I hope everyone is having a lovely long weekend! We spent it barbecuing with family, some cooking/baking and fighting off the ants and spiders! Ugh… one of the things I hate about home ownership is battling pests! Flies, spiders, ants, racoons, skunks —you name it! I’m relieved that I’m having my home fumigated on Tuesday. Hopefully most of them will be gone by then. Chris and I used to live in a condo so we didn’t encounter pest problems but we did have some noisy neighbors. Either way, they’re both pests. At least with these pest, they’re not loud and obnoxious, just creepy.
On to the bread…. or cake should I say? I’m torn on what to name it. It’s softer than your average quick bread, almost cake-ish but not quite. I love the streusel topping. I think next time I would double up on the streusel as I felt it wasn’t enough for me. 🙂 Happy Monday!
Ingredients:
Bread:
- 2 cups of all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup of granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon of baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon of salt
- 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) of unsalted butter, chilled and diced
- 1 egg
- 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract
- 1 cup of sour cream
- 1/2 cup of milk (I used 2%)
- 1 cup of fresh blueberries
Topping:
- 2 tablespoons of miniature semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 2 tablespoons of all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons of granulated sugar
- 2 tablespoons of unsalted butter, softened
- 3/4 teaspoon of ground cinnamon
Preparation:
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9-inch loaf pan.
In a large bowl combine flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt and butter. Using a pastry/dough blender or a fork cut in butter and flour until it resembles coarse crumbs.
Using a stand or electric mixer (or mix by hand) stir in egg, vanilla extract, sour cream and milk until just moistened. Gently fold in blueberries. Pour batter into the prepared pan and spread it evenly
with a spatula.
To make the topping, combine chocolate chips, flour, sugar, butter and ground cinnamon in a small bowl. Sprinkle evenly over the batter and bake for 50-55 minutes or until toothpick/tester inserted into the center comes out with a few crumbs attached. Let the bread cool completely before cutting into the pan.
Adapted from Cooking Club of America
uni homemaker 
Great recipe, I can resist the mouthwatering harmony of blueberry and chocolate! Happy Monday to you too.
Oh my days, this looks dreamy. I love making banana bread but my OH hates banana, I think this may be a good solutions 😀
This is simply heavenly!! I love the combo of chocolate and berries…and the topping is the killer!
Oh my goodness, this cake is my dream. Or, bread? Did you decide it’s a bread. Whatever it is, it’s heavenly. I pinned it, and cannot make it soon enough!
By the way, if it is any consolation, we were just having the “insects in the house are gross” conversation last night. You are not alone!
Blueberry and chocolate sounds like a perfect combo to me! What a perfect crumb, I’m sure that both buttermilk and sour cream made it perfect. And that topping is to die for, I adore it!
Glad to know you’ve had a great weekend 🙂
This looks so good, I can’t wait for berries to be in season in Australia again. (At least one type of pest you can fumigate?)
Tommorrow morning at 8 o clock I willbe to you,Anne,enjoy in the breakfast this lovely Blueberry Chocolate Streusel Bread,it must be very good!!
I think it’s one of the least nice things about owning a place, having to clear out pests. At the moment we have moths and wasps to deal with.
And quite by chance I made a streusel cake yesterday, mine was with blackberries and blueberries (and walnuts in the streusel topping). It was the first time I’d done one but it was delicious – definitely one to make again. Yours looks great 🙂
Um, YUM! Send me some for breakfast?! 🙂
Quickbreads are so easy and delicious. This one looks mouthwatering good! The crumb is so moist and cake-like. The blueberries make it breakfast and the chocolate makes it dessert. 🙂
Blueberries and chocolate, 2 of my favorites, combined that’s double favorite.
There’s something about the texture of this that I love. Anne’s right, it’s right between a bread and a cake. It *almost* had a poundcake-like feel to it (but not as dense). The streusel is my favorite part! But then you have the blueberries and chocolate to add to the flavors…this turned out really well!
You had me at blueberries with chocolate and streusel, then I SAW the bread. It’s a beauty! Lovely photos, and I would love some of this bread! Happy Labor Day!
I like to call it bread…then it’s a legitimate breakfast food! What a gorgeous, tempting loaf!
