Wild Blueberry Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    Cake
    1 cup unsalted butter, softened
    1 1/2 cups fine sugar
    4 eggs, seperated
    1 1/2 tablespoons orange rind, grated
    1/2 tablespoon fresh lemon rind, grated
    1/2 tablespoon lime rind, grated
    3 cups flour
    1 tablespoon baking powder
    1/2 teaspoon salt
    1 1 cup lemon juice or 1 cup lime juice
    3 cups wild fresh blueberries (use fresh only)
    Glaze
    1/2 fine sugar
    1/2 cup fresh squeezed orange juice
Preparation
    Cake.
    Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
    Grease a bundt pan, dust with flour, set aside.
    Beat butter, 1 cup sugar in large bowl until fluffy.
    Next beat in egg yolks, one at a time.
    Mix in orange, lemon and lime rinds.
    In fresh bowl beat eggs whites till soft peaks form.
    Mix in remaining 1/2 cup of sugar until peaks become firm.
    In a small bowl whisk flour, baking powder and salt.
    Using a wooden spoon, mix flour mixture into butter mixture alternating with the orange juice.
    Batter will be stiff.
    Fold in egg whites and add 3 cups of blueberries.
    Pour into prepared pan.
    Bake in center of oven at 350 degrees for 45- 55 minutes.
    Let cake cool on rack in pan for 20 minutes.
    Glaze.
    While waiting for cake to cool prepare glaze.
    In a small pan bring sugar and juice to a boil for about 2 minutes, stir and let cool.
    Remove cake from pan, place cake on rack and brush on glaze-- allow cake to cool before serving-- enjoy.

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