Breakfast Cake

I found this recipe on pintrest and it is amazing!  I've made this recipe 4 different ways.  Here is the original recipe from Alexandra's Kitchen.  Now here is my version.  I've made cherry, blackberry, and strawberry breakfast cakes.  With the Cherry Breakfast Cake I added about 1/2 tsp Almond Extract.  I'm sure this will work with an array of fruit.  Find a fruit in season and go crazy.  I like to use fresh ingredients as I'm sure we all do.  I have always made mine with fresh buttermilk.  I find that if you take the cream off of 1/2 gal of fresh raw milk it makes more then enough butter and buttermilk for this recipe.  Raise a few chickens for the fresh eggs and you can just imagine how delicious this can be!

Strawberry Breakfast Cake

Breakfast Cake
Serves 6-8
½ cup unsalted butter, room temperature
7/8 cup* + 1 tablespoon sugar**
1 egg, room temperature
1 tsp. vanilla
2 cups flour (set aside 1/4 cup of this to toss with the fruit)
2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. kosher salt
2 cups fresh fruit
½ cup buttermilk

* 7/8 cup = 3/4 cup + 2 tablespoons
** This 1 tablespoon is for sprinkling on top

1. Preheat the oven to 350ºF. Cream butter with 7/8 cup of the sugar until light and fluffy.
2. Add the egg and vanilla and beat until combined. Meanwhile, toss the cherries with ¼ cup of flour, then whisk together the remaining flour, baking powder and salt.
3. Add the flour mixture to the batter a little at a time, alternating with the buttermilk. Fold in the fruit.
4. Grease a 9-inch square baking pan (or something similar) with butter or coat with non-stick spray. Spread batter into pan. Sprinkle batter with remaining tablespoon of sugar. Bake for 35 minutes. Check with a toothpick to make sure it is done. If necessary, return pan to oven for a couple of more minutes. (Note: Baking for as long as 10 minutes more might be necessary.) Let cool at least 15 minutes before serving.

I always have to make 2 pans, we just go through it that fast.  I'm sure this would be a wonderful recipe to take to a new mom or someone recovering from surgery.  ~Elizabeth