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Blueberry Cake with Lemon Crème Fraîche for July 4th

Posted By brosbottom On July 1, 2020 @ 11:01 am In Food News | No Comments

Blueberry Cake with Lemon Crème Fraiche

11 tbsp (one stick plus 3 tbsp) unsalted butter at room temperature plus more for the baking dish
3 cups all purpose flour plus more for the baking dish
2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
2 cups blueberries
1 1/3 cups sugar
2 large eggs
2/3 cup buttermilk
2 tsp grated lemon zest
1 tsp vanilla

Confectioner’s sugar for dusting
Cinnamon for dusting

Lemon Crème Fraîche
1 1/2 cups crème fraîche (see market note)
4 tsp grated lemon zest
4 tsp sugar
Mint sprig for garnish, optional

1 Arrange a rack at the center position, and preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Butter and flour a 9- by 13-in glass (such as pyrex) or ceramic baking dish.

2.For the cake, sift together 2 2/3 cup of the flour, baking powder, and salt into a medium bowl and set aside. Rinse the blueberries in a large strainer and pat dry with paper towels. Dust the berries in the strainer with the remaining 1/3 cup flour, shaking off any excess flour.

3.With an electric mixer on medium high, cream the butter until it is smooth, 1 to 2 minutes. Add the sugar in a thin stream and beat until blended into the butter, 1 to 2 minutes. Add the eggs one at time, beating well after each addition. Reduce the speed to low, and add the dry ingredients and the buttermilk alternately, beginning and ending with dry ingredients. Beat in 2 lemon zest and the vanilla.

4.Remove from the mixer and fold in the blueberries. Spread the batter evenly in the baking pan. Bake until a tester comes out clean and the top of the cake is very lightly browned, 40 to 45 minutes. Remove and cool 10 minutes or longer. Cut into 12 portions.  Serve the cake warm or at room temperature. (The cake can be prepared 6 hours ahead; cool completely in the baking pan, then cover with plastic wrap and leave at cool room temperature.)

5. For the Lemon Crème Fraîche in a serving bowl whisk all the ingredients except the mint together. (Lemon Crème Fraîche can be prepared 1 day ahead; cover and refrigerate.) Garnish the bowl with a mint sprig if you like.

6.To serve, dust the cake with confectioner’s sugar and with cinnamon. Cut into 12 portions, and serve each each with a generous spoonful of Lemon Crème Fraiche. Serves 12.

Market note: Crème fraîche is available in most supermarkets in the dairy section.

From  Soup Nights by Betty Rosbottom (Rizzoli 2016)

 

 

 

 


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