Apple Blackberry Cake / Bread

Last week I was going through some papers and found a recipe I cut out from a Martha Stewart magazine. It was for an Apple Blackberry Cake / Bread. The picture looked delicious! Even though we planned on camping for the weekend, I decided to make the cake/bread... I assumed whatever didn't get eaten during the week, we'd just bring along with us... I assumed wrong... Nothing was left. I made this cake/bread on Tuesday and it was eaten by Friday morning from just the two of us. It was a big hit in the kitchen and something I'd make again. The recipe was sugar quick and easy.

Granulated sugar, for pan
1 1/2 cups flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
6 tbsp butter, melted
2 tbsp butter cut into pieces (for topping)
3/4 cup packed light brown sugar
2 tbsp packed light brown sugar (for topping)
1/2 cup milk
2 eggs
4 apples, peeled, cored, and cut into wedges (I used granny smith apple because they're my favorite)
1 cup blackberries
1/4 tsp cinnamon

1. Butter a 9" springform pan and dust with granulated sugar.
2. Whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl.
3. Whisk together melted butter, 3/4 cup brown sugar, milk and eggs in a separate bowl. Whisk flour mixture into wet ingredient bowl.
4. Spread batter evenly into prepared plan. Arrange apple wedges over batter and sprinkle with blackberries. Gently press fruit into batter.
5. Combine remaining 2 tbsp brown sugar, cinnamon and remaining 2 tbsp butter into a bowl. Cut into pieces and sprinkle over fruit.
6. Bake at 375 degrees for about 24-50 min or util cake tester is clean.

Blackberry Oat Muffins

When the Smith's and Bortz's were in town for breakfast this week, I decided to make a healthy batch of muffins. Mrs. Smith always seems to be talking about her new weight loss and I wanted to make sure she had something decent to eat in the morning. I settled on Blackberry Oat Muffins, a recipe from Quaker Oats, that were only 110 calories each.

I thought there were a tad bit on the dry size but overall, pretty good.

Blackberry Oat Muffins
Makes 12 muffins
110 calories each

1 cups oats
1 cup buttermilk
2 egg whites
1/2 tsp grated lemon peel
2 tbsp butter, melted
1 cup flour
3 tbsp sugar
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1 cup fresh or frozen blackberries (raspberries or blueberries will work too)

Heat oven to 400 degrees. Lightly spray 12 muffin cups with cooking spray. In a medium bowl, combine oats and buttermilk; let stand 10 minutes. Add egg whites, butter and lemon peel. In a large bowl, combine remaining ingredients except berries. Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients; stir just until dry ingredients are moistened. Gently stir in blueberries. Fill muffin cups almost full. Bake 20-25 minutes.