Megan’s Virtual Bridal Shower (and Blueberry Coffee Cake Bundt)
Today is a special day! Not because of this bundt cake, (more on that later), but because I’m hosting a Virtual Bridal Shower for one of my favorite bloggers! Megan from Delicious Dishings is getting married in just a couple weeks. If you don’t read Megan’s blog, I highly recommend that you start. She loves to bake and is always checking out new restaurants in New England.
I have had the pleasure of getting to know Megan through various trips, blogger events, baking dates, and just hanging out over the past few years. Megan is one of the sweetest people I know and it’s always fun to hang out with her. I wish Megan and Jeff (and Gunner!) many years of happiness as they celebrate their upcoming nuptials.
So without further ado, check out this spread. Since Megan is a baker, the theme was baked goods. Be sure to click through to read more about each of these delicious dishes.
Bianca from Confessions of a Chocoholic is celebrating with Pumpkin Banana Bread
Emily from A Cambridge Story is celebrating with Pumpkin Palmier Bites
Meghan from Travel, Eat, Love is celebrating with Apple Cider Cake
Olga from Mango & Tomato is celebrating with Honey Nut Date Cake
Lin from Beantown Eats is celebrating with Boston Creme Pie
Shannon from Tri 2 Cook is celebrating with Peach Shortcake
Bridget from Yogurt and Berries is celebrating with Celebration Pumpkin Bread
And last, but not least, I am celebrating with this Blueberry Coffee Cake Bundt
This coffee cake was so good that I made it twice in a week. I never repeat recipes, but Hubby gave me puppy-dog eyes to make it a second time. So I gave in. I used frozen blueberries that I had from our blueberry picking earlier in the summer.
Blueberry Coffee Cake Bundt
Yield: 1 bundt, serves 16
Ingredients:
For the Cake
2 3/4 cups flour
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
3/4 cup unsalted butter, softened
1 cup sugar
3 eggs
16 ounces Greek yogurt
Zest of 1 lemon
2 tsp vanilla
For the Streusel
3/4 cup light brown sugar
1 cup walnuts, coarsely chopped
1 tsp cinnamon
2 cups fresh or frozen blueberries
Directions:
Preheat oven to 375F.
Grease and flour a 10" tube or bundt pan.
For the Cake
Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a bowl. Set aside.
In a separate bowl with an electric mixer cream the butter and sugar until fluffy.
Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
Add flour mixture alternately with yogurt, lemon zest, and vanilla. Mix until blended well.
For the Streusel
Combine streusel ingredients except for the blueberries and reserve 1/2 cup.
Toss the rest of the streusel with the blueberries.
Assemble the Cake
Spread 1/3 of the batter in the pan, top with 1/2 of the berry mixture, another third of the batter, the rest of the berry mixture and finally the remaining batter.
Sprinkle on reserved streusel topping.
Bake for 55-65 minutes or until a cake tester comes out clean.
Cool 10 minutes on a wire rack.
Very carefully turn the pan over onto a serving plate or cake stand and remove from pan.
Recipe adapted from Dawn's Recipes
I am Jen the Beantown Baker. Engineer by day and baking maven by night. Hubby serves as my #1 fan and official taste tester. We got hitched back in 2006. Barefoot. In the sand. With the waves crashing behind us. It was one of the best decisions we’ve ever made. 
Looks delicious! Goat cheese & fig is a timeless flavor combination :).
Everything about these cute little bites looks amazing. I’m dreaming about all the wonderful flavors as I type right now.
Wandered over here from the Indecisive Baker blog and love it. Looking forward to reading more of your blog posts.
I love everything about this recipe!
I love ANYTHING with caramelized onion! And I’m so excited to cook with figs 🙂 These look awesome!
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Figs, goat cheese and caramelized onions? Three of my favorite ingredients!
So you lost your fresh fig virginity! See, that wasn’t so bad! jk 🙂 I hope fresh fig season doesn’t fly by too quickly, I have some ideas I’d like to get to before they go away!
These look both beautiful and delicious! A great appetizer recipe to impress guests.
Beautiful combo of ingredients. I love this kind of snack!
As soon as I saw goat cheese I knew I would love these! Yum!
sounds like a nice combination of flavors
I just found all these goat cheese recipes and fainted.
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I made this for a party this past weekend and it was a huge hit! Although, I did notice the fig flavor was almost non-existent. I couldn’t find black mission figs in the markets, so I used green. I think green figs are much more bland than black mission figs, so I wouldn’t recommend making this dish unless you can find black figs.