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Or Things That Turned Out Better Than Expected... It was 16 below this morning and after reading a Facebook post of a friend who was making coffee cake, I WANTED some, but I was not willing to drag my sorry self out for any missing ingredients.  People die in this weather! So the hunt began -- digging through the cupboard, freezer and fridge!  I found a can of Pillsbury Blueberry biscuits  ​not yet out date (although that might not have stopped me today).  While these are good, they are NOT coffee cake, so I continued my search for "enhancements" for the biscuits, all the while,  my inner Julia Child self, was chanting butter...butter...butter...in her unique, high pitched voice.  Next, I remembered some blueberry sauce for waffles I'd made a few weeks ago and had frozen -- I dug them out and threw them in the microwave to defrost.  So we've got biscuits, extra blueberry sauce...hmm...what else do I need... The coffee cakes that I love the most either have a streusel crumble or a drizzled frosting topping -- sometimes both...but in this case, I decided to go for a drizzle.  In the pantry I discovered a can of whipped vanilla frosting...bingo - I am in business.  This could be really, good or one of those things you feed to the birds... Now that I had scrounged up some potential things to work with, I was glad my husband was still in bed and wouldn't see this crazy thing come together in case it turned into a Lucy episode.  I pulled a round quiche pan from the cupboard and greased it lightly.   With a smack I popped open the biscuits and in a effort to look "fancy" I cut all but one in half and arranged them in the pan to look like a sun....