I was perusing through the stacks of cookbooks I purchased from the flea market this past Friday and I came across this recipe that screamed "make me!" Since my youngest son could live off of blueberries, I decided to give it a try. Now, I'm going to fill you in on a little 'baker's secret' . . . you can't tell anyone I told you this. It's very, very, very important that your oven is on when you bake.
I know, that's a nice little hint, huh? Well this foodie right here decided to make this tonight while I was making dinner. I pulled the corn dogs I was making out of the oven and then stuck this blueberry beast in. What I failed to notice is that, by habit, I had turned my oven off when I had pulled the corn dogs out. Of course, me being the observant animal I am, I didn't notice that the overn wasn't on until twenty minutes later. I went to check my coffee cake masterpiece and I noticed it was barely baking. I looked up at the oven dial and realized the oven wasn't even on. Oh yeah, that was dumb! I ended up pulling the coffee cake out, getting the oven up to temp and then stuck it back in for thirty more minutes. Isn't that fun? Glad I didn't wait until the timer went off to realize my error. The mistake did cause my beautiful blueberry treat to get a little darker than I'd like, but it still tastes SO good.