Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Blueberry Coffee Cake


1-1/2 Cups All-Purpose Flour
1 Tsp Baking Powder
1/4 Tsp Baking Soda
1/4 Tsp Salt
3/4 Cup Granulated Sugar
6 Tbsp Butter, softened
1 Tsp Vanilla Extract
1 Large Egg
1 Large Egg White
1-1/3 Cups Low-fat Buttermilk
Cooking Spray
2 Cups Fresh Blueberries
1 Tbsp Turbinado Sugar (Raw Sugar)

What to do:
* Preheat oven to 350 degrees
* Combine flour, baking powder, soda, and salt, stirring with a whisk
* Place 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 remainingg batter over the blueberries; sprinkle evenly with remaining 1 cup blueberries. Sprinkle the top evenly with 1 Tbsp raw sugar. Bake at 350 degress for 50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes on a wire rack; remove from pan. Cool completely on wire rack.
* Serves 8

Note: If using peak-season fruit, using 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.