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1 c Sugar

1 ts Cinnamon

1 3/4 c Flour

2 ts Baking powder

1 ts Cardamom (optional)

5 tb Butter

1 Egg

1/2 c Cream, light or milk

1 c Blueberry

Mix together 1 Tablespoon of the sugar and cinnamon, and set aside. Combine the remaining sugar, the flour, baking powder, and the cardamom. Cut in the butter until the mixture resembles corn- meal. Beat the egg, combine with the cream or milk, and add to the batter. Stir in until combined.,then stir in the blueberries. Spoon into a buttered 8 inch pan. Sprinkle the sugar and cinnamon mixture over the top. Bake in a preheated 375 oven for 20 to 25 minues. Serves 8. From Horticulture Magazine,1985. This is very similiar

to a coffee cake served in Peggys Cove, Nova Scotia. Do not omit the cardamom;that it what gives the cake a unique flavor. Source: mom

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