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Blueberry-Miso Crumb Cake

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Miso and 100% whole wheat flour add salty-nutty complexity to this crumb cake. It’s super tender and moist with plenty of crumble topping above and fresh berries below—you’ll find yourself reaching for a slice for both breakfast and dessert.

Recipe information

  • Yield

    8 servings

Ingredients

Crumble

¾ cup (95 g) whole wheat flour
½ cup (packed) (50 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 whole-milk Greek yogurt
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 pint blueberries

Preparation

  1. Crumble

    Step 1

    Mix flour, sugar, butter, and miso in a small bowl until combined. Let sit until ready to use.

  2. Cake

    Step 2

    Preheat oven to 350°. Lightly grease a 9" cake pan with butter. Lightly dust with flour, tapping out excess. Whisk baking powder, salt, baking soda, and 1¾ cups flour in a large bowl to combine.

    Step 3

    Whisk eggs, brown sugar, and yogurt in a medium bowl. Add vanilla and 1 cup melted butter and whisk to combine. Using a rubber spatula, mix dry ingredients into egg mixture until well combined, but do not overmix. Mix in blueberries.

    Step 4

    Transfer batter to prepared pan and spread in an even layer. Top with reserved crumble.

    Step 5

    Bake cake, checking after 30 minutes and tenting with foil only if crumble is getting very dark (some color is fine), until top of cake is firm and a tester inserted into the center comes out clean, 60–70 minutes total. Let cake cool in pan, at least 2 hours, then cut into slices in pan.

    Step 6

    Do Ahead: Cake can be made 1 day ahead. Tightly wrap and store at room temperature.

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