Blueberry Coffee Cake With Vanilla Glaze Recipe 455 Food

BLUEBERRY COFFEE CAKE WITH VANILLA GLAZE RECIPE - (4.5/5)

Steps:

• 1. Grease and lightly flour a 10-inch tube pan. 2. In a bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt; set aside. 3. In a large mixing bowl, beat together the oil, sugar, and eggs, using an electric mixer on medium speed, for about 3 minutes or until light and thick. 4. Add the dry ingredients in three parts, alternating with the milk and vanilla, beating after each addition until smooth. 5. Fold in the blueberries. 6. Pour batter into the prepared tube pan. 7. Bake in a 325 degree oven for 60-70 minutes or until pick comes out clean. 8. Let cake cool in the pan for 1 hour. 9. Remove from the pan and cool completely on a wire rack. 10. To make the glaze: In the top of a double boiler, over barely simmering water, combine the sugar, cream, and vanilla. 11. Stir mixture for about 2 minutes or until well blended. 12. Pour into a glass measuring cup and cover until ready to use. 13. When the cake is completely cooled--drizzle glaze over cake. 14. Let glaze set for 1 hour before slicing and serving the cake.

PLUM BLUEBERRY UPSIDE DOWN CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9 inch cake pan. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
• In the prepared pan, combine 3 tablespoons margarine and brown sugar. Place pan inside the preheated oven until the margarine melts and begins to bubble. Set aside. In a large bowl, cream together the 1/3 cup margarine and 1 cup white sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg, then stir in the vanilla. Beat in the flour mixture alternately with the milk, mixing just until incorporated.
• Arrange plums around the edges of the prepared pan, overlapping slightly. Distribute the blueberries in the center. Pour batter into prepared pan, covering fruit completely. Bake in the preheated oven for 40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Allow to cool 15 minutes before serving.

BLUEBERRY CORNMEAL SHORTBREAD TART

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees.
• Make the crust and topping: In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, cornmeal, confectioners' sugar, brown sugar, baking powder and salt. Add melted butter, then use your hands or a wooden spoon to combine ingredients until no dry spots remain.
• Press half of the cornmeal mixture into a 9-inch tart pan with a removable bottom (alternatively, use a 9-inch cake pan or springform pan, lined with parchment), making sure the mixture is evenly pressed on the bottom and about 1/2 inch up the sides. (Using something large and flat, like the bottom of a measuring cup, will be helpful.) Reserve the remaining mixture.
• Make the filling: Toss blueberries, brown sugar, vinegar, flour and salt together in a medium bowl. Pour the fruit into the crust.
• Crumble the remaining cornmeal mixture over the blueberries, pressing bits of the mixture together into large clumps as you go, as you would with a crisp or coffee-cake topping.
• Bake tart until the blueberry filling is bubbly and thickened, and both the crust and top are nicely browned, 40 to 45 minutes.
• Let tart cool completely before slicing into triangles and serving. The tart can be baked up to 2 days ahead and stored tightly wrapped at room temperature or refrigerated (especially if your kitchen is hot or humid).