Blueberry-Buttermilk Coffee Cake

Blueberry-Buttermilk Coffee Cake

from the kitchen of Sara Wallace

Yields: 16 servingsPrep time: 25 minutesCook time: about 35-40 minutes

ingredients:
Streusel Topping -

2/3 cup packed brown sugar

1/2 cup all-purpose flour

4 Tbsp cold butter or margarine, cut up

Coffee Cake

2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1 1/2 tsp. baking powder

1/2 tsp. baking soda

1/2 tsp. salt

1 1/4 cups granulated sugar

10 Tbsp. butter or margarine, softened

2 large eggs

1 tsp. vanilla extract

1 1/4 cups buttermilk

1 pint blueberries (divided in half)

directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F; Grease 13" by 9" metal baking pan. Dust pan with flour.

Prepare Streusel Topping: In medium bowl, combine brown sugar, flour and butter. With fingertips, work in butter until mixture is crumbly. Refrigerate streusel while preparing cake.

Prepare Coffee Cake: In medium bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. In large bowl, with mixer at low speed, beat sugar with butter until blended. Increase speed to medium-high; beat until creamy, about two minutes, frequently scraping bowl with rubber spatula. Reduce speed to low; add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. At low speed, beat in flower, mixture alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Beat just until batter is smooth, occasionally scraping bowl with rubber spatula. With spatula, fold in all but 1/2 cup blueberries. Spoon batter into prepared pan; spread evenly. Sprinkle batter with reserved blueberries. Spread streusel over batter. Bake coffee cake 35 to 40 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool cake in pan on wire rack one hour before serving.