Rating: 3.5 stars
45 Ratings
  • 5 star values: 19
  • 4 star values: 9
  • 3 star values: 7
  • 2 star values: 5
  • 1 star values: 5

This moist, tender blueberry coffee cake scored high in our Test Kitchens, where tasters unanimously considered it a delicious way to use the first blueberries of the season. Studded with plump, juicy berries, the cake also features a sprinkling of turbinado sugar on top that adds another dimension of texture. Ideal for breakfast, brunch, dessert, or as a snack to savor with coffee, it's a recipe you'll make more than once.

Recipe by Cooking Light May 2008

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Credit: Becky Luigart-Stayner; Styling: Leigh Ann Ross

Recipe Summary

Yield:
8 servings (serving size: 1 wedge)
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Ingredients

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Directions

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  • Preheat oven to 350°.

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  • Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flour, baking powder, soda, and salt, stirring with a whisk.

  • Place granulated sugar and butter in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed until well blended (about 2 minutes). Add vanilla, egg, and egg white; beat well. Add flour mixture and buttermilk alternately to sugar mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture; mix after each addition.

  • Spoon half of the batter into a 9-inch round baking pan coated with cooking spray. Sprinkle evenly with 1 cup blueberries. Spoon remaining batter over the blueberries; sprinkle evenly with remaining 1 cup blueberries. Sprinkle the top evenly with 1 tablespoon turbinado sugar. Bake at 350° for 50 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes on a wire rack; remove from pan. Cool completely on wire rack.

  • Note: If using peak-season fruit, use 1 1/2 cups blueberries instead of 2 cups, and only 1 cup buttermilk instead of 1 1/3 cups. This will make the batter thicker so the berries won't sink to the bottom.

Nutrition Facts

287 calories; calories from fat 31%; fat 9.9g; saturated fat 5.9g; mono fat 2.6g; poly fat 0.6g; protein 5.4g; carbohydrates 45.4g; fiber 1.5g; cholesterol 51mg; iron 1.4mg; sodium 294mg; calcium 93mg.
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