Blueberry Coffee Cake

This delicious-looking baked good is a blueberry coffee cake. It is simple to make, but quite a crowd-pleaser, and it looks quite stunning. That is probably why my mother often makes it for company or as a gift for neighbors and friends. That's very nice of her, but since it is a full coffee cake baked in a tube pan, it might be a bit obvious if we cut a piece or two out of it to enjoy for ourselves. For that reason, our family doesn't often get a taste of this coffee cake when it is baked. We have to suffer through the tantalizing aromas of it baking, and the mouth-watering look of it cooling on a rack, but we don't get to sample it. This cake is very well-suited to give away because it is a nice size and it tastes wonderful. It is conveniently baked in one tube pan, and once it comes out of the oven and cools briefly, it can be easily dumped out onto a paper plate to finish cooling, or it can be given away warm. The cake is especially delicious warm. It would be nice with a little whipped cream or vanilla ice cream, but it really doesn't need it. The cake is chock full of blueberries (we use frozen for convenience purposes, and so it can be made all year round), and is quite moist. It has a sweet stresuel on top, made from butter, brown sugar, and cinnamon. The addition of blueberries makes it a bit different from a typical coffee cake, but anyone who likes blueberries will really appreciate this clever addition. I really like this coffee cake, and hopefully there will be a piece left for me this time!