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Lightened-Up Blueberry Coffee Cake

Lightened-Up Blueberry Coffee Cake – Soft, light and airy, this coffee cake is loaded with fresh blueberries and topped with sweet, crunchy walnuts.  Low calorie, but it sure doesn’t taste like it! It’s absolutely delicious!

Lightened-Up Blueberry Coffee Cake | www.diethood.com | Soft, light and airy, this coffee cake is loaded with fresh blueberries and topped with sweet, crunchy walnuts. Low calorie, but it sure doesn't taste like it! It's absolutely delicious!



Say HELLO to my favorite breakfast/brunch sweet comfort food!

Throughout this post, instead of “Blueberry Coffee Cake”, auto-correct kept on changing it to, “Beautiful Coffee Cake”… Even auto-correct knows what’s UP!

HI HEY! What’s going on, pretty friends?? It’s the weekend! Hooray!

Lightened-Up Blueberry Coffee Cake | www.diethood.com | Soft, light and airy, this coffee cake is loaded with fresh blueberries and topped with sweet, crunchy walnuts. Low calorie, but it sure doesn't taste like it! It's absolutely delicious!

It’s apparent that just like Friends reruns, Three’s Company reruns AND Everybody Loves Raymond reruns, I cannot get enough of cakes. I am straight-up infatuated with them.

I even have a whole Pinterest Board dedicated to just Cakes. They’re SO pretty! 1 layer, 10 layer, lemon cake, chocolate cake, coffee cake… I don’t discriminate, I love ’em all!

BUT, since I’m a coffee fiend, coffee-cakes and I hang out together quite often.

So it’s only appropriate that I dedicate an entire post to my all-time favorite, super adaptable, absolutely and totally delicious Lightened-Up Blueberry Coffee Cake.

 

Lightened-Up Blueberry Coffee Cake | www.diethood.com | Soft, light and airy, this coffee cake is loaded with fresh blueberries and topped with sweet, crunchy walnuts. Low calorie, but it sure doesn't taste like it! It's absolutely delicious!

Couple years back I ran across the recipe for this particular cake and I have been making it ever since. I honestly have a hard time NOT making it every weekend. If something seems to be lacking in my life, this cake just magically pops into my mind, like, heeeey, pal! Make me and things will be well again! Then I answer back, like, Ummm…OKAY! And oooo-ey, things really ARE great again!

Lightened-Up Blueberry Coffee Cake | www.diethood.com | Soft, light and airy, this coffee cake is loaded with fresh blueberries and topped with sweet, crunchy walnuts. Low calorie, but it sure doesn't taste like it! It's absolutely delicious!

The other beauty of this cake is that it’s really flexible and totally customizable. However, what you really need to remember is that it’s only 220 calories per slice. If you cut it as thin as I do, it can be 150 calories per slice. Which will leave enough room for an omelette beforehand. Just sayin’.

Lightened-Up Blueberry Coffee Cake | www.diethood.com | Soft, light and airy, this coffee cake is loaded with fresh blueberries and topped with sweet, crunchy walnuts. Low calorie, but it sure doesn't taste like it! It's absolutely delicious!

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Lightened-up blueberry coffee cake with walnuts.

Lightened-Up Blueberry Coffee Cake

Katerina | Diethood
Blueberry Coffee Cake is soft, light and airy, and a sweet, fruit-filled breakfast option! This homemade coffee cake is loaded with fresh blueberries and topped with sweet, crunchy walnuts.
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Servings : 10
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup white sugar
  • 4 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 egg
  • 1/2 cup Vanilla Almondmilk
  • 1/2 cup non-fat plain yogurt
  • 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
  • 1 ½ cups cold fresh blueberries , divided
  • 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
  • 1/4 cup chopped walnuts
  • 2 tablespoons turbinado (raw) sugar
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 400F.
  • Lightly grease a 9-inch springform pan with cooking spray and set aside.
  • In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder and salt; set aside.
  • In a large mixing bowl, combine egg, almondmilk, yogurt and vegetable oil; whisk until thoroughly incorporated.
  • Using a spoon, stir flour mixture into egg mixture; stir just until combined. Set aside.
  • Toss 1 cup of blueberries with 1 tablespoon flour.
  • Gently fold blueberries into prepared cake batter, trying not to break up the fruit.
  • Pour into previously prepared cake pan.
  • Top with remaining blueberries and walnuts.
  • Sprinkle top of cake with turbinado sugar and cinnamon.
  • Bake for 22 to 25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean.
  • Remove from oven and transfer to a wire rack; let stand in cake pan for 10 minutes.
  • Remove sides of springform pan and let completely cool.
  • Serve.

