Blueberry-Almond Coffee Cake (Low Fat)

Submitted by Amberngriffinco

"I found this in Cooking Light ages ago.. it is INCREDIBLY LIGHT, bursting with blueberries and uses buttermilk instead of fat. I serve it as a dessert with a drop of whip cream. I usually use frozen berries with no problem. Perfect for smaller families and freezes well!"

 

• Ready In: 41mins
• Ingredients: 15
• Serves: 8

ingredients

• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1⁄2 cup granulated sugar
• 3⁄4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup fresh blueberries, divided
• 2⁄3 cup low-fat buttermilk
• 2 tablespoons butter, melted
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1⁄4 teaspoon almond extract
• 1 large egg
• cooking spray
• 1⁄4 cup almonds, sliced
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar
• 1⁄4 teaspoon ground cinnamon

directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Lightly spoon flour into dry measure, level with knife. Combine first 5 ingredients in large bowl, add 2/3 Cup of the blueberries, toss well.
3. Combine buttermilk, butter, extracts and egg - stir well with whisk. Add to flour mixture and mix just till moistened.
4. Spoon batter into 8 inch square baking pan coated with cooking spray, spreading evenly. Top with remaining 1/3 blueberries.
5. Combine almonds, brown sugar and cinnamon, sprinkle over blueberries. Bake at 350 degrees for 35 min or till wooden pick comes out clean from center.
6. 8 servings - PER SERVING: 188 calories/3.9g protein/30.6g carbo/282mg sodium/5.7g fat/1.3g fiber.

Reviews

[e martinez]

great. i used frozen, chopped strawberries instead of blue, half whole wheat, half AP flour and half brown sugar, half regular sugar. Really enjoyed the almonds. i doubled the recipe and made in loaf pans to have for 2 days worth of breakfast. One recipe fed our family of 4. thanks for a healthy alternative!

 

[Tys Kitchen]

Great. I doubled the recipe for a 9 by 13 pan.... it was a great dessert!

 

[Brookes Kitchen]

Delicious! I omitted the almond extract, only because I didn't have it on hand. Yummy, will make again!

 

[DDW]

Excellent coffee cake! I decided on a whim this morning to make a coffee cake for a friend that was coming over for coffee and I knew that I had blueberries to use up and buttermilk in the house. This whipped up quick and the only tweeking I did was to add more almond extract and more blueberries. I didn't have any almonds in the house so they were omitted. I put a quick dusting of powdered sugar on top before serving. This one is a keeper!!

 

[brokenburner]

First, my changes... I must confess that I used frozen blueberries, coated in flour. I also used soymilk + vinegar instead of buttermilk, and margarine in place of the butter. It was missing a little "something," which surprised me, since there was both almond and vanilla extract in there. I made it again and increased the sugar to a cup, but it didn't seem to help that much. Maybe adding honey or vanilla sugar would help... but thanks for posting, it's a good springboard recipe!