I can’t stand pests of all kinds, either. ; ) Your bread/cake looks incredibly moist! One can never have too much streusel so I can understand why you wanted more.
Oooo, this sounds so good. I love the combination of chocolate and blueberries, and I bet using the sour cream makes it amazing. Pinned! 🙂
Love, Joy
Yesterfood
Great combination – my kids would love this!
Goodness, don’t leave this bread around me (please do), I will eat it all! YUM YUM YUM!
Looks delicious! Love the combo of chocolate and blueberry- these breads are my favorite in the morning with a giant cup of coffee!
Wow, smacking delicius streussel bread!
i think my niece would crazy about it…..
OK I’m going to have dreams about this cake…it looks that good!!
Love the photographs! Great styling 🙂
In my world, Anne, there’s never enough streusel, Even so, I think this bread is perfect the way it is. Love the combo of blueberries with chocolate. Very nice.
This looks absolutely amazing! I hope the fumigation gets rid of all the pests 🙂
Oh this bread is right up my alley! With blueberries, chocolate and a streusel topping? Yes yes and yes! I hate bugs too. There are a lot more spiders here in NC than we had in DC … so gross. Which also means they come in the house more … eek!
This post looks so delicious it seems almost cruel. Wow!! There is no way I could have just one bite of this… I may even be willing to put up with a creepy crawler or two if it meant enjoying some of this streusel, great job!!
I was sold by the name and the pictures look amazing! Yum 🙂 x
Oh my goodness, blueberries and chocolate together?! And that streusel topping looks amazing- always my favorite part! Sorry to hear about all of the pests, hope that gets taken care of soon!
I always have this cake-bread dilemma – I also wimp out and just call it a loaf 😀
Oh man, you totally have me worried about critter control in our new house 😦 I hate bugs! Glad you had a fun and relaxing weekend. And this bread looks so tasty! I think that, sadly, I’ve never baked anything with a Streusel topping…i need to get on that asap.
That bread looks so good – blueberries and chocolate are a great combo. Hope you get your pest problems sorted out soon.
Anne, this look so good, somehow I never though in combining blueberry with chocolate…now I definitely will…
Have a great week 😀
Such a lovely bread! I imagine the blueberry and chocolate combination is fantastic. Looks perfected put together!
I can imagine blueberry and chocolate go so well together, yummy!
Oh my gosh, this bread…. I am speechless. Not only is it chocolate but bloobies too!? Man! Is this what love at first sight feels like? If it does, then man it feels good! O.O
Blueberries and chocolate are not used enough together! This looks delectable Anne! Love how the topping sinks down into the bread.
Blueberry, chocolate, streusel and bread! You have every deliciousness going on in this recipe 😀
Only to look at this pictures makes my mouth water!
Blueberries and chocolate……sounds like heaven to me.
I’ve had to tackle a few pests of my own too, they’re terribly annoying and make me feel like I should be cleaning my house more often…lol! Blueberries, streusel and chocolate, just a perfect loaf cake!
I say call it a quickbread! Because then it feels totally breakfast-friendly. And chocolate for breakfast is ALWAYS a good thing!
Good luck with the fumigation! Pests of all sorts are the WORST.
Love it! Blueberries AND chocolate – what a great combo !!
Blueberries, oh yes please… i love to have it.
What a beautiful bead! And what a perfect match, blueberries and chocolate.
Love this recipe Anne! Blueberries are one of my favorite things to cook with and who doesn’t love chocolate?
This bread looks wonderful….it has got my favorite ingredients in it…..love it…
WOA-I could have this Blueberry and chocolate Streusal bread EVERYDAY – for breakfast, a snack, dessert after lunch, dessert after dinner…yum yum yum!
Looks delectable. Do you mind if I share the recipe?
Not at all! 🙂 Thanks for stopping by.
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This is one that came across my desk(top) Looks scrumptious and not difficult to make…Hope you enjoy!
Oh my, I’ve looking around your site and I can’t decide which recipe I like the best – they all look delicious!! Great photos too!
Oh man, I hate spiders. Those are by far my biggest fear, other than flying. Well, flying takes the cake but spiders come in a close second. And I mean those big ole spiders with the long, scary legs. YIKES!
I love this bread, Anne! It looks so moist and chocolatey. And the blueberries are an added bonus. Pinned!