Blueberry Coffee Cake

This easy blueberry coffee cake is super tender and moist, with a light crispy topping. Bursting with juicy blueberries and spices, this blueberry cake is a morning favorite.

Blueberry Coffee Cake

Plump, juicy blueberries are the feature in this scrumptious breakfast cake.  Add brown sugar and scrumptious spices…you just can’t go wrong with this hearty morning treat.

This blueberry coffee cake isn’t one of those light, fluffy varieties.  No doubt, we love the delicately airy texture of this angel food cake and banana chiffon cake. Yet, there are times we crave more substantial cakes that’ll satisfy hungry mornings, with coffee in one hand and fork in another.

Our blueberry cake answers that call. It’s perfectly moist, tender, and hearty all at the same time. Plentiful lush blueberries make all the difference.

Buying Blueberries

When buying fresh blueberries, go for berries that are dry, plump, and smooth-looking. Wet berries can mean mold hidden underneath and slightly wrinkled berries are well past their peak. Any blueberry juice that has stained the container or carton likely means there is smashed or burst fruit inside.

The more deep-purple/blue the color of the berries, the more sweet and ripe they are. Underripe blueberries tend to be somewhat reddish in hue. Size is not an accurate indicator of ripeness, as some smaller berries that have gained a dark blue color are sweeter than larger reddish berries.

Keep your blueberries fresh by placing them in a dry and covered container in the fridge, and wash them only when ready to use.

When buying frozen blueberries, be sure the berries don’t seem clumped together inside the bag. The frozen blueberries should be separated and loose. Immediately place blueberries in freezer once you get them home; do not re-freeze blueberries that have thawed, as they will form an inseparable clump (if that ever does happen, you can still use them in smoothies.)

Baking with Blueberries

Plump, juicy blueberries are nature’s treat all on their own. But sometimes we just want a big, bakery style blueberry muffin or a glorious slice of blueberry coffee cake.

If you’ve baked with berries, you know they tend to sink to the bottom of the batter. Because our blueberry cake here isn’t tall, we didn’t worry about berries on the bottom. If you’re baking a taller cake or if you’d really like there to berries on the top portion of your baked goods, you can easily accomplish this by pouring about a third of the batter without berries on bottom of pan, prior to adding berries to the rest of the batter.

To prevent purple/blue streaking throughout the batter, fold in fresh or frozen berries towards the end, just before transferring to baking pan. Frozen berries should be added to batter while they’re still very frozen and haven’t thawed at all; place in oven immediately.

Lastly, a bit of lemon juice provides a touch of acid to keep your blueberries brightly colorful and can help prevent them from turning greenish-gray while baking.

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