Coffee cake is pure marketing brilliance. Let’s face it, it’s cake. But simply by calling it ‘coffee cake’ it’s transformed from a dessert into an acceptable breakfast, at least in my mother’s household. I’m not complaining but instead am fascinated how this can happen.

This past weekend we met up with friends for a brunch picnic. I contemplated what to make and found myself thumbing through a book which I hadn’t spent much time reading. I discovered an apple coffee cake recipe that looked good and decided to boost it with a few fresh blueberries.
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