture.
3.Sprinkle the crumble mixture over the cake batter already in the pan.Use your fingers to help crumble the mixture and sprinkle it.

Place the cake in the oven and bake for 1 hour to 1 hr and 15 mins. Until a toothpick comes out with only a moist crumb, not wet. The exact time varies with different ovens. Make sure to not over cook.
Once out of the oven cool on a rack for 15- 20 minutes before releasing from the pan.
Once mostly cooled, make your glaze and using a spoon, drizzle the glaze over the cake.
Now, enjoy! This cake slightly warm with a side of vanilla ice-cream is also a treat.
🫐Happy Baking!🫐

07/20/2026

Strawberry Short Cake This recipe ⬇️ has a texture like pound cake, but is less sweet, like a biscuit or scone. The flavor balances well,with whipped cream and strawberries like a perfect summer day.🍓

Try it out for yourself. ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️
Strawberry Short Cake 🍓
Ingredients
Cake:
2 cups All Purpose Flour
4 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup white sugar
1/2 cup chilled butter
1 cup milk
1 1/2 tsp vanilla

Whipped cream:
1 cup Whipping Cream
1/3 cups icing sugar
Vanilla (optional

Strawberries:
Slice 1 1/2cups of strawberries and mix with a couple tablespoons of granulated sugar.
Keep a few strawberries whole for decoration.

Prepare 2 x 6" round cake pans. Grease and line bottom with parchment paper.

Directions
Preheat oven to 350°F
1. Combine flour, baking powder, salt and sugar in a bowl.
2.Cut the chilled butter into small pieces and blend together with the flour mixture using a pastry cutter. Work it to create a course crumb.
3.Add milk and vanilla. Mix by hand until combined - don't over mix.
4.Spread batter into prepared pans.
5.Bake for 30-35 minutes or until a knife/skewer comes out mostly clean.
6. Cool for 10 minutes on wire rack before removing cake from pans. Loosen cake from side of pans by running a knife along the edges. Let cool completely on rack.
While cake is cooling, make whipped cream by whipping cream to soft peaks and then adding icing sugar and vanilla and whipping to stiff peaks.

When cake is cool, layer cake with whipped cream and strawberries, add the next layer of cake and repeat. Add whole strawberries to the top of the cake for decoration if desired.
The only thing left to do is enjoy your Strawberry Short Cake 🍓
❄️Make sure to refrigerate so whipped cream doesn't spoil.
Happy baking 🍰

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