Ingredients
- CAKE
- 3/4 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 teasoons lemon juice
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups fresh blueberries
- 1 1/2 cups sour cream
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour a 10-inch tube pan. Cream butter and sugar in large mixing bowl until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add the vanilla extract and lemon juice. Beat very well.
Combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt in a separate bowl. Alternately add the dry ingredients and the sour cream into the butter mixture. *Begin and end with the dry
- STREUSEL TOPPING
- 1/4 cup white sugar
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, chilled
Combine sugars, flour and cinnamon in a bowl. Cut in chilled butter with a pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. You can also use an electric mixer with a paddle attachment. *You will have some extra streusel--keep in freezer for quick fruit tart another day!*
Assemble and Bake:
Spread half of the batter into the prepared pan. Sprinkle with a layer of the streusel. Top with remaining batter, then top with another layer of streusel. Bake for approximately 55 minutes. Cake will be done when golden brown, sides of cake pull away slightly from edge of pan and toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Remove pan from oven and cool on a rack for 45 minutes. Unmold onto rack streusel side down and allow to cool completely. Then invert, streusel side up onto a cake plate. Serve dusted with confectioners sugar or with blueberry sauce.
- BLUEBERRY SAUCE
- 2 cups blueberries
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 1/2 vanilla bean, seeded
- 2 teaspoons lemon juice
In a saucepan over medium low heat add blueberries, sugar mixed with cornstarch, vanilla bean seeds and lemon juice. Heat to a boil, stirring occasionally. Cool completely. Serve with cake, over ice cream.
















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By shellycat17
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on July 03, 2011
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I was looking for a blueberry cake and found this and loved it. I added the blueberries in like a lot others did. I also let it cool and did a conf. suger frosting on top!!!
By davidbideau
Souderton, PA
on June 05, 2011
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I also added the blueberries in the batter--about 1 cup, I coated them with flour first and then folded them into the batter. I would also add more lemon the next time but the cake was very moist and tasty!
By edandfran_13005459
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on July 17, 2010
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Nowhere on the recipe does it say when to add the blueberries!
I folded them into the cake batter at the end .
I am baking the cake as I write.
Fran Laczynski
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