By Nancy Weitzel
Vanilla loaf cake with lemon and blueberries
7 steps
Prep:15minCook:35min
This is a vanilla cake with blueberry compote and a hint of lemon with lemon buttercream frosting
Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 05:00:12 GMT
Nutrition balance score
Unbalanced
Glycemic Index
67
Moderate
Glycemic Load
56
High
Nutrition per serving
Calories517.9 kcal (26%)
Total Fat19 g (27%)
Carbs84 g (32%)
Sugars63.2 g (70%)
Protein4.8 g (10%)
Sodium239.6 mg (12%)
Fiber1.3 g (5%)
% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet
Ingredients
8 servings
1 ½ cupscake flour
spooned and leveled
¾ cupgranulated sugar
1 ½ teaspoonbaking powder
½ teaspoonkosher salt
2eggs
large, lightly beaten
¾ cupwhole milk
½ cupunsalted butter
melted
2 teaspoonsvanilla bean paste
or pure vanilla extract
2 cupspowdered sugar
icing
½ teaspoonvanilla
icing
1 teaspoonlemon zest
for cake batter
2 tablespoonsmilk
or enough to thin frosting without making too thin
4 tablespoonsbutter
softened
2 cupsblueberries
⅓ cupsugar
for blueberry compote
Instructions
Step 1
Preheat oven to 325. Line loaf pan with parchment paper, so that paper hangs over sides for easy lift out. Lightly spray with baking spray
Step 2
Lightly spray with baking spray. Make compote by cooking down 2 cups blueberries with 1/3 cup sugar until it becomes a sauce.
Step 3
In a bowl, mix flour, sugar, baking powder and salt.
Step 4
Add eggs, milk, melted butter, and vanilla, and whisk about 15 seconds, until smooth.
Step 5
Pour half of batter into the pan. Spoon some of compote over and swirl. Pour rest of batter over blueberry compote and swirl thru again with knife. Bake cake on center oven rack for about 37 to 40 minutes, or till toothpick comes out clean. The top should be domed, lightly browned and cracking in middle. Chill rest of compote to drizzle over icing
Step 6
Cool the cake in pan for 20 minutes, then gently lift out cake and cool completely on rack. Cover loosely with kitchen towel and cool a couple of hours before frosting.
Step 7
For frosting, beat powdered sugar with lemon juice, 4 tablespoons softened butter and milk as needed. Beat till smooth and spreadable
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