Blueberry Coffee Cake II

Blueberry Coffee Cake II
(Original at allrecipes.com)








2 cups all-purpose flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 cup vegetable oil
3/4 cup white sugar
1 egg
1/2 cup milk
1 cup blueberries
1 tsp vanilla (my only tweak)

Topping:

1/3 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/4 cup butter, softened

Preheat the oven to 375^ F. Grease and flour a 9-inch pan. (I used Pam and had no problems) Sift together the flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside.

In a large bowl, whick together the oil, sugar and egg. Stir in the flour mixture alternately with the milk, mixing just until incorporated. Fold in the blueberries. Pour batter (it's extremely thick and should say "spoon batter" instead, because it cannot be "poured"!) into prepared pan. Cover with streusel topping.

For the topping, in a bowl, combine the flour, cinnamon and sugar. Cut in the butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.

Bake for 45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Allow to cool.

This recipe had an average rating of 4.5 stars by 53 reviewers. I'm baffled...and disappointed. The topping was very good, but the cake itself was flavorless and bland and very dry. I'd only give it 2 stars.