Wild Blueberry Cake

Submitted by Baby Kato

"This cake is wonderful served with lemon ice or vanilla-bean ice cream. Yummmmy...My mil's east coast recipe. This very special cake is worth the effort to make."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 25mins
• Ingredients: 13
• Serves: 12

ingredients

• Cake

• 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 1 1⁄2 cups fine sugar
• 4 eggs, seperated
• 1 1⁄2 tablespoons orange rind, grated
• 1⁄2 tablespoon fresh lemon rind, grated
• 1⁄2 tablespoon lime rind, grated
• 3 cups flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1 1 cup lemon juice or 1 cup lime juice
• 3 cups wild fresh blueberries (use fresh only)

• Glaze

• 1⁄2 fine sugar
• 1⁄2 cup fresh squeezed orange juice

directions

1. Cake.
2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
3. Grease a bundt pan, dust with flour, set aside.
4. Beat butter, 1 cup sugar in large bowl until fluffy.
5. Next beat in egg yolks, one at a time.
6. Mix in orange, lemon and lime rinds.
7. In fresh bowl beat eggs whites till soft peaks form.
8. Mix in remaining 1/2 cup of sugar until peaks become firm.
9. In a small bowl whisk flour, baking powder and salt.
10. Using a wooden spoon, mix flour mixture into butter mixture alternating with the orange juice.
11. Batter will be stiff.
12. Fold in egg whites and add 3 cups of blueberries.
13. Pour into prepared pan.
14. Bake in center of oven at 350 degrees for 45- 55 minutes.
15. Let cake cool on rack in pan for 20 minutes.
16. Glaze.
17. While waiting for cake to cool prepare glaze.
18. In a small pan bring sugar and juice to a boil for about 2 minutes, stir and let cool.
19. Remove cake from pan, place cake on rack and brush on glaze-- allow cake to cool before serving-- enjoy.

Reviews

[Rita1652]

I made with peaches and blueberries. Using a 1/4 cup of Recipe #101039 and 3/4 cups regular sugar. I was in a rush so when I inverted the cake to soon it fell apart. Oops! But didn`t hurt the flavor. I got to sneak a taste of the pieces that stuck to the pan. Thanks! Almost forgot I made the glaze with powdered sugar a touch of Grand Marnier and OJ mixing together and no cooking.

 

[Redsie]

Didn't have any wild blueberries - so used regular blueberries - turned out perfect!! Not too sweet, with a nice orange flavour. Used half orange half lemon juice for the cake and orange juice only for the glaze. Thanks BK - this is definitely worth the effort to make!!! :)

 

[Kittencalrecipezazz]

Since I could not find fresh blueberries at my store, I used chopped apples instead and that worked out fine for this cake, I will give this cake another try in the future using fresh blueberries as the texture of this cake was very good! thanks BK!...Kitten:)