Blueberry Breakfast Cake
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup unsálted butter, room temperáture
- Zest from 1 lemon
- 3/4 cup gránuláted sugár
- 1 lárge egg, room temperáture
- 1 teáspoon pure vánillá extráct
- 2 cups unbleáched áll-purpose flour, plus 2 táblespoons
- 2 teáspoons báking powder
- 1/2 teáspoon seá sált
- 2 cups fresh ripe blueberries, picked over, rinsed ánd dried
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
- 1 teáspoon turbinádo sugár for sprinkling
Instructions
- Preheát oven to 325 degrees.
- Lightly greáse ánd flour án 8-inch springform pán. Set áside.
- Set áside 1/3 cup of blueberries to put on top of bátter before báking, if desired. In á medium mixing bowl, toss the remáining blueberries with 2 táblespoons flour ánd set áside. Máke sure your berries áre dry.
- In á smáll bowl combine 2 cups of flour, sált, ánd báking powder.
- In the bowl of á stánd mixer combine the butter, lemon zest ánd 3/4 cup of sugár. Beát for severál minutes, scráping down the sides ás needed, until light ánd fluffy.
- Beát in the egg ánd vánillá just until incorporáted.
- Ádd 1/3 of the flour mixture to the creámed butter ánd sugár. Beát on low until incorporáted. Ádd 1/3 of the buttermilk ánd blend until smooth. Repeát ádding 1/2 of the remáining flour, then 1/2 of the remáining buttermilk until both áre incorporáted, repeát one more time. Remove the bowl from the mixer. The bátter will be very thick.
- Gently fold in the floured blueberries ánd ány extrá flour into the bátter using á rubber spátulá. Táke cáre not to rupture the blueberries.
- Scoop the bátter into the prepáred pán ánd spreád evenly. Scátter the remáining 1/3 cup of blueberries on top. Sprinkle with the coárse sugár. Báke in á 325 preheáted oven for 50-60 minutes or until the top is lightly browned ánd á toothpick inserted in the center comes out álmost cleán.
- Állow the cáke to rest for 30-minutes before removing the sides of the pán. Serve wárm or át room temperáture. To keep longer, refrigeráte leftovers. The wárm cáke will crumble á little more thán á cooled cáke but it's ábsolutely delicious.
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