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Amish Blackberry Crumb Cake

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Course Dessert
Cuisine Amish

Ingredients
  

Crumb Topping

  • 8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter, melted
  • ⅓ cup light brown sugar
  • ⅓ cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoon ground ginger
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1 ¾ cups 1¾ cups (8¾ ounces) all purpose flour

cake

  • 2 cups all purpose flour
  • 1 ½ teaspoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1½ sticks unsalted butter
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
  • ½ cup sour cream
  • 1 cup blackberries

Instructions
 

crumb topping

  • Combine melted butter, brown sugar, and sugar in a bowl.
  • Stir in cinnamon, ginger, salt, and flour until mixture is the texture of wet sand. Let chill in the refrigerator while making cake

Cake

  • n a medium bowl whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt; set aside.
  • In the bowl of a food processor fitted with a paddle attachment, cream together butter and sugar.
  • Add eggs and vanilla extract and beat to combine.Beat in ½ dry ingredients, followed by the sour cream, and then the remaining dry ingredients.
  • Use a rubber spatula to gently fold in berries.Pour cake batter into prepared pan and smooth top.
  • Break crumb into ½-inch pieces and sprinkle evenly over top of cake.
  • Bake until crumbs are golden and a cake tester inserted into the middle of the cake comes out clean, about 50 minutes. Let cool 10 minutes before releasing from pan.