Guest chef: Tanya's delicious coffee cake!

Easy fruit coffee cake

It's been well over a year since our first recipes from guest chef Tanya (you can read about those here!), so when we saw her recipe for Easy Fruit Coffee Cake in our latest issue of Hidden Wisdom Magazine, we couldn't wait to try it! :)

Hidden Wisdom is a family-oriented magazine edited by one of my long-time friends, Abigail. When the quarterly issues arrive in our mailbox, Joshua often picks them up and reads them along with me! An issue arrived this week and was sitting on the kitchen counter... before I knew it, Joshua was browsing the recipe section and had decided to make Tanya's coffee cake recipe!

Tanya's recipe was originally a blueberry coffee cake, but she noted that she had used raspberries or cranberries in place of the blueberries, with great success. We used cranberries from our freezer, and it turned out great! I thought perhaps the cranberries would be too tart in the cake, but it was wonderful.

Joshua and I both agreed that this Easy Fruit Coffee Cake is an excellent recipe that we will be making over and over again! We've already made it twice this week. And we doubled the recipe both times. Before you count up how many servings that is, remember that I'm eating for two... ;)

So, if you have some fruit in your freezer, and want to warm your house (and tummies!) with some easy winter baking... try this coffee cake! :)

Bio:

Tanya with her youngest son, Benjamin

Tanya Luscombe is a stay-at-home wife, and mom to five little blessings. She lives in Canada and has been married for 10 years to her beloved husband. They homeschool their children. Tanya's days are filled with being a wife and mama, but she also likes to sew, read, garden, and cross stitch when she has time! Tanya loves the Lord and seeks to serve Him in all she does! You can check out her blog here. :)



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Submitted by Lilyofthevalley on Sun, 2008-01-06 21:07.

I'm a guest chef again, nice surprise! :) I agree this cake is delicious and so fast and simple to make. :) I have another recipe I want to send along to you, I think you will like it too. :)~Tanya


Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 2008-01-07 09:04.

Tammy,

Tanya's recipe looks delicious. I do have a question for you. I don't have any of the fruits mentioned, but I do have some frozen strawberries. I think I might try using those. Do you think those would work?

Thanks,

Carol

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Submitted by Lilyofthevalley on Mon, 2008-01-07 20:51.

Hello Carol, I hope you don't mind me answering, but I made this just this evening with frozen strawberries and it worked well. Strawberries may not keep their bright colour, but the cake turned out and it is delicious too. I had been wondering if you could use strawberries, and now I have tried it and it was sucessful. :)

Did you try it too??

~Tanya


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Submitted by Tammy on Mon, 2008-01-07 22:01.

Oh, good! :)

Joshua and I were just discussing whether we thought strawberries would work. :) Did you use whole strawberries, or chop them a little? :)


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Submitted by Lilyofthevalley on Tue, 2008-01-08 09:28.

My strawberries were quite big, so I sliced them. :) ~Tanya


Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 2008-01-07 11:21.

I want to go back and study how you photograph food- you do such a beautiful job. This coffee cake looks delicious! It's one that I'm going to have to try.

Blessings,
Tracy
www.LinesFromTheVine.com

Submitted by Martha Artyomenko on Mon, 2008-01-07 11:26.

That looks great, Tanya! Good job being featured in Hidden Wisdom and on here.....
I am going to have to try it!

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 2008-01-08 18:02.

Tanya,

Thanks so much. I have lots of strawberries in the freezer. I'll be making this tomorrow for dessert. I can't wait.

Thanks again.:)

Carol

Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 2008-01-09 22:27.

it is simply wonderful! My whole family loves it.

I think this would be good even if you didn't have any fruit. Maybe a layer of batter and then a layer of cinnamon and sugar and repeat ending w/ the crumb topping.

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Submitted by Lilyofthevalley on Thu, 2008-01-10 17:22.

Yummy!! :) ~Tanya


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