This last weekend we attended a potluck for our daughters’ swim team. I brought this sour cream blueberry coffee cake ( a slightly adapted recipe from the one I made here) because I didn’t have any buttermilk for my original recipe. As a result, the sour cream version is heavenly. But what I love the most is the streusel topping. The streusel topping is versatile for any cake or muffin recipe calling for streusel. Full of brown sugar and cinnamon, the texture of this streusel topping is perfect. [click to continue…]
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If you haven’t noticed, blueberry season is in full swing. If you’re like me, you may have more blueberries than you can possibly consume. No fear, I have an awesome blueberry buckle coffee cake recipe for you!
What is the difference between a buckle and a coffee cake? I asked some of my Twitter friends this very question and two very knowledgeable friends replied with varied responses. Lorna Yee of The Cookbook Chronicles had this to say, “I always think of buckle as a lot more fruit-heavy than any coffee cake would be because it’s in the “grunt/crumble” category”. Kim O’Donnell of True/Slant and former food writer for the WashingtonPost.com replied suggesting “if it had some type of fruit in it I suppose it would be some version of a buckle.” So there you have it, two expert opinions on what makes it a buckle and what makes it a coffee cake. I decided my recipe is a Buckle Coffee Cake. There, I’ve covered my bases.
What I like about this recipe is the brown sugar crumb crust which adds texture, flavor, and sends this coffee cake into a league of its own. Preparing it in a bundt pan also is nice because you can garnish it with powdered sugar and have the crumb crust actually be layered on the bottom. [click to continue…]
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We love Sunday mornings around here. It is truly the only day of the week most everyone sleeps in. My son however has not learned the “sleeping in” on Sunday ritual. So when he gets up, I get up. I start the day making myself a cup of coffee and start baking. This morning I decided to bake an apple coffee cake. I love this recipe because it is not overly sweet and the warm apple slices baked inside shout “this cake is made with love” in every bite. And the scent of cinnamon and [click to continue…]
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