Recipe: Dessert: Blueberry Coffee Cake
I thought I'd follow up my saffron recipe request with a recipe! I figure it'll ensure good recipe karma...? This coffee cake was easy, and quite good, I brought it over to my brother's during Xmas and it was a hit. (source: a free cookbook they gave out at Costco earlier this season, I kid you not!)
Blueberry Coffee Cake
Cake:
1/4 c. veg. oil
2 oz. cream cheese (at room temp)
1 egg, beaten
1/2 c. half and half
1 1/2 c. sifted all-purpose flour
3/4 c. sugar
2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
Topping:
1/3 c. packed light brown sugar
1 tbsp. all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp. grated nutmeg
1/2 c. chopped pecans
1 tbsp. butter, melted
3/4 c. fresh or thawed frozen blueberries
Preparation:
1. Preheat oven to 375.
2. Combine oil, cream cheese, egg, and half and half in a bowl and mix well. Attack floating globs of cream cheese with spoon violently, swear a lot at it, and then relax when you realize once it's baked, nobody will notice.
3. In a separate bowl, sift together flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.
4. Add the wet ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix well (kind of a thick gooey batter)
5. To make the topping, combine brown sugar, flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, pecans and melted butter. Clump this up a bit with your fingers so everything's buttery.
6. Pour the batter into a greased 9x9x2-inch pan, spread out, and sprinkle blueberries on top. Spread the topping all over, and bake for 35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
7. Makes "8 servings" which we all really know is 6 in America.
Blueberry Coffee Cake
Cake:
1/4 c. veg. oil
2 oz. cream cheese (at room temp)
1 egg, beaten
1/2 c. half and half
1 1/2 c. sifted all-purpose flour
3/4 c. sugar
2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
Topping:
1/3 c. packed light brown sugar
1 tbsp. all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp. grated nutmeg
1/2 c. chopped pecans
1 tbsp. butter, melted
3/4 c. fresh or thawed frozen blueberries
Preparation:
1. Preheat oven to 375.
2. Combine oil, cream cheese, egg, and half and half in a bowl and mix well. Attack floating globs of cream cheese with spoon violently, swear a lot at it, and then relax when you realize once it's baked, nobody will notice.
3. In a separate bowl, sift together flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.
4. Add the wet ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix well (kind of a thick gooey batter)
5. To make the topping, combine brown sugar, flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, pecans and melted butter. Clump this up a bit with your fingers so everything's buttery.
6. Pour the batter into a greased 9x9x2-inch pan, spread out, and sprinkle blueberries on top. Spread the topping all over, and bake for 35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
7. Makes "8 servings" which we all really know is 6 in America.