Mulberry Crumble Cake
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We live on a ridge with valleys on either side and the national park surrounding us as far as the eye can see. If we drive down a back road, it takes us on a descending winding path through a gorge. A wooden bridge signals the end of the descent and the start of a gentle uphill drive. Within minutes we are in one of the most beautiful farming suburbs on the outskirts of Sydney.
There are massive houses set back from the road at the end of long snaking driveways. Abandoned carts with fresh produc and money boxes are almost always at most gates. We love driving down through the gorge to this beautiful part of the world every other weekend. I am always excited to see what fresh produce awaits us in those carts. A few weeks ago my excitement was rewarded with a $4 punnet of fresh juicy mulberries. They were plump, black and sweet. We ate most, staining our lips and fingers purple. The rest I made into a Mulberry Crumble Cake.
We were going to have a quiet dinner, Nick and I. I wanted to make something out of the ordinary, something light but scrumptious. I loved how the cake turned out. I loved how fancy it looked and made our date night special.
Berries and stone fruit cakes shine when their squishy texture is complimented with a crunch. Crumble elevates a plain cake and almost always eliminates the need for sugary icing. I adore crumble on cakes and desserts and have a base crumble recipe on hand to use at my whim and fancy. Use only the best and ripest mulberries for this recipe.
MULBERRY CRUMBLE CAKE
A bucket full of juicy, ripe, plump mulberries is made into a gorgeous crumble cake for a special after dinner dessert.
Makes – To Serve 6
Ingredients
for the cake
60g butter, melted and cooled
1 cup self raising flour
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 egg
1/3 cup milk
1 1/2 cups very ripe mulberries, stalks trimmed
for the crumble
1 cup flour
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
60g butter, softened
Method
Preheat oven to 180C (350F). Grease and line an 8inch round springform pan with baking paper.
Combine ingredients for cake except the mulberries in a large bowl. Beat until light and fluffy.
Combine ingredients for the crumble in a separate bowl. Mix gently by rubbing with your fingertips till the mixture resembles bread crumbs.
Spoon batter into the prepared tin. Top with most mulberries and reserve some to decorate. Finally top with crumble. Bake in pre heated oven for approximately 35 minutes until golden and cooked through. Serve warm dusted with icing sugar, topped with extra mulberries and with fresh cream or ice cream.
Looks awesome! Mulberries are oft forgotten in the berry/baking world
thecitygourmand´s last [type] ..Sepia
I love mulberries and this cake looks scrumptious. Brings back some memories. There was a mulberry tree near my primary school in Poland. We used to climb it to get to the berries and sometimes we’d even pick some off the ground and eat them! Kids – LOL!
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Oh your story makes me nostalgic. In the grounds of our home where I lived as a child was a mulberry vine, it was so lush and dense overhead it was like walking through one of those tunnels at the Aquarium, only made of leaves and black fruit. Even we used to eat it off the ground, lol.
Gorgeous cake! I don’t know what I like more, the mulberries or the crumble.
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This looks perfect and the timing is perfect too! My tree is loaded with mulberries and I have been searching for different ways to use them. Yesterday it was mulberry muffins. I will be trying this one, thanks for sharing. Beautiful photos.
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Oh I am jealous. Our mulberry tree gave fruit the first year we planted it and then none now 2 years in a row. The fruit is green, hard and very tiny and then it falls off. We have now exposed the graft above the soil. Any mulberry tree tips would be greatly appreciated!
Oh, I wish I knew where to find those fruits here in Switzerland (I don’t think they grow here)… A beautiful cake!
Cheers,
Rosa
Ahh in Holland we don’t have this fruit so maybe I’ll try it with blackberries
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I’ve never eaten a mulberry but this looks divine! I’m not sure how easy it will be to get hold of them but definitely going to try out the crumble, maybe with some blackberries.
Crumble cake oh yes I do love it. What a great idea little loaf….blackberries a perfect substitute. I didnt know there weren’t mulberries in England. Love the first photo Sneh…it lovely
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The most beautiful cake I have ever seen… I wish I could have a bite.
Ohhh this just sent me back 20+ years… I have not eaten mulberries since we moved to the States. In Macedonia we had a huge tree in our yard that we’d shake and try to catch the mulberries with our mouths open. Kids.
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Where was this recipe when I needed it 3 weeks ago? I had picked 5 kgs of Mulberries from a friend’s property! They ended up as Mulberry Jam, well 16 jars actually! This was my first encounter with Mulberries and I love them. I now have an endless supply available each year. However my Blackberry Shrub in veg patch is loaded with berries just ripening, so will use those intead in your beautiful recipe. Thank you for sharing it.
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Oh this cake looks so good Sneh! Do you know though, I don’t think I’ve ever tried mulberries. I need to fix that!
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I’ve never ever tried mulberries before — do it tastes like blackberries?
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We don,t have mulberry”s in holland
I will try with bleuberry”s
Beautiful foto,s
My englisch writing is very bad iam sorry for it
Gerie
I made this cake with blueberries and it’s amazing
Congrats
just love your photos
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