Saskatoon Berry Cream Cheese Crumb Cake

This delicious recipe is a cross between a crisp and a crumb cake. Saskatoon berries (or blueberries) and cream cheese flavors go so well together. The cake will be a little crumbly to eat, but it is very, very delicious!

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 1 hr 5 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins
• Calories: 312 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
• ¾ cup white sugar
• 1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1 cup rolled oats
• ⅓ cup water
• ⅔ cup vegetable oil
• 1 ½ cups brown sugar
• 5 cups fresh serviceberries
• 1 (4 ounce) package cream cheese, diced

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease an 8-inch square baking pan.

Step 2

Whisk brown sugar, 1 1/2 cups flour, oats, and cinnamon together in a bowl; gradually stir in oil until mixture is crumbly. Press 1/2 of the crumb mixture into the prepared pan; set remaining crumbs aside for topping.

Step 3

Bake in the preheated oven until firm, about 10 minutes. Remove crust from oven and cool slightly, leaving the oven on.

Step 4

Place Saskatoon berries and water in a saucepan. Bring to a simmer and cook for 10 minutes; stir in lemon juice. Whisk white sugar and 2 tablespoons flour together in a small bowl; stir sugar mixture into berries and cook until mixture begins to thicken, about 3 minutes. Allow to cool for a few minutes; pour berry filling over crumb crust.

Step 5

Sprinkle cream cheese pieces evenly over berry filling. Spread remaining crumb mixture over cream cheese layer and press gently with a potato masher.

Step 6

Bake in the preheated oven until crumb topping is golden and filling is bubbly, about 40 minutes.