Old Fashioned Blueberry Cake 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.

OLD FASHIONED BLUEBERRY CAKE

Steps:

• Combine 2 T. sugar and water, pour over the blueberries and allow to stand 30 minutes.
• Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
• Add eggs, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, salt, blueberry mixture, flour, raisins and preserves.
• Beat at medium speed until well blended.
• Desolve baking soda in buttermilk; add to batter and mix well, but do not overbeat.
• Pour batter into 3 greased and floured 8 inch round cake pans.
• Bake at 350 for 25 to 35 minutes, or until cake tester comes out clean.
• Remove from pans and cool on wire racks.
• Sprinkle with powdered sugar between layers and on top of cake.

FRESH BLUEBERRY CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease an 8x8-inch pan.
• Sift flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt together in a large bowl. Beat shortening in a separate bowl until creamy; stir into flour mixture, alternating with milk. Beat flour-shortening mixture until mixed, about 2 minutes. Add egg and beat until mixed, about 1 minute.
• Combine lemon zest with blueberries in a bowl; fold into batter. Pour batter into prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 50 minutes.

OLD-FASHIONED BLUEBERRY BUCKLE (COFFEE CAKE)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375dF. Generously grease and flour a 9-inch round or square cake pan.
• Make Topping:.
• Combine brown sugar, flour and cinnamon in a small bowl; use your fingers to rub in the butter until crumbly. Set aside.
• Make Batter:.
• Use a wire whisk to blend the flour, baking powder, salt and cardamom together in a medium sized mixing bowl; whisk in the lemon zest. In a large bowl cream together the sugar, butter, egg and vanilla; stir in the milk. Gradually add the flour mixture to the creamed mixture, stirring just until blended. Gently fold in the blueberries.
• Pour the batter into prepared pan; sprinkle evenly with the topping.
• Bake in preheated oven for 40 to 45 minutes or until a cake tester or knife comes out clean.
• Let the buckle cool for 10 minutes, then carefully loosen sides with a knife or spatula before turning out onto a serving dish.
• Serve warm with a cuppa coffee or tea (or glass of milk), topped with ice cream or whipped cream, as desired.