Best Pennsylvania Dutch Blueberry Cake Recipes

BLUEBERRY-LEMON DUTCH BABY

Steps:

• Combine flour, milk, eggs, stevia, lemon zest, vanilla, and salt in a blender. Blend until smooth. Leave batter in the blender to rest for 30 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. Place a 9-inch cast iron skillet in oven to preheat.
• When ready to bake, add butter to hot skillet, swirling to coat pan. Pour in batter, quickly sprinkle blueberries over the top, and bake until puffed and golden, 15 to 20 minutes.

FRESH BLUEBERRY-LEMON CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Butter and lightly flour the sides of a 9-inch springform pan and line the bottom with parchment paper.
• Place blueberries in a bowl and toss with 1 tablespoon flour and 1 teaspoon lemon juice.
• Beat eggs and sugar in a mixing bowl using an electric mixer on high speed until thickened and light in color, at least 5 minutes. Mix in sour cream, vegetable oil, vanilla extract, and salt on low speed until just combined. Add 2 cups flour and baking powder and mix until combined. Add lemon juice and lemon zest and mix well.
• Pour 1/2 the batter into the prepared pan and spread evenly. Spread 1/2 the blueberry mixture over batter. Pour in remaining cake batter and spread remaining blueberries on top, pushing them halfway into the batter.
• Bake in the preheated oven until top is browned and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 35 to 45 minutes. Remove outer ring from springform pan and let cool completely. Dust top of cooked cake with confectioners' sugar using a small sifter.

PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH CRUMB CAKE

Steps:

• Sift flour, baking power, salt, sugar and soda.
• Cut in butter until mixture has the consistency of course meal or small peas.
• Reserve about 1 1/2 cups of this mixture.
• Combine the eggs, milk and extracts and stire into the remainder of the dry blend.
• Pour into 2 well-buttered 10-inch pie pans.
• Brush the top of the dough w/ butter and sprinkle with the reserved crumb mixture.
• Bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until cake is done.

PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH BREAKFAST CAKE

Steps:

• Mix flour, sugar, baking powder and butter until fine crumbs.
• Take out 1 cup of crumbs for top of cakes, and set aside.
• Then add to remaining crumbs, 2 eggs, milk and vanilla.
• Mix until smooth.
• Pour into 3 (8-inch) greased cake pans.
• Sprinkle crumbs over batter.
• Bake at 350ºF.
• for 40 minutes or until done.

PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH COFFEE CRUMB CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Blend first five ingredients together, and set aside one cup of this mixture as a topping base for use later.
• In separate bowl, mix the eggs, buttermilk and baking soda together.
• Then blend the remaining portion of the original crumb mixture, stirring thoroughly.
• There will be some small lumps in the batter.
• Add 1 cup brown sugar, 1/2 cup coconut and 1 teaspoon cinnamon to the cup of original crumb topping mixture, set aside earlier.
• Pour coffee cake batter mixture into 3 greased and floured 8" cake pans.
• Sprinkle topping equally on top of batter in all 3 pans.
• Bake at 350° for 35 minutes.
• Makes 3-8" coffee cakes.

PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH BLUEBERRY CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Mix blueberries, 1/2 cup of the sugar and lemon juice in a medium saucepan. Cook over medium heat stirring frequently until sugar is dissolved and mixture simmers. Remove from heat and set aside to cool to lukewarm. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. While blueberry mixture cools, cream butter with remaining 1/2 cup sugar and vanilla until completely blended. Stir in egg and beat until light and fluffy. Thoroughly combine flour, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl. Add half of the flour mixture and half of the buttermilk to the butter and sugar mixture, beating gently until smooth. Add remaining flour and buttermilk mixtures and beat till smooth. Fold in the blueberry mixture with a large spoon and mix just enough to create a marbled effect. Place pie shell on a baking sheet. Pour batter into unbaked pie shell. It will be very full. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean.