Go Back

Blackcurrant Streusel Cake

Prep Time38 minutes
Cook Time50 minutes
Course: Dessert/Fika
Servings: 8 portions

Ingredients

  • 135 g unsalted butter melted & cooled to room temp
  • 190 g self raising flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp fine sea salt
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 180 g blackcurrants
  • 100 g light brown sugar
  • 60 g caster sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 tsp natural vanilla extract
  • 60 g Greek-style yogurt

For the crumble

  • 50 g unsalted butter
  • 75 g plain flour
  • 40 g light brown or Demerara sugar
  • 15 g desiccated coconut
  • 1 pinch fine sea salt

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 160°C fan.
  • Grease and line the base of a 20cm round tin with parchment paper.
  • Make the crumble topping first: in a bowl, rub the butter, flour, salt and sugar together into fine crumbs. Add the desiccated coconut and stir. Set aside.
  • For the cake, sift the flour, baking powder, salt and cinnamon into a large bowl. Top and tail the blackcurrants. Set aside.
  • In another large bowl, using an electric whisk, or in a free standing food mixer, beat the sugar, cooled melted butter, eggs and vanilla extract until thick and creamy; this will take a few minutes on high speed.
  • With a large spoon, fold in the flour mixture, alternating with the yogurt. Don't over-mix, otherwise you will deflate the egg mixture.
  • Pour the batter into the prepared tin, scatter the blackcurrants over the surface (reserve a small handful to scatter on top of the crumble). Gently push them in. Sprinkle over the crumble, top with the reserved blackcurrants and bake in the preheated oven for 45-50 minutes, or until a skewer comes out clean.

Notes

*The addition of baking powder is not a mistake. I find the cake batter needs a little extra boost as it has the weight of the crumble to contend with.