Huckleberry ( or Blueberry) Coffee Cake

Name: Huckleberry ( or Blueberry) Coffee Cake
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 10 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1/4 cup stick margarine, softened (I used real butter); 0.5 (8 ounce) package fat free cream cheese (I used neufchatel); 1 cup sugar; 1 egg; 1 cup all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 1/4 teaspoon salt; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 2 cups huckleberries (fresh or frozen, unthawed(I used blueberries) or 2 cups blueberries (fresh or frozen, unthawed(I used blueberries); 2 tablespoons sugar; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

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Submitted by GaylaJ

"Cooking Light published this in their book, Five Star Recipes--The Best of 10 Years, and their staff voted this as one of their top five recipes from the first 10 years. It is very, very good, either for breakfast, brunch, or as dessert, warm out of the oven with a scoop of vanilla ice cream."

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photo by Jonathan Melendez

Ready In:: 1hr 15mins
Ingredients:: 11
Serves:: 10

ingredients

¹⁄₄ cup stick margarine, softened (I used real butter)
0.5 (8 ounce) package fat free cream cheese (I used neufchatel)
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
¹⁄₄ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups huckleberries (fresh or frozen, unthawed(I used blueberries) or 2 cups blueberries (fresh or frozen, unthawed(I used blueberries)
2 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

directions

Beat margarine and cream cheese at medium speed of an electric mixer until creamy; gradually 1 cup sugar, beating well. Add egg, and beat well.
Combine flour, baking powder, and salt; stir into margarine mixture. Stir in vanilla, then fold in berries.
Pour batter into a 9-inch round cake pan coated with cooking spray (I also lined bottom with parchment).
Combine 2 tablespoons sugar and cinnamon; sprinkle over batter.
Bake at 350F for 1 hour; cool on a wire rack.

Questions & Replies

Would that be 1/2 stick of cream cheese?

mothergoose 5
would that be 1/2 stick of cream cheese?

mothergoose 5

Reviews

I have been making this for years and always get rave reviews whether served for dessert or breakfast! I do add the whole 8 ounces of cream cheese to the recipe and use real butter which yields a moist and delish cake. No adjustment on cooking time, turns out perfect everytime!

April W.
So so good - have made this a half dozen times, always disappears. No huckleberries in Southern California so I use blackberries and cut them in half. Yes, I do use real butter, and can't find FF cream cheese so I use low fat (Neufchatel). 1 TBSP or maybe 1-1/2 TBSP sugar is enough in the topping with same amount of cinnamon. Perfect with a dab of vanilla Greek yogurt on the side.

cfchase1
Always a favorite, simple to make. I often use 8 oz cream cheese instead of 4. Either way us terrific!

Lisa Eberhardt
Doubled the recipe and baked in a 13x9 pan for 10 extra min. Warm, for dessert it was lovely! Thank you! I thawed the blueberries about 1/2 way in the microwave.

Kathleen L.
Delicious!!!!!!

mothergoose 5