I found this recipe for blueberry coffee cake in Taste of Home's Baking Book. As I have mentioned a couple of times earlier, the recipes which appear in that magazine are perfect and it does not disappoint you at all. So this blueberry coffee cake recipe was no exception to it.
I was not a big blueberry fan when I first tasted it. It felt all slimy and sour. Only after I tried the vegan blueberry muffins recipe I started to develop a liking for that fruit. Ever since I have used blueberries in many baking recipes and all of it has turned out great and I especially love the blueberry pound cake without eggs recipe the most and of course this blueberry coffee cake recipe too.
I also make a lovely blueberry milk with these juicy berries for my kids.
My husband had picked up a box of blueberries and I was looking for recipes to use it and found this coffee cake recipe. The first thing which caught my attention was that it used only 2 tablespoons of butter and it was very easy to prepare. These days my son is so keen on helping me while baking so I have to consider the ease of preparation too while choosing a recipe. So this recipe for the coffee cake was perfect. The only change I had to do was to use unsweetened applesauce to substitute one egg and add little apple cider vinegar to make it an egg-free coffee cake and it turned out GREAT.
I don't know how many times I have baked this eggless coffee cake! It bakes out light and tender and beautiful each and every time. Because the egg free coffee cake turned out great I also tried a vegan version of it and the vegan blueberry coffee cake tastes great too.!
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Recipe
Blueberry Coffee Cake
Ingredients
- 1 cup All-Purpose Flour
- ½ cup Sugar
- ¾ teaspoon Baking Powder
- ¼ teaspoon Baking Soda
- ¼ cup Unsweetened Applesauce (dry measuring)
- ½ cup Buttermilk (I used 1%)
- 2 tablespoons Butter melted
- ½ tablespoon Apple Cider Vinegar
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- ¼ teaspoon Almond Extract
- 1 cup Blueberries Fresh or Frozen
- ½ cup Almonds Sliced
- 1 tablespoon Brown Sugar (I used dark)
- ¼ teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
- a pinch Salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F for 15 minutes. Grease a 8 inch square baking dish. In a small bowl combine the almonds, brown sugar and cinnamon; set aside. The butter can be melted on stove top or microwave oven or even in the oven while it's preheating.
- Combine together the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and baking soda in a large bowl.
- Measure the buttermilk in a liquid measuring cup (or any other bowl). To that add the melted butter, vinegar, extracts and applesauce. Whisk until well blended. If you add the butter while its still hot, the mixture will look curdled, but its okay.
- Stir the wet ingredients into dry ingredients until just moistened. Fold in ⅔ cup blueberries. If using frozen blueberries, do not thaw before adding to batter, because the color will bleed.
- Pour the batter into the prepared pan. Top with remaining blueberries. Sprinkle the almond mixture on top. Tap the pan lightly a couple times so that the topped blueberries and almonds sticks to the batter.
- Bake for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool the pan on a wire rack.
- Remove the cake from the pan after 10 minutes and transfer the cake directly to the wire rack. The cake is quite light, so you will have to be very careful while tilting the pan. A couple of almonds will fall down.
My Notes
- The original recipe had mentioned ⅔ cup buttermilk, which is what I did for the first batch and as I have mentioned earlier, the cake was so fluffy that I felt that it would fall apart while removing from the pan. I had to be very careful. So while preparing the next batch (yes we liked it so much that I baked it again the next day to share it with my new friends here) I reduced the quantity of buttermilk to ½ cup and this time it was quite manageable.
- The cake is very light (just like a cake with eggs) when kept at room temperature. It hardens up a little when stored in the refrigerator. So I was thinking that the next time I bake it, I would cool it in the fridge itself, so that removing it from the pan will be easy.
- If you leave the cake in the pan itself for much longer time, the bottom of the cake will become soggy from the heat and the condensation. It happened to my first batch and I had to blot it with paper towel.
- I think this recipe without the blueberries would make a perfect eggless white cake.
Taste & Texture
- I have baked a lot in the past one year but this blueberry coffee cake will definitely make it to the Top 5 if I prepare such a list. I'm not exaggerating here but it was unbelievably good. So good that my husband asked for seconds and had it too! This has never happened before. I didn't have almond extract, I think it would have tasted even better with it.
- This cake doesn't rise much, around ½-3/4th inch only. As for the texture, it was very light and fluffy, unusual for an egg less cake. I think the vinegar did the trick. The sweetness was perfect, the addition of almonds gave a nice crunch to the cake. The only thing to look for while baking this cake is that it's very light and has to be handled very carefully while removing from the pan.
Nutrition
This recipe has been updated and republished from the 2009 archives.
Carol Abnett says
Hi Madhuram,
I made this cake with coconut milk as a friends little boy is allergic to dairy and eggs, it turned out perfectly.
Thanks for the recipe.
Carol.
Madhuram says
That's great Carol. Thanks for the feedback.
Sherri says
Hi, I only have white spirit vinegar as ACV is hard to find in South Africa. Could I use that?
