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3 pieces of sliced stacked cake on a piece of parchment exposing middle of cake

Lemon Blueberry Buttermilk Cake

  • Author: Delaney
  • Prep Time: 20 minutes
  • Cook Time: 75 minutes
  • Total Time: 95 minutes
  • Yield: 12 slices 1x
  • Category: Dessert
  • Method: Baking
  • Cuisine: British

Description

This lemon blueberry cake is filled with blueberries, has a blueberry swirl, lemon simple syrup, and uses buttermilk for an extra tanginess.


Ingredients

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Cake

  • 2 sticks unsalted butter (softened)
  • 1.5 cups granulated sugar (300g)
  • 1 tbsp lemon zest
  • 3 large eggs (room temperature)
  • 3 cups all purpose flour (360g)
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 3/4 cup buttermilk (room temperature)
  • 3/4 cups blueberries (tossed in flour)
  • 1/4 cup blueberry jam

Lemon Simple Syrup

  • 2 tablespoons lemon juice
  • 2 tablespoons granulated sugar

Glaze

  • 2 tsp lemon juice
  • 1/3 cup powdered sugar (sifted)

Instructions

Cake Batter:

  1. Preheat an oven to 350F and line a 9×5 loaf pan with parchment paper.
  2. Whisk flour, baking powder, and salt together in a small bowl.
  3. In a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment or a large bowl with a hand mixer beat together butter, sugar, and lemon zest together until very pale yellow and smooth, roughly 5 minutes.
  4. Add in eggs one at a time and mix until combined.
  5. Alternate adding the dry ingredients and buttermilk into the batter, starting and ending with the dry ingredients (dry-wet-dry-wet-dry). Fold in the blueberries that have been tossed in flour until evenly dispersed.
  6. Pour the batter into a 9×5 loaf pan and smooth down with an offset spatula. Add tablespoon sized globs of blueberry jams]. Swirl with a knife to create loops of jam.
  7. Draw a line down the center of the batter with a knife to give the cake a place to split and bake at 350º for 75 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean.
  8. Immediately brush with lemon juice and let cool for 15 minutes.
  9. Whisk the remaining lemon juice and powdered sugar in a small bowl and spoon over the cake.
  10. Enjoy!

Lemon Simple Syrup

  1. While the cake bakes, heat the lemon juice and granulated sugar together on the stove in a small saucepan until the sugar dissolves. Pour into a heat safe bowl.
  2. Once the cake has baked, spoon simple syrup on top of the cake.

Lemon Glaze:

1) Whisk powdered sugar and lemon juice together. Once the cake has cooled, drizzle it on top of the cake.


Notes

This cake is best kept at room temperature stored in an airtight container for up to 3 days.


Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 1 slice
  • Calories: 390
  • Sugar: 28.9g
  • Sodium: 132mg
  • Fat: 16.5g
  • Saturated Fat: 9.9g
  • Carbohydrates: 55.7g
  • Fiber: 1.1g
  • Protein: 5.4g
  • Cholesterol: 87mg

Keywords: cake, lemon loaf, Pound cake, blueberries, lemon, buttermilk