Coffee Cake | I Can Cook That

My boyfriend and I were visiting friends this weekend and I wanted to bring a little something for everyone to enjoy. This month’s Cooking Light gave me the perfect recipe: Blueberry Coffee Cake with Almond Streusel.

Coffee cake can refer to two different dishes: a cake made with coffee, or a cake that is served with coffee. This coffeecake is the latter and can be served for breakfast or as a dessert.

Ingredients:

9 ounces unbleached all-purpose flour (about 2 cups)

1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

2 cups fresh blueberries

1/3 cup packed brown sugar

1/4 cup old-fashioned rolled oats

2 tablespoons sliced almonds

1 tablespoon unbleached all-purpose flour

1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon

2 tablespoons butter, melted

3/4 cup granulated sugar

1/4 cup butter, softened

2 tablespoons canola oil

1 large egg, lightly beaten

1 cup nonfat buttermilk

2 teaspoons grated lemon rind

1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice

Cooking spray

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What is it about tiny treats that make the food taste better? I love perfectly portioned food so I was excited to be sent Petite Treats: Mini Versions of Your Favorite Baked Delights. The cookbook has recipes for mini donuts, muffins, scones, pies, and bundt cakes. The recipes sound absolutely delicious but to make most of the treats, you’ll need quite a bit of hardware: mini bunt cake pans, mini donut pans, mini scone pans, mini cupcake pans, etc. There are a few recipes that use a normal muffin pan that sounded really appealing, including mini cakes, but I decided to make the mini coffee cakes so I could have breakfast all week.

Ingredients:

1/2 vanilla bean, split lengthwise
1 3/4 cup sugar
1 cup fresh cranberries (I used frozen cranberries, thawed)
2 cups plus 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour, divided
2 teaspoons baking powder
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon unsalted butter,at room temperature, divided
2 large eggs
1/2 cup heavy whipping cream

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