Looks wonderful! ATK’s Blueberry Muffin recipe has been a favorite, but I’m going to check out this one. Thx!

I get a lot of hits with these search terms.

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I wonder if all the same, ;)

I once created my own recipe for bluberry cake (used it for muffins too) and later came upon the jordan marsh blueberry muffins recipe and they were very similar.

It looks delicious!

I can't even imagine garden blueberries! The cake looks fab!

I immediately wanted a slice. Yum! It looks delicious.

I remember those Jordan Marsh blueberry muffins. Cake looks fabulous.

Probably even better with home grown blueberries. My blueberry plants are between harvests at the moment.

Yum...I think I have that recipe. Yours looks absolutely delish!

But my latest preference is for DH's recipe that uses yogurt in the mix...so tasty!

We have a few “culivated” blueberry plants and because of the birds and chipmunks (we’re in a clearing in the woods with nearby wetlands, we had to build a cage aarounf them. Just netting ws not enough. Even now, we have to keep an eye out for chippies or birds that sneak in and don’t know how to get out.

This year, I fed the songbirds late and to avoid the black bears, mounted two mesh ball feeders from the upstairs bedroom window. I love watching them — purple finches, goldfinches, Red Breasted grossbeaks, red bellied woodpecker, cardinals, chickadees, chipping sparrow (evolving trait, they are groundfeeders), titmice, nuthatches.

But, I think next summer I dont want as many birds hanging around. The catbirds are sweet birds, but they eat every berry that is not nailed down.

W have wild high bush and low bush blueberries and there are wild blueberries all over the mountain. The birds and bears get them.

The Blueberries in the cage are, iirc, Patriot, bluecrop, blue ray. Plus other plants we bought and havent yet planted in the ground. I think BBs are easy to propagate from softwood cuttings, so I hope to increase my plantings that way.

My husband picked the berries and inclued about 1/6 C that were not fully ripe, thus the pink purple color. But it also gave a bit brighter flavor, which is interesting. (so take THAT, Cedar waxwings!

BTW one summer while babysitting the best kids, I made a pie out of all green, unripe apples from the tree outside their cottage. I just added a bit more sugar. That pie is in my memory as one of my best apple pies ever. I regret that we don’t have an apple tree. Guess it will have to be Granny Smith.

Annie, I bet the yogurt in the BB muffin or cake mix is very good.

Do you think that muffin recipe would work with raspberries? They are my favorite berry. Or would it be too wet?

I think it would work. I have made raspberry muffins from our Heritage raspberries and I probably used that recipe as a base. Raspberries are wetter, so perhaps you would want to use a bit less. Maybe boost the leavening? Got me. Add berries after you have combined everything (wet batter) and toss/turn gently to combine, of course. Don’t ”stir” or mix. The coarse baker’s sugar on the top gives a nice look and finish. I often reduce the suggested sugar amount in most recipes. I truly dislike nearly all ”bakery” muffins and cookies. Way too sweet or me. Even with better bakeries.

PS — you must know this, but do not wash or get the raspberries wet. Fresh raspberries best.

We live in an area where fresh blueberries are sold on the farms, u pick or already picked for you to purchase. I cannot tell you how many I made money picking blueberries. Most people my age did around here. We could work in the fields as young as 12 I believe.

I forgot to tell you about an ingredient. DH adds ~ 1/2 teaspoon of ground corriander. This is now often suggested by cooking magazines like Epicurious. There is something about coriander that complements the flavor of blueberry. I like it.

https://www.mashed.com/477424/this-unexpected-spice-will-take-your-blueberry-muffins-to-the-next-level/

Yum, petalique, that looks delicious. Blueberries aren't quite ripe here, but they will be in a couple of weeks. They didn't like my soil, but there are a lot of U-pick farms around here, so I can pick all I need in season.

I suppose I ought to bake something. The raspberries would be a good idea, I have those just getting ripe.

Annie

That is interesting about the coriander. Makes sense, it has a brightness to it.

I made a blueberry bread recipe a couple weeks ago that was really tasty but didn't rise well because my baking power was old...as in over a decade old.... I scarfed it down anyway LOL!

I'll have to look into making a blueberry cake, never had such a thing. My BB's are almost fully ripe -- blue but not quite there yet. Oh, and the raspberries -- those will be coming in full-force in about another month, I'll have to make a mental note to try to adapt the BB bread recipe for the raspberries.

Annie1992 and mxk3 – how do you protect your raspberries from the birds? My regular catbirds want to wipe out all berries. My raspberry patch is too overgrown. The second year, I had July and fall raspberries.

Raspberries are yummy and pretty on a lemon-poppyseed cake. The recipe from Rose Levy Beranbaum‘s ”Cake Bible” is devine.

Here is her page. I got my copy from ?NYT magazine years ago.

https://www.realbakingwithrose.com/

Here is RLB’s Lemon Poppyseed Poundcake. I have made it many times, in various shapes.

https://kf-biblioblog.blogspot.com/2013/05/rose-levy-beranbaums-lemon-poppy-seed.html

I reduce the sugar and add lemon zest to the JM recipe.

Friends and I pick blueberries and make blueberry buckle coffee cake. So yummy!

"how do you protect your raspberries from the birds?"

They leave my raspberries alone, have never bothered them in the 5 years I've been growing them. I hope I didn't just jinx myself....

I do put bird netting over my blueberries. This is the really good stuff: Knitted Bird Netting | American Nettings and Fabric

Thanks, mxk3. I want to send my catbirds and chipmunk to your garden for workshops.

I have some berry netting. It tends to tange in the foliage and then pull new growth off the plant. If I don’t pot it to the ground, the birds go under it. The chipmunks are incorrigible. We have a lots of stone walls, so they get away quickly.

^^ The knitted stuff I linked to is superior to the plastic bird netting that's widely available. Still has to be secured to the ground, though.

Saw this yesterday. I think I might try it this weekend.

Judi that looks great. I had blueberry cornmeal muffins once, very good. I didn't

expect them to be good but it's a good combo.

Oh, and as a pie challenged baker, I find that video hilarious! I like her approach to a cooking video! although she could have easily avoided blaspheming . . .

Sadly, my tart pan is ceramic and does not have a removable bottom, so I would have to fish it out. I should get myself a few more pie servers. I only have one small one that came with my silver set.

Hmmm, I didn’t get my invite!

Here's the yogurt muffin recipe:

Oven at 375

1 c. plain yogurt (not Greek)

1 tsp baking soda

1/2 c. butter

2 eggs

1 tsp vanilla

2 c flour

1/2 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

1 c sugar

3/4 c something to mix in (fruit, choc chips, nuts, whatever)

Preheat oven to 375

Grease muffin tin and set aside.

In a bowl mix yogurt and baking soda. Set aside.

In a large bowl mix flour, baking powder, salt and sugar.

In another bowl, beat butter Add eggs one at a tie, then vanilla. Add to flour mix. Then add yogurt mix stirring just until combined. Stir in your mix in. Put in muffin tin and bake about 20 min or until done.

Can also add topping such as 2 Tb chopped walnut, 2 Tb brown sugar, 1 tsp cinnamon mixed together.

Some of my favorite combos: lemon poppy seed; apple cinnamon and walnut; blueberry; orange peel and cranberry; and of course mini choc chips.

Thanks, Annie. That looks good!