When my daughters were growing up Blueberry-Apple Sour Cream Coffee Cake was my go-to recipe for the endless number of school related activities that required donating baked goods. I usually had all of the ingredients on hand and could throw it together very quickly, which was great because I often found out about them having to bring something into school around 10 o’clock the night before. Just as they were getting ready for bed I’d hear “Mom, I forgot to tell you, I have to bring in something for our class breakfast tomorrow”. God knows there was never enough extra time in the morning to run to the grocery store to pick something up – it was always easier to whip up this cake. Back then I put the entire recipe in a 9 x 13 inch disposable casserole tin so that I didn’t have to worry about the pan finding its way back home. That’s a good size cake for a crowd, but now I prefer to make two smaller coffee cakes (8-inch round) and put one in the freezer. The round cakes are a little more elegant and because I sometimes serve this as a desert – with a scoop of vanilla ice cream – wedges, as opposed to square slices, are a more suitable shape. This recipe was adapted from Tidewater On The Half Shell, Fine Virginia Recipes – a very old Junior League cookbook.
The blueberries and apples pair together wonderfully in this cake and make it extra moist.
After I chop up the apple I toss it with a few drops of orange juice to prevent it from browning (due to oxidation) while the rest of the cake is being prepared.
