BLUEBERRY COFFEE CAKE
So I promise I’m not turning this into a baking blog. But I’ve definitely been baking more than I ever would have expected when I started this blog. For anyone who has followed from the very beginning I started as an anti-baker and I swore I wouldn’t be making desserts for the blogosphere.
Fast forward and now nearly every other post is about what I’m baking. Although cooking will always be my first love- I like the fact that it’s more free and you can be experimental and tweak things until the very end- I’ve come to appreciate the relaxing and meditative aspect of baking, and there is definitely a satisfaction that comes from popping open the oven for a prescribed period of time and later being rewarded with what your mixture of ingredients have become.
Not to mention that baking is one of the best ways to highlight seasonal produce!Blueberry Coffee Cake – thegourmetgourmand.comAnd I come from the land of blueberry farms (southwest Michigan), so I just can’t go a July without having some blueberries in my life.Blueberry Coffee Cake – thegourmetgourmand.comSo behold- a gloriously struesel topped Blueberry Coffee Cake.This recipe comes from King Arthur Flour’s website. P.s. I actually have found that they have some excellent and reliable baking recipes over on their site, and recommend them as a good source of recipes.
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However, I have to admit that I was a bit concerned about this particular recipe due to how dense and thick the batter was as I was mixing the ingredients. It was quite a delicate process folding in the blueberries without crushing them, but I was more or less successful.
I smeared the batter into my 8×8 baking dish and popped it into the oven and prayed. But I really shouldn’t have worried- 45 minutes later emerged a delightfully moist yet dense blueberry coffee cake. The cinnamon sugar struesel really took it over the top as well.Blueberry Coffee Cake – thegourmetgourmand.comHusband Dave, ever a dessert depreciator, even managed to roll his eyes back with bliss at the first bite of this coffee cake. It even made it’s way in a little baggie with him to Texas on his latest business trip.
So hope you find something lovely to do with your latest crop of blueberries. If it were me, I’d definitely consider popping 2 cups of them into a delicious coffee cake batter and eating half the pan solo. ??
