Tuesday, March 24, 2009

TWD-Blueberry Crumb Cake

This weeks Tuesdays with Dorie recipe, Blueberry Crumb Cake, or in my case Blueberry Crumb Muffins, was chosen by Sihan of Befuddlement. You can find the recipe on her blog.
This recipe was really easy. I decided to cut the recipe in half and make muffins- to make the servings stretch a little bit and also for a quicker baking time.
Dorie says to mix the crumb topping in the food processor, but I didn't feel like getting it dirty, so I just mixed it with my hands.
I replaced half of the flour with whole wheat and added a little more spice than Dorie called for. I got 7 large muffins from a half recipe and you better believe they were gone in a flash.
I would love to try this cake again with some of the other fruits that Dorie suggests. It was easy and delicious. I cooked my muffins for about 23 minutes and they were done.
Go check out the TWD Blogroll to see what the other TWDer's did with this lovely crumb cake!


Coming Tomorrow- S'mores Lava Cakes


31 comments:

Marie Rayner said...

Mary Ann, your muffins look delicious! I really enjoyed making this cake! I'm going to try some of the other variations too!

Jin Hooi said...

well done .. little muffins look so cute !!

Marthe said...

Love the muffins! I did dirty my foodprocessor, but managed to overwork it so it was a bit 'sandy'. It worked out great though!

Steph said...

I didn't want to diry the fp either and cut the butter in with the stnad mixer. I wanted to make muffins, but was afraid it would get a little messy. Next time!

Katherine Roberts Aucoin said...

I think muffins was a much better idea. They looks so moist. I've been craving blueberry muffins and may just give these a try. I bet cranberries would be good too!

Jessica said...

I love the muffins, what a great idea! I can hardly wait for your post tomorrow too . . . s'mores lava cakes sound ridiculously good.

Maria said...

I love this recipe! I will have to try the muffins!

Barbara Bakes said...

I love the muffin pictures. Great idea to make muffins from a crumb cake recipe!

Nancy/n.o.e said...

Muffins with a crumb topping are always favorites around here - yours look delicious, Mary Ann! Good call on skipping the fp. Cleaning it is one job that I really dislike.

Thanks for your comment on my blog. If you do make the coffee cake from 101 Cookbooks, while it has great whole grains and flavor, it's not particularly low in fat. I've cut some of the fat by subbing mild olive oil for half the butter. Also, reducing the amount of topping would be healthier but not as yummy.
Nancy

Healthy Diaries said...

So cute! I definitely want to try it with this muffin version next time! I am new to the group and this was my first post. So glad to be apart of the group! I'm having so much fun. I LOVE your blog. I check it weekly =) It's people like you that gave me inspiration to start my own food blog!

Anonymous said...

Nice job on the muffins. Blueberry are my favourite but I admit I'm not that good at cooking them :)

Meghan said...

These look delicious! Love that you made the cake into muffins!

The Food Librarian said...

Just lovely! These muffins look fantastic and I'm not surprised they were gobbled up!!!

vibi said...

Beautiful results, Mary Ann!

...and thanks for all the baking details! Nice to know for future references!

chocolatechic said...

Your little muffins are just so cute.

Cindy said...

I guess great minds think alike!! I just joined TWD--after being a stalker for almost a year! I also made muffins--they were excellent! Love your blog!

Pamela said...

They look delicious. I thought about muffins, too...but went with the cake instead. It was quite tasty!

What's for Supper? said...

Those look divine!

The Blonde Duck said...

I love how you made them into muffins. Muffins are like perfect little cakes!

Anonymous said...

Your muffins look great. I'm sure they were gone in a flash.

Shari@Whisk: a food blog said...

I love your muffin version of this cake!

Not Another Omnivore said...

Looks great! I saw these on another blog as well as was just as jealous then as I am now!

NAOmni

Cate said...

I love that you made these into muffins instead - they look delicious!

Liliana said...

Great idea to make muffins! And to mix the crumb topping with your hands instead of hauling out the food processor - got to keep that in mind next time.

Your muffins turned out perfect. They look delicious. Great photos.

Cathy said...

I just love these as muffins. Love the changes you made to make these healthier, too. I am going to try it this way next time I make these!

Anonymous said...

Your muffins look delicious. I almost made muffins instead and wish I would have now!

TeaLady said...

Oh, Mary Ann, those look fantastic.

steph- whisk/spoon said...

looks like this recipe made perfect muffins! yum!

Anonymous said...

looking at your pictures made me hungry :) great muffins!

Engineer Baker said...

I love how chunky the crumb topping is on those! Beautiful job!

Unknown said...

What a beautiful picture! Your muffins look delicious!