Comfort Food

As we continue to endure the never-ending winter, I felt it was time for a little comfort.  Growing up that always involved food and usually desserts. Please do not turn me in to the sugar police, I do not recommend eating this sort of thing every day.  This is perfect for a brunch or large family gathering.

This recipe is a combination of two recipes I found in a Taste of Home cookbook.  I found myself with a bunch of homemade lemon curd and some fresh blueberries that I wanted to use up, so I created this recipe.  My husband can attest that sometimes the recipes don't work, but this one was utterly delicious!

So good, in fact, that it was pretty much gone by the time it dawned on me to take a picture of it.

The last and rather large piece of Blueberry Lemon Coffeecake.

Blueberry Lemon Coffeecake

Fresh blueberries, lemon curd and a buttery crust!

Batter Ingredients:

¾ cups	Sugar
¾ cups	Butter, softened
½ tsp	Baking powder
½ tsp	Baking soda
½ tsp	Salt
¾ cup	Sour cream
1	Egg
¾ cup	Lemon curd
2 ¼ cups	Flour

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a spring form pan with nonstick cooking spray.

In a large mixing bowl cream the butter and sugar together. Add the baking powder, baking soda, salt, sour cream, egg and lemon curd. Mix thoroughly. Add the flour and mix just until combined. The batter will be stiff and very sticky.

Spread the batter in the bottom of the spring form pan and slightly up the sides. Set aside and make the filling.

Filling Ingredients:

½ cup	Sour cream
½ cup	Lemon curd
2 cups	Fresh blueberries, washed and drained

Filling Directions:

In a small bowl mix the sour cream and the lemon curd together. Sprinkle the blueberries onto the batter. Pour the lemon curd/sour cream mixture on top of the berries.

Baking Directions:

Place the spring form pan on a baking sheet and place in the preheated oven. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. Reduce the heat to 325 and bake an additional 45 minutes. Test by shaking the pan slightly, middle of cake should not jiggle. Interior of cake will be very moist. Remove from oven and cool. Remove the spring form pan and transfer to a large platter or cake stand.

Icing Directions:

Mix 1 cup powdered sugar and 1 tablespoon milk together until smooth. Drizzle over the top of the coffee cake.

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Happy Tasty Tuesday!