Blueberry Butter Cake With Vanilla Ginger Glaze Food

MELT IN YOUR MOUTH BLUEBERRY CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour an 8 inch square pan.
• Cream butter or margarine and 1/2 cup sugar until fluffy. Add salt and vanilla. Separate eggs and reserve the whites. Add egg yolks to the sugar mixture; beat until creamy.
• Combine 1 1/2 cups flour and baking powder; add alternately with milk to egg yolk mixture. Coat berries with 1 tablespoon flour and add to batter.
• In a separate bowl, beat whites until soft peaks form. Add 1/4 cup of sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, and beat until stiff peaks form. Fold egg whites into batter. Pour into prepared pan. Sprinkle top with remaining 1 tablespoon sugar.
• Bake for 50 minutes, or until cake tests done.

BLUEBERRY CAKE WITH VANILLA BUTTER SAUCE

Steps:

• 1. Cream butter and sugar.
• 2. Stir in eggs.
• 3. Sift flour and baking powder together.
• 4. Add to creamed mixture alternately with milk; beating well.
• 5. Coat blueberries with a small amount of additional flour to assure even distribution of berries in cake (about 1 1/2 Tbsp).
• 6. Fold into batter.
• 7. Lightly greased 8- or 9-inch square pan.
• 8. Pour batter into the pan.
• 9. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.
• 10. NOTE: If you don't have a double boiler, you can use two pans that fit together. Put about 1-2 inches of water in the bigger pot, get it to boil, and then proceed with this recipe.
• 11. To prepare sauce: Mix butter and sugar in top of a double boiler.
• 12. Blend in egg yolk and boiling water.
• 13. Stir vigorously while blending the egg yolk in the boiling water so the egg does not cook in the mixture.
• 14. Cook over hot water until mixture thickens, stirring frequently (about 15 minutes on medium heat).
• 15. Stir in vanilla.
• 16. Spoon hot sauce over blueberry cake.
• 17. Cut into squares.