Valentine's Breakfast

A very simple breakfast to begin a relaxing day ~ the food was very simple; sliced sweet, juicy oranges with raspberry and toasted sliced almond garnish, soft scrambled eggs, and my favorite Coffee Cake, made tiny into little cakelets with Blueberries added.

My Valentine's Day tribute to the Darling Bakers ~

As you'll see, I think I got a little carried away with the pictures. :)

At times like these, I wish the hot tub/spa wasn't right across the deck in view of the bay window-dining nook. :(

Please try to pretend it isn't there. :)

You've all seen scrambled eggs, so I'll skip those... and get on to a zillion images of my favorite coffee cake.

It's a version of New York-Style Crumb Cake, adapted from

The Foster's Market Cookbook.

Usually I make it in a jelly-roll pan, and cut into serving size pieces. (It's really rich, and absolutely loaded with crumbly topping, but not too sweet, just the way I like it.)

This time I made a half recipe (it still makes A LOT), then baked the batter off in the Norpro Mini Cheesecake Pans with removable bottoms:


 

I love the straight sides on this pan ~ the little cakes bake up nice a tall.

The fresh blueberries were exceptionally sweet, so I added a few to some of the little cakes, sprinkling them over before adding the crumb topping to the batter.

I've posted the recipe on the Once Upon a Plate Recipe blog; HERE, in case you would like to copy and paste it.

You can add other fresh berries instead of the blueberries, although the cake is great plain, with no fruit ~ I also like to add either blackberries or raspberries, too.

Since we don't eat as many sweets at my house any longer, I'll definitely freeze some of these to enjoy another time.

Such an easy breakfast/brunch ~ no need for lunch.

For my dishease friends...

the Valentine's table is an eclectic mix some Churchill (England), some Villeroy & Boch (Germany), the pink cabbage leaf plates, and the white cylindrical pot holding the mini-rose bush are Bordallo Pinhero (Portugal), the little pressed glass dishes are vintage made in USA. Ditto the water glasses. The little pink roses on the silver tray are Salt & Pepper shakers; Staffordshire (England.)

Tablecloth and napkins; April Cornell.

Next up... Valentine's Dinner!