Blueberry Crumble Cake

So last week was a flurry of entertaining. It all went well, some better than others. For Tuesday night's dessert I made this Blueberry Crumble Cake. It was quite tasty, even if I did bake in an 8-inch cake pan when the recipe clearly called for a 9-inch! Oh well. My only complaint as I mentioned last week was that the blueberries settled to the bottom. It didn't effect the taste, but the presentation was a little off. See what you think.

Blueberry Crumble Cake
2/3 cups raw sugar
1/4 cup butter, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 large egg
1 1/3 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/8 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup lowfat buttermilk
1 cup blueberries
3 Tablespoons demerara sugar
3 Tablespoons unbleached all-purpose flour
1 Tablespoon butter, melted
1 teaspoon cinnamon

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Coat a 9-inch cake pan with organic cooking spray; line bottom of pan with parchment paper. Coat paper with spray.

Beat 2/3 cups sugar and 1/4 cup butter at medium speed of mixer for about 5 minutes. Add vanilla and egg; beat well. In a separate bowl, combine flour through salt. Add flour mixture to creamed mixture alternating with buttermilk, begin and end with flour. Stir in blueberries by hand.

Pour into cake pan. Combine remaining ingredients in a small bowl. Mix until it resembles coarse meal. Sprinkle over the top of cake.

Bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes, or until toothpick comes out clean. Cool on wire rack.

Serves 8

Happy Eating!

Week of Entertaining

Sunday -- Sunday night Life Group Planning
     Menu: Orange Grilled Chicken
                   Corn Pudding
                   Broccoli Salad
                   Croissants
                   Fresh Berry Compote
It was all good, but the chicken marinade was a new recipe that definitely needs tweaking. It needs some oomph. I'll be playing with that one and getting back to you on it.

Tuesday -- Out of town family
   Menu: Grilled Pork Tenderloin Medallions (at ds's request)
                 Steamed broccoli with butter and garlic
                  Watermelon
                  Whole Grain bread
                   Blueberry Crumble Cake
Now this was another meal that came together really well. I had intended to have Hot Potato Salad with it as well, but opened my potato bin and found I only had 2 potatoes (the recipe called for 6). We kept the meal lighter and everyone seemed happy. The Blueberry Crumble Cake was really good, but all the blueberries sank to the bottom. More investigation is necessary here.

Thursday -- DS's prayer group
   Menu: Breakfast Casserole
                 Fresh Fruit
                 Breakfast Bread
                 Multi Grain Bread