Blueberry Marble Coffee Cake Recipe

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Carrie Vasios Mullins
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Updated May 07, 2020
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Carrie Vasios

This extra moist vanilla coffee cake gets a pretty purple swirl from blueberries.

Recipe Details

Blueberry Marble Coffee Cake Recipe

Active 30 mins
Total 80 mins
Serves 12 servings
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Ingredients

For the Swirl:

  • 1 teaspoon sugar

  • 1/2 teaspoon fresh juice juice from 1 lemon

  • 1/2 teaspoon water

  • 1 cup blueberries

For the Coffee Cake:

  • 2 cups (about 10 ounces) all-purpose flour

  • 1 tablespoon baking powder

  • 1/2 teaspoon salt

  • 1 1/3 cups sugar

  • 8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature

  • 3 large eggs

  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

  • 1 cup full-fat Greek yogurt

Directions

  1. Adjust oven rack to middle position and preheat oven to 350°F. Grease cake pan with butter or non-stick baking spray.

  2. Make the Swirl: In a small saucepan, combine sugar, lemon juice, water, and berries. Cook over medium heat, mashing down berries with a fork, until sauce has thickened and no whole berries remain, about 10 minutes. Let cool.

  3. Make the Cake: In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt; set aside. In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar with a wooden spoon or electric mixer until light and fluffy, about 4 minutes. Beat in eggs, one at a time. Beat in vanilla extract.

  4. Add yogurt and beat to combine, then add dry ingredients and beat until just incorporated. Remove 1/2 cup batter, then pour remaining batter into prepared pan.

  5. Mix 1/2 cup batter with blueberry mixture, then dollop on top of cake. Use a tooth pick to swirl berry mixture with plain batter, making sure to leave some white batter showing. Bake until plain batter is golden and a toothpick comes out clean, about 45 minutes. Let cool 15 minutes in pan, then run a knife around the edge of the pan. Release the sides and let cake continue to cool. (Can also be served warm).

Special equipment

9-inch tube pan, springform if possible

Nutrition Facts (per serving)
286Calories
10gFat
44gCarbs
6gProtein
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Nutrition Facts
Servings: 12
Amount per serving
Calories286
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 10g13%
Saturated Fat 6g28%
Cholesterol 69mg23%
Sodium 236mg10%
Total Carbohydrate 44g16%
Dietary Fiber 1g3%
Total Sugars 25g
Protein 6g
Vitamin C 1mg6%
Calcium 100mg8%
Iron 1mg8%
Potassium 82mg2%
*The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a food serving contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.
(Nutrition information is calculated using an ingredient database and should be considered an estimate.)

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