Notes

Heavily adapted from Southern Living
 

Nutrition

Calories: 218 kcal | Carbohydrates: 35 g | Protein: 4 g | Fat: 6 g | Saturated Fat: 3 g | Cholesterol: 16 mg | Sodium: 150 mg | Potassium: 244 mg | Fiber: 1 g | Sugar: 14 g | Vitamin A: 25 IU | Vitamin C: 0.8 mg | Calcium: 118 mg | Iron: 1.5 mg

Nutritional info is an estimate and provided as courtesy. Values may vary according to the ingredients and tools used. Please use your preferred nutritional calculator for more detailed info.

Course: Breakfast, Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: blueberry breakfast cake, blueberry coffee cake recipe, healthy blueberry cake
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22 comments on “Lightened-Up Blueberry Coffee Cake”

    1. Katerina - Diethood
      Katerina Petrovska

      Hi!
      Yes, you may, but grease the pan real well with cooking spray or butter, and add a sprinkle of flour to it.

    1. Katerina - Diethood
      Katerina Petrovska

      Hi Jennifer! So sorry for the delayed response; I am just seeing your question.
      So a 9 inch springform pan makes about 10 cups, whereas a 9 x 13 pan makes 15 cups. I haven’t tried making this cake in a 9 x 13 so I can’t say for certain, but according to the math, you would have to add one-half of everything. 2-1/2 cups flour, 2 cups milk, etc… Again, I don’t know for sure if this would work because I’ve never done it, but it might be worth a try. I hope this helps.

    1. Katerina - Diethood
      Katerina Petrovska

      Hi! You definitely can’t taste the yogurt in the cake, but I think that Greek yogurt is a little more sour so it might add a bit to the taste and make it tangier.

  1. I made this for breakfast and loved it! I made a few subs in case anyone is interested. I subbed oat flour for 1/2 the flour, used frozen thawed blueberries, and used stevia in place of the white sugar. Definitely a repeat breakfast!!!!

    1. Katerina - Diethood
      Katerina Petrovska

      Hi Alison! I have not made it with whole wheat flour, but if I was going to, I’d only use 1 cup whole wheat and the other 1 cup would be all-purpose flour. I hope this helps!

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    Laura Dembowski

    Blueberries and coffee cake are two of my favorite things! I can’t believe this is low cal. Oh, and doesn’t everyone have a Pinterest board dedicated to cakes. I thought that was totally normal.

  3. i love the sound of your blue berry coffee cake and love how you write, you give
    Me such a laugh thanks…
    But forgive me for asking – where does the coffee come in
    Is it the vanilla almond milk?
    X Rachel

    1. Katerina - Diethood
      Katerina Petrovska

      Thank you so much, Rachel, for the kind words! 🙂 Coffee cakes don’t contain coffee, but are called as such because they are to be enjoyed with a cup of coffee. 🙂

  4. I know what I’m making for breakfast this next week. This looks so delicious and I love that it is a healthier version. Thanks so much for the recipe!! Have a great weekend!!

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    Emily @ Life on Food

    I have a hard time not making coffee cake every weekend too. This one look super yummy. I love the addition of blueberries.

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    Laura (Tutti Dolci)

    I basically just want to spend the day cozied up to this coffee cake, you’ve done it again!!

    1. Katerina - Diethood
      Katerina Petrovska

      Hi Carmela! Yes, it actually can! I have made it with splenda for my dad and it worked out beautifully. I hope you get a chance to try it. Thank you!!

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