Blueberry Breakfast Cake

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blueberry, buttermilk, cake, lemon, muffins

Breakfast. Cake. Could life be any better? 🙂 This is the best excuse ever to eat cake for breakfast! I mean, it’s all right there in the title… If it makes you feel any better, it’s like eating a blueberry muffin. It’s just cut into squares like cake. And has a tender crumb, like cake. But it’s not overly sweet like cake, so therefore it’s a perfect breakfast cake or snack cake. Sorry, I just said cake so many times! This is really delicious, though. Plump blueberries bursting in every bite, with a slight tang from the lemon and buttermilk. So good, and such a pretty breakfast cake. 🙂 Hurry and take advantage while blueberries are still in season!

One Year Ago: Skillet Lasagna and Garlic Rice Pilaf

Blueberry Breakfast Cake

½ cup butter, at room temperature
2 teaspoons lemon zest
¾ cup + 1 tablespoons sugar, divided
1 egg, at room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups flour, divided
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon kosher salt
2 cups fresh blueberries
½ cup buttermilk

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a 9×9-inch pan with cooking spray; set aside. Toss the blueberries with ¼ cup flour; set aside.

In a medium bowl, whisk together the remaining flour, baking powder, and salt; set aside.

In a large bowl, cream butter, lemon zest and ¾ cup sugar together; beat until creamy and fluffy. Add egg and vanilla; beat just until combined. Slowly add the flour mixture, alternating with the buttermilk. Mix until just combined, then gently fold in the blueberries and any loose flour. Batter will be thick.

Spread batter into prepared pan. Sprinkle 1 tablespoon of sugar evenly over the top of batter. Bake for 35 to 40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Let cool 15 minutes before serving.

Source: Slightly adapted from Life as a Lofthouse

 

An Award! I feel so loved! :)

I have been given an award! Thank you so much to Sawsan of Chef in disguise and Giovanna of Blue Jellybeans for awarding me with the Versatile Blogger award. They both have such amazing blogs with unique recipes and wonderful pictures, and I’m so privileged to be chosen! So make sure you check them both out, because you won’t regret it!

The rules of the award are to pass it on to 15 others bloggers, and to share 7 things about yourself that your readers don’t already know. So here are my 7… I hope you find at least something interesting!

1. I’m a huge fan of books. I can hardly pass by a used book store without feeling its pull, and I’ll almost always go into Barnes and Noble if I walk past it. But I’m very particular about the condition of my books, too, and have a huge collection (more than what I should have since they’re all crammed into my apartment).
2. I’m an animal lover. Always have been, always will be. I was going to study to be a vet, but changed my mind and instead studied ecology, behavior, and evolution (essentially just a branch of biology).
3. My two favorite holidays are Halloween and Christmas. I can’t decide between the two because I love the color scheme of Halloween, but I love all the baked goods that come with Christmas!
4. When I was younger, I played soccer and ran track. I did sprints and hurdles. Yay for jumping over things and bruised knees! Hehe.
5. I’ve been married for a little over a year to my wonderful husband, Kenn, and we’ve been together for almost 4 years now.
6. I love fantasy books and video games, and pretty much anything involving elves, especially dark elves.
7. I studied French for 4 or 5 years, American Sign Language for 1 year, and Japanese for a less than 1 year. Unfortunately, use it or lose it…. so I’ve lost most of it!

As for whom I choose to pass this award on to, make sure you check out these awesome blogs! And yes, I know I don’t have the 15, so just don’t count and pretend there are 15 there please. 🙂

Ryan Bakes
fati’s recipes
Sweet Caroline’s Cooking
Five Euro Food
With A Glass
Sweet & Crumby
Sweet Pea’s Kitchen
Eat, Play, Love
Savoring Every Bite
Misadventures in Cooking
The Southern Lady Cooks

7 Links Challenge

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7 links, challenge

I’m still new to blogging and I’m pretty bad about posting regularly… I vow to try to work hard on that! I take the pictures and tweak the recipes and have the best of intentions, yet seem to slack when it comes to actually sharing. You would think I was never taught to share or something! 🙂

Today, I have finally decided upon my links for the 7 links challenge that fati from fati’s recipes tagged me in. On a side note, fati has a really fun approach to food and has entertaining and mouth watering posts, so go ahead and check out their blog. So, the challenge  is to look back among all the posts you’ve made thus far and publish your own links based on the following 7 categories, using one link per category (sort of like an award show where you’re the host presenting your own selections):

1. The most beautiful post
2. The most popular post
3. The most controversial post
4. The most helpful post
5. The post that was surprisingly successful
6. The post that did not get the attention it deserved
7. The post I am most proud of

You then choose up to 5 other bloggers to tag and pass the challenge on to. And so, without further ado, on to my selections!

The most beautiful post: It’s a Julia Child recipe, so that must mean it’s elegant, which means it must be beautiful! I love the layers and contrasting colors of this dish and it really is just pretty to look at, as well as tasty! Eggplant Zucchini Gratin

The most popular post: A super delicious, super chocolatey cookie! Thick and Chewy Triple Chocolate Cookies

The most controversial post: Like most food bloggers, I don’t have any controversial posts, but kimchi is such a love/hate sort of food so I’m going to say Korean Stir-Fried Beef with Kimchi

The most helpful post:I haven’t done anything super helpful yet I’d say, although I do have a couple step by step how-to’s that I’m working on. But taking a time-consuming dish and simplifying it seems helpful, so the post I chose is Skillet Lasagna

The post that was surprisingly successful: It was my first post, yet it is almost my most popular post. Yes, they are damn good, I’m just surprised that a first post could do so well! Chocolate Cupcakes with Baileys Buttercream

The post that did not get the attention it deserved: Chocolate Cream Pie is aamaazing! And this recipe is aamaaazing! And it was quite overlooked, despite it’s chocolate yumminess!

The post I am most proud of: I know carrot cake recipes are a dime a dozen, but I love these Carrot Cupcakes, and everyone I have made them for has had rave reviews. They’ve even been said to be better than cupcake shop carrot cupcakes, which makes me super happy to hear!

I’m only going to tag three bloggers, but I hope they will participate because I would love to see what they’d share!

Christina from Sweet Pea’s Kitchen

Amy from Elephant’s Eats

Geni from Sweet & Crumby

I hope you enjoyed learning a little more about my blog, and come back to visit soon! Happy eats! 🙂