Blueberry Platz

My background is Mennonite and a very common coffee-cake like sweet is Platz. It can be made with any fruit but I made mine this morning using Blueberries because they are a favourite with my sons and they're going to be helping out here this afternoon. After the neighbour getting some of his trees cut down the gutters on that side of the house need a good cleaning. This will involve one son holding the shop Vac and the other directing the vacuum hose ( all this on a fairly steep roof. Yes, I'm worried!)
When that is done and they both survive I want them to dig out a row of old overgrown and shabby-looking Hostas. So you see that some reward is called for. In case you are interested in the recipe I will include it.

                                   Fruit Platz

Base: 1/3 cup butter
          1/2 cup sugar
          1 egg
          2 cups flour
          1 Tbsp. baking powder
          pinch of salt
         1 cup milk
         1 tsp. Vanilla

Mix butter and sugar. Add the egg and mix well.
Combine dry ingredients and add to the first
mixture alternating with the milk.

Put half of this batter into each of two 8X8 pans
 which have been greased or lined with parchment.

Cover the base liberally with fruit.
Now comes the topping.

Mix  2 Tbsp. butter with 3/4 cup brown sugar,
(you can decrease the sugar if you like things less sweet).
1 cup flour plus a tsp cinnamon.
You may have to use your fingers to
make this into crumbs. 
Sprinkle over the fruit.
Bake 40 minutes ( if using frozen fruit
it may take an additional 5 or 10 minutes).

If you do try this recipe let me know how it turned out.
I remember my Mom making it often using rhubarb from our garden.

Thanks for popping by,

Granny M.