Blessings
-Sherri
Madhuram says
I Googled and found that white vinegar and white spirit vinegar are one and the same. So you can use it instead of apple cider vinegar.
jacqueline says
Have been looking for egg less cakes, muffins found this and I love it, thank you will be sharing this with others
Madhuram says
You're welcome Jacqueline.
Pragni says
Hey Madhu!
Quick question.. I don't have any apple sauce.. can I replace that with anything else?
Madhuram says
You can make applesauce at home: http://www.egglesscooking.com/2011/07/01/homemade-applesauce-recipe/
moco says
I bake this all the time and my family loves it, and my friend always asks me to make it. It is so easy to bake. I am planning to bake it in a bigger pan...
Madhuram says
Thanks Moco.
Anusha says
Awesome recipe !!! What made me try this was how you had written about it saying that it would make your top five if you ever made a list. I did not have applesauce on hand so I used ener-g egg replacer. Now I want to know which of your recipes would make it into the top five list so that I can make those too.. What else do you consider your best? 🙂 In fact I forgot to put in the blueberries that were meant to be put on top of the cake, but it was still awesome.
Thanks
Anusha
Madhuram says
Thanks Anusha. Your comment reminds me to bake it one of these days because it's been a while. My all-time favorites are Vegan Banana Bread, Vegan Blueberry Muffins, I Cant Believe Its Eggless Chocolate Cake!, Whacky Vegan Chocolate Cake and Eggless Butter Pecan Cookies.
Kalyani says
Thank you so much for this recipe. I did it the exact same way, but skipped the butter and increased the applesauce for consistency. My cake took around 45 minutes to bake and I cooled it immediately in the fridge so it would set. Next time I will reduce the sugar. This is such a wonderful site and I appreciate all the pain you take to make this so effortless for the readers!
Madhuram says
You're welcome Kalyani. Thank you very much for noticing the work we put into this blog.
Ruchi says
Hello,
I am really exicted to bake tis cake, it would be great if you could answer my few questions...
First, Can I use yogurt instead of buttermilk ??
And secondly, as you have mentioned in your notes point 2, is it the good to follow to take out cake from pan after cooling it in refrigerator.
Thanks
Ruchi
Madhuram says
Yes, you could try using thick buttermilk and do store the cake in the fridge to remove the cake easily from the pan.
Amanda Choong says
Thank you for this recipe and I used muffin tray instead of square pan !Will definietly make it in future. I used NZ frozen blueberries , they are big and sweet !
Madhuram says
You're welcome Amanda.
Shobana says
Hey Maduram, fantastic re wipe, it was a hit with my friends. I used home made yogurt and it came out well
Madhuram says
Thanks Shobana. An email to you is long pending. Will send it soon.
Sunita says
I baked this cake today and it turned out awesome. I'm not a fan of blueberries either but I'd eat them in this cake anyday! And I also used a springform pan, so no problems getting the cake out. Thanks for another great recipe.
JAya says
Thanks v much for the recipe and I love your website. Just had a question ... Is there supposed to be any coffee in the cake, as I don't see it listed...
Madhuram says
Hi Jaya, coffee cake doesn't mean that it has coffee in it but it means that its a light cake which is usually had with coffee/tea. So this recipe does not contain coffee.
Naomi says
I made this cake for dessert at a friends house and it came out beautifully!
I used a rectangular pan and it came out a bit thinner but still beautiful and moist!
I bought some prepackaged blueberries with lots of juice in them.
so when i drained the blueberries i kept the left over juices and decided to make a blueberry sauce,
which turned into a jelly.
I added a few spoons of caster sugar and cornflour, some cinnamon and vanilla essence to the blueberry juice (which you can also make by cooking and blending blueberries). Place in the microwave for a minute, stir and store in the fridge.
When its cold it is very much like a light jelly. Very yummy and very popular! nearly all my cake was gone!
We also served it with vanilla ice cream!!
Thanks very much for a great recipe which we will definitely be trying again soon!
Madhuram says
You're welcome Naomi.
Rupa says
Hi Madhu,
I have tried this recipe twice and both times the cake ddint rise much and had a little chewy gooey texture. As you said i removed it from the pan in 10 mins. Thanks.
- Rupa
Rupa I agree that this coffee cake doesn't rise that much but I can't believe that it had a chewy texture. I would say that its the best cake I have ever baked and the only cake I have ever baked twice back to back because it was so good and super light.
sugun says
I've get my answer in one of your earlier posts, thanks again!
sugun says
Hello Madhuram, your recipes are extremely tempting for any novice to get hooked into baking! I just have 1 question -when you say buttermilk, can you tell me the quantity of curds, water to be used? Thanks!
Krsna says
Hi Madhu,
Thank you for this recipe. I converted the cakes into muffins and though they did not rise too much they were lovely!!
I also did not have applesauce so i just added extra oil but substitued the sugar for honey 🙂
You're welcome Krsna.