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Recipe by: Lisa Prince

Blueberry Lemon Cake

My grandmother made an orange cake that the family really enjoyed! I found her old recipe to use as a foundation for creating this lemon blueberry cake. Perfect for Spring and Summer.

Servings: 12
Cook Time: Prep Time: 15 minutes; Total Time: 35 minutes plus chill time
Meal Type: Dessert
NC Ingredients: blueberries, egg

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Ingredients

Cake:
2
½ cups cake flour, sifted
2
½ teaspoons baking powder
1/2
teaspoon salt
1/4
teaspoon baking soda
1/2
cup butter or margarine
2
teaspoons lemon zest
1
¼ cups sugar
2
eggs
3
Tablespoons milk
3/4
cup fresh lemon juice
6
oz. NC blueberries
Light Lemon Buttercream Frosting:
3
½ cups confectioner’s sugar
1
stick butter, softened
1/4
cup milk
1
teaspoon vanilla
1
teaspoon lemon zest

Directions

Cake:

Sift flour with baking powder, salt and baking soda. Cream butter with lemon zest. Gradually add sugar, beating until light and fluffy.  Add eggs, one at a time, beating thoroughly after each addition.  Add about ¼ of the flour mixture and beat until smooth.  Beat in milk. Add remaining flour mixture alternately with the lemon juice, beating after each addition until smooth.  Pour into two greased and floured 9 – inch layer cake pans.  Sprinkle each pan with blueberries, divided evenly.  Bake at 375 degrees for 15 to 20 minutes or until cake tester comes out clean.  Cool in pans for 10 minutes. Remove from pans and finish cooling on racks. Once the cake is completely cooled, frost with light lemon buttercream frosting.

Light Lemon Buttercream Frosting:

Cream the butter, lemon zest and vanilla until smooth. Gradually add the milk to the butter mixture. Then add ½ cup sugar at a time, beating thoroughly after each addition. Once all the sugar is added, beat on high for 2 minutes.

 
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