Papa Fiasco's Blueberry Walnut Coffee Cake.
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The ingredients:

1/4 cup butter
1/4 cup good NY maple syrup
1/4 cup good local honey
1 egg
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
1/3 cup milk

1 cup white flour
1/2 cup whole wheat flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon cinnamon (to taste)
1/2 teaspoon salt (optional)

2 to 3 tablespoons cream cheese

1 to 2 cups blueberries
1 cup chopped walnuts

1/4 cup confectioners sugar for topping.



The instructions:

Take out the butter and let it soften at room temperature.
Heat the oven up to 350 degrees.

Add the maple syrup and honey to the butter in a bowl
and beat until smooth and creamy, then add the egg, milk
and vanilla and mix well.

Slowly add the combined flours, cinnamon, salt and baking
powder and mix them well together.

Then add the cream cheese and mix well into the batter.

Now add the nuts, mix well. Then add the blueberries and
mix gently. If they're frozen, it's easier to mix without
getting blue batter and no berries!

Pour the batter into a greased tube pan.
Bake in the oven for 45 minutes.
Use a cake tester or toothpick to test when done. If you
stick the toothpick into the middle and it comes out
clean, it's probably done. It should brown slightly at
the edges and pull away just a bit from the edge of the pan.

Take it out of the oven and let it cool for a good half hour
to an hour before removing from the pan. Just place a large
plate upside down over the pan and turn them both over. If the
cake doesn't drop out, tap the pan or give it a good 'drop' onto
the plate.


Comments:

Because of the blueberries, keep this cake in the refrigerator!

You can cut it up and eat it right now while it's still warm
or wait till it cools and sprinkle the top with confectioners
sugar.

If your blueberries are on the tart side, you can add a little
extra maple syrup or honey, but not too much or the blueberry
flavor will be lost.

You can substitute just about any kind of chopped nuts
for the walnuts or even use sunflower seeds.

You could also substitute for the blueberries. Raisins
may be good, or other berries...

I don't use margarine in my recipes because it makes me
sick (really). If you don't mind it, you could substitute.


Try it, cook, eat, enjoy!

Papa...



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