Blueberry Coffee Cake

        While many of my friends are celebrating their freedom from school in places like Punta Cana or Miami, I find myself back in good ole' Virginia. The weeks before break, however, were much more stressful for them than for me, mostly because of last minute beach diets and work outs to get ready for partying with fellow spring breakers in swimsuits and pool coverups. As for me, my preparations for spring break at home consisted of writing midterm papers, watching Netflix, and eating the last of the baked goods my mom sent via care packages. 

        One care package consisted of blueberry coffee cake, a breakfast, lunch, or dinner treat that is definitely one of the greatest ways to ease midterm stress. No workout or tanning session comes even close to some of this bad boy. Making it is so easy, and once its done, all you need to do is cut a slice, microwave for fifteen seconds, and get ready for all worrying thoughts to go away with a mouthful of warm blueberries and cinnamon sugar cake that makes anyone go bananas. For me, that luxury cannot come from anywhere else. Even if it's five o'clock somewhere on some tropical island, this treat makes happy hour just as rewarding even in the comforts of your family room couch (my home for the next five days). So I can say that until senior year, Punta Cana step aside and let me take a slice of heaven.

Ingredients
1 stick butter
4 ounce cream cheese
1 c. sugar
1 egg
1 c. all-purpose flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
1 tsp. vanilla extract
2 c. blueberries - I use fresh, but you can use frozen too
2 T. sugar/ 1 tsp. ground cinnamon

Preheat oven to 300°F. Beat butter and cream cheese at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy. Gradually add 1 cup sugar, beating well. Add egg: beat well. Combine flour, baking powder, and salt. Stir into butter mixture. Add vanilla fold in blueberries. Pour batter into 9 inch round greased cake pan. Combine 2 t. sugar and cinnamon. Sprinkle over batter. Bake for 1 hour. Cool on wire rack or other accessible cooling surface.