Blueberry Breakfast Cake | @thefauxmartha

Blueberry Breakfast Cake. Say that five times fast. I love alliteration. Almost as much as I love breakfast. And cake. And blueberry. So, when it came time to figure out what to do with some leftover summer blueberries, I decided to turn them into this iteration of a coffee cake in blueberry form. My friend Heather Hardison sent me her new book Homegrown: Illustrated Bites just before the craze of summer and our move hit. I dog-eared her Breakfast Blueberry Cake right away. 

Blueberry Breakfast Cake | @thefauxmartha

Blueberry Breakfast Cake

I’ve been following Heather for years over at Illustrated Bites. Her recipes are simple and seasonal. Where you’d expect pictures, you’ll find illustrations and hand lettering. The illustrations for this blueberry breakfast cake were a big part of what enticed me to try it. I’ve always been a sucker for beautiful illustrations.

Blueberry Breakfast Cake | @thefauxmartha

Heather’s book is full of the same type of recipes, plus tons of (illustrated) tips from how-to-grow to how-to-handle produce which I’ll need next summer when I try my hand at gardening. Crossing my fingers I can grow some blueberries! My thumbs are not green, so we decided to take it easy this year and cover the backyard in mulch. It’s maintenance free minus the apple tree I hugged to save. I get the phrase now—the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree, which is adjacent to our driveway. That’s not maintenance free. Hallie’s taken it upon herself to test each fallen apple. There are many.

Blueberry Breakfast Cake | @thefauxmartha

I digress.

Maybe a bit presumptious, but I think it’s safe to say Heather and I share a similar cooking philosophy. Her recipes are simple and laden with vegetables. When she bakes, she uses grains, whole milk and whole milk yogurt, butter, and maple syrup—all staples in my kitchen. Her recipes make me feel right at home.

Blueberry Breakfast Cake | @thefauxmartha

It’s a tall simple breakfast cake, plenty moist, mildly sweet, and heavy on the blueberries. The oat crumble on top is what really sells it. A slice is perfect as is, or served with a dollop of sweetened whipped cream or yogurt. I’m dreaming of making this breakfast cake again with cherries and almonds. If a breakfast cake could be nice, this is what I’d call her.

Blueberry Breakfast Cake | @thefauxmartha

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Blueberry Breakfast Cake


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  • Yield: one 9" cake or two 6" cakes 1x

Description

A simple, moist, lightly sweetened cake with a killer blueberry to batter ratio. Serve for breakfast or snack. Top with sweetened homemade whipped cream if you wish! For this recipe, I like to sweeten the whipped cream with both maple syrup and powdered sugar.


Ingredients

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  • Cake
  • 1 1/2 c. unbleached all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 c. cornmeal
  • 1/2 tsp. aluminum-free baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp. baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp. kosher salt
  • 8 tbsp. unsalted butter, room temperature
  • 1/2 c. maple syrup
  • 2 large eggs
  • 2/3 c. plain whole milk yogurt
  • 1 tsp. pure vanilla extract
  • 3 c. fresh blueberries
  • Crumble
  • 1/2 c. rolled oats
  • 1/2 c. pecans
  • 2 tbsp. maple syrup
  • 1 tbsp. butter
  • 1 tbsp. flour
  • pinch of salt

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Prepare 9″ cake pan or two 6″ cake pans. Set aside.
  2. In a bowl, whisk together flour, cornmeal, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
  3. In another bowl, cream together butter and maple syrup until well combined and pale in color, about 3 minutes. Beat in egg, yogurt, and vanilla until just combined.
  4. Add dry ingredients and beat until just incorporated. Fold in blueberries and evenly distribute in pan, smoothing out the top. The batter will be on the thicker side.
  5. Make crumble by combining all the ingredients until evenly combined. Top cake.
  6. Bake for about an hour. Halfway through, cover cake with foil to keep crumble from over-browning.
  7. Allow cake to cool in pan atleast 20 minutes before removing and serving.

Notes

Recipe lightly adapted from Homegrown: Illustrated Bites.

• Try this variation: substitute blueberries for cherries, vanilla extract for almond, and pecans for slivered almonds.

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