My boys have been at Grammy’s house enjoying their summer break for about a week now and … as much as I like talking to Lucy and the cats I think I’m ready for them to come back now.
Our house is so small that normally when we are all here you have no option but to be all up in everyone else’s space. All summer long that has meant that Xbox and zombies are a regular part of my workday. So are 36537658 sandwiches and yelling to get out of the fridge about every 20 minutes.
When my mom asked if she could have my guys for a week so they could go with her to VBS (Vacation Bible School. Totally some of my most fun childhood memories full of glitter, glue, and cookies) and do some other fun things with their aunts and uncles this week, I was like yesssssssssssssssss. Take them!! But then after they are gone for a little bit and the joy of peace and quiet has worn off I pretty much just want them to come back and eat all the cake. .
Cake is completely necessary in this house and I’ll tell you why. It’s because we have conversations like this at 9 pm:
Andrew (13-year-old bottomless pit): Can we order pizza?
Me: Why?
Andrew: Because I just saw tacos on the internet and now I’m hungry.
I can only dream of a metabolism that lets me eat pizza at 9 pm…
Anyway.
Here’s what you need to know about this cake: it will make your whole house smell sososososososososososososososo good for like the whole entire day. I don’t have a ton of recipes using brown butter (mostly because it got pretty trendy there for awhile so I figured you guys were getting all your brown buttery things in other places and I’d just give you a break and feed you tacos or something), but if you have never played around with it I’m trying to tell you that it is straight up deee-freaking-licious and after you make this cake you’re going to want to brown butter everything in your life.
- For the Brown Butter Bundt Cake:
- ¾ cup unsalted butter
- ½ cup brown sugar
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1½ teaspoons vanilla
- ½ cup sour cream (or plain Greek yogurt)
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1½ teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon nutmeg
- For the Crumble Cake Topping:
- ½ cup cold butter, cut into cubes
- 1 cup flour
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- For the Roasted Blueberry Sauce:
- I pint fresh blueberries
- ½ tablespoon olive oil
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 2 teaspoons brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons granulated sugar
- ¼ teaspoon cinnamon
- a squeeze of fresh lemon juice as needed
- Pre-heat the oven to 400. Butter your bundt pan.
- Toss the blueberries with the olive oil and spread them on a baking sheet (you may want to use parchment paper; I have no problem with the blueberries sticking though). Place the baking sheet in the oven and let the blueberries roast for about 10-15 minutes (While you brown the butter).
- Brown the ¾ cup butter. To do this place the butter in a small saucepan over medium heat and let it melt. It will continue cooking and will start to snap and crackle as the water cooks out of it. Stir occasionally and let it keep going (you can raise the heat just a tad but be careful not to burn it) for about 10 minutes. When it's done the butter will be brown, your house will smell nutty and buttery and there will be teensy browned bits on the bottom of the pan. That's the good stuff. Put the pan in the freezer to let it cool.
- Take the blueberries out and set them aside. Reduce the oven temperature to 350.
- While the butter cools, mix up your crumble topping. Just combine the ½ cup cold butter, ¼ cup brown sugar, ½ teaspoon baking soda, and ½ teaspoon cinnamon with your fingers until coarse crumbles form. Press the mixture into the bottom of your bundt pan (it will be the top of your cake).
- Scrape the cooled brown butter into a large bowl and mix it with the brown sugar and granulated sugar (you can use a hand mixer but a whisk or sturdy spoon will work just fine). Mix in the eggs, vanilla, and sour cream.
- Next add the flour, baking powder, salt, and nutmeg. Stir until combined-- the batter will be thick.
- Spoon the batter over the crumble topping you pressed into the bundt pan. Bake for 35-40 mins. A pick inserted into the center will come out clean.
- While the cake bakes scrape the blueberries and any liquid on the pan into a medium saucepan. Add the butter, sugars, and cinnamon. Cook over medium heat-- let the sauce come to a simmer. The sugar will dissolve. If it's too thick and you need liquid squeeze in the lemon juice as needed.
- Turn the slightly cooled cake out onto a plate. It is AMAZING served warm with the warm blueberry sauce and a big 'ol scoop of ice cream.
I originally found the recipe for Brown Butter Sour Cream Cake with Roasted Pineapple Sauce at Frugal Foodie Mama. Her version is delicious and roasted pineapple (with rum!!!) is something I can seriously get behind. Her blog is full of fantastic family-friendly recipes and I highly recommend it.
Ameena
Wednesday 31st of July 2013
"Take them."
I couldn't have said it better myself. Can she take Maya too? :)
Heather
Thursday 1st of August 2013
Hahahahaa
HelloMyNameIs
Sunday 28th of July 2013
I'd definitely eat pizza at 9PM lol This sauce looks killer...rich and blueberry-y haha if that' s a word!! I hope the boys had fun with Grammy!!!
Pru
Friday 26th of July 2013
Yeah...but what cracks me up (because my son does the same thing, he's 18).. is that he saw TACO's, and got hungry for PIZZA. Lol... I'm still laughing at that. So cute. My kids are older, so I hardly to never see them anymore. Well that's not true. I keep tabs on Instagram to see what they're up to. :-) The recipe looks delish. I'll be firing the oven up on Sunday for sure!
Heather
Monday 29th of July 2013
Hey Pru! Boys are bottomless pits of food-- they are always hungry! Which is probably a good thing because otherwise what would I do with all this food? Let me know how you liked the cake recipe! Hope your weekend was great!