Summer Blueberry Cake
"This cake hits the spot in the summer, when you want a lighter dessert. I love it for the 4th of July, when I serve blueberries and sliced strawberries over the top for a red, white and blue theme. For busy moms, you can make your favorite white cake according to the box, use a can of blueberry pie filling (1/2 in the cake and 1/2 on top after baking) and a container of cool whip - which is how I used to make this cake back in the 1970's. They'll still love it."
photo by KK7707
- Ready In:
- 1hr 5mins
- Ingredients:
- 16
- Yields:
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1 cake
- Serves:
- 16-20
ingredients
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Blueberry Filling
- 2 pints blueberries, divided
- 3⁄4 cup sugar
- 3 tablespoons water, divided
- 3 tablespoons cornstarch
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest
- 1 dash cinnamon
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Cake
- 1 (18 1/4 ounce) package white cake mix (without pudding)
- 1⁄2 cup sour cream
- 1⁄2 cup whole milk
- 1⁄2 cup vegetable oil
- 3 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
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Topping
- 2 cups whipping cream
- 1 cup confectioners' sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
directions
- Make Filling: Put 1 cup of blueberries, sugar and 1 Tbsp water in a medium saucepan. Simmer over low heat until it becomes liquid. Mix remaining water and cornstarch and add to pan, cooking until it comes to a boil. Add the butter and cinnamon, stirring until the butter is melted, then add the rest of the blueberries. Cook for another minute, take off the heat and add the lemon zest. Set aside to cool.
- Make Cake: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a 9" x 13" cake pan (or use a cooking spray with flour).
- Put the cake mix, sour cream, milk, oil, eggs and vanilla in a large mixing bowl. Mix for 1 minute on low speed. Scrape down the bowl and mix on med-high speed for another 2 minutes.
- Pour cake batter into the prepared pan. Using 1/2 of the blueberry filling, put dollops of the filling on the batter and swirl lightly with a knife. Bake the cake until it is light brown and starts to pull away from the sides of the pan, 35-40 minutes.
- Cool cake and spread the rest of the blueberry filling on top.
- Make frosting: Using chilled bowl and beaters, whip the cream until soft peaks form. Add vanilla, then the sugar while continung to beat until stiff peaks form.
- Spread topping on cooled cake.
- Serve with additional berries, if desired.
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Reviews
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I found this awhile ago, a friends son loves blueberry, and this recipe fits the bill. Now I have to make it every year for him. I’m thinking of adding a blueberry cheesecake frosting this year.
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
KK7707
Saint Petersburg
One of my passions is to feed people, but I wouldn't work in a commercial kitchen on a bet. It's too hard - and I have great respect for those who do it. I fix dinner for about 60 people once a year and am always looking for new recipes for "the party", which is what led me to this site. My husband and I also make and can jams (especially strawberry - plentiful in Florida, peaches, tomatoes and green beans, not to mention the annual cookie frenzy each December when we make about 75 dozen cookies for gifts. We also smoke salmon often. We love living in Florida, but miss the fine seafood, corn, tomatoes, peaches and apples of the mid-Atlantic coast.?Below I've?defined how I rate recipes to make my ratings more useful. I think this is important as I rely a great deal on ratings and comments by other Chefs and I would like to know what their standards are. How I rate recipes: 5 stars: These are recipes I expect to make many times and require little in the way of changes to be really, really good. This rating doesn't take into account as to whether a recipe is 'gourmet' or just plain good food - if I expect to make it often, it gets 5 stars. 4 stars: These are recipes that are very good, but for one reason or another I don't expect to make it often. The reasons for not making it often can be varied, such as difficulty or cost, but NOT because we just thought it was OK instead of great. These recipes are just as good as my 5-stars and are ones I would consider making again. 3 stars: These are recipes that one of my family or extended family liked or loved, but there wasn't a consensus that it was really good. 3 stars means I probably won't make again unless there are easy changes I can do to make it more to our liking. 2 stars: These are recipes that just aren't to my taste for one reason or another. Could be flavor, poor appearance, difficulty - just about anything. I don't plan to make it again. 1 star: These are recipes I didn't even end up serving to others and will not make again. Usually my problem with these recipes is with the taste. You won't find many of these ratings from me as it is sometimes kinder to just not rate it. If I do rate it, it is to make suggestions on how to improve it.
