Blueberry Pound Cake – Baker by Nature
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This Blueberry Pound Cake recipe is moist, buttery, and bursting with blueberries in each chew. Topped with candy vanilla glaze, this traditional snack cake is bound to turn out to be an on the spot favourite with you and your loved ones.
This extremely scrumptious blueberry pound cake has been one among my go-to dessert recipes for over 10 years! And it’s not simply excellent for dessert… it’s additionally a type of desserts that may cross for breakfast or brunch. From potlucks and picnics to child showers and dinner events, this humble cake is all the time an enormous hit!
In contrast to lots of blueberry desserts that incorporate lemon, I maintain this cake ALL concerning the blueberries! However if you wish to add just a little lemon taste kick, use lemon juice as an alternative of milk within the glaze. It’ll add a refined lemon taste whereas nonetheless letting the blueberries shine.
Simply ensure you don’t add lemon juice to the cake batter. It will utterly change the chemistry of the substances and will trigger main points whereas baking!
Blueberry Pound Cake Components
- All-Objective Flour: Don’t sub plant based mostly flours on this recipe, they won’t work. A 1 for 1 GF flour may match when you’re excited about experimenting.
- Baking Powder: Ensure your baking powder is contemporary and don’t sub it for baking soda. You’ll mix the flour, baking powder and salt collectively to create your dry ingredient combine.
- Salt: A tiny sprint enhances all the flavors on this recipe whereas additionally balancing sweetness.
- Butter: Use unsalted butter and ensure it’s at room temperature earlier than baking.
- Sugar: You’ll want granulated sugar for the cake batter and confectioner’s sugar for the glaze. This recipe isn’t overly candy and I don’t advocate lowering the sugar known as for.
- Vanilla Extract: Be sure you use actual vanilla extract and never synthetic or imitation vanilla.
- Eggs: Use massive eggs and ensure the eggs are at room temperature earlier than including them to the batter.
- Buttermilk: Should you can’t discover buttermilk, you can also make your personal by including a 1/2 teaspoon of lemon juice to entire milk. Let the milk combination sit for about 5 minutes earlier than utilizing it.
- Blueberries: Contemporary blueberries work greatest on this recipe, however frozen will work in a pinch. Should you use frozen berries, don’t thaw them earlier than including them to the batter! Add them frozen. The batter will seize up barely but it surely’ll all work out ultimately.
- Milk: You should use lemon juice as an alternative in order for you a lemon glaze. Heavy cream will even work, however you’ll want extra cream as a result of it’s thicker.
The way to Bake Pound Cake
- Baking Prep: Earlier than you start baking, make sure to preheat the oven and prep your loaf pan.
- Make the Batter: You’ll want a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment or a big bowl and an electrical mixer. Be sure you beat the butter and sugar till mild and fluffy earlier than you add the eggs. And add the eggs one after the other, beating effectively after every addition. Lastly, make sure to not over combine when you add within the flour combination.
- Bake the Cake: The batter will probably be very thick. Scrape down the perimeters of the bowl, then scrape the batter into the ready pan. Bake for about 80 minutes, or till a toothpick inserted comes out clear. This cake is heavy and requires an extended bake time.
- Cool: Be sure you enable the cake to chill utterly earlier than you slice in! This takes about 2 hours… which is difficult however price it. Should you lower into the cake too quickly it’ll doubtless disintegrate.
- Glaze and Serve: I wish to whip up the glaze in a big glass measuring cup, then drizzle it on prime. Let the glaze set for about 10 minutes, then slice and revel in!
This cake stays contemporary for as much as 5 days! You may wrap any leftovers tightly in saran wrap and retailer at room temperature or within the fridge. Or, you’ll be able to pop them within the freezer and freeze them for as much as 2 months! Let the cake slices thaw within the fridge in a single day earlier than having fun with.
Can I take advantage of a Bundt Pan?
I actually don’t recommend baking this recipe in a bundt pan or tube pan. It was created particularly to be baked in a loaf pan. If you need a blueberry bundt cake, use my recipe for one of the best blueberry bundt cake as an alternative… I do know you’ll adore it.
Instruments for this Recipe:
- Loaf Pan: Ensure your pan is 9×5-inches. Any smaller and your batter might over stream whereas the cake is baking within the oven.
- Electric Mixer: You’ll want this to correctly cream the butter and sugar.
- Digital Food Scale: Though measuring cups will technically work, for greatest outcomes I recommend utilizing a digital scale to weigh your substances.
- Parchment Paper: Lining your baking pan with this helps you simply take away the cake from the pan.
- Cooling Rack: Be sure you have one helpful so your cake evenly cools.
Blueberry Pound Cake
This Blueberry Pound Cake recipe is moist, buttery, and bursting with blueberries in each chew. Topped with candy vanilla glaze, this traditional snack cake is bound to turn out to be an on the spot favourite with you and your loved ones.
Components
For the Cake:
- 1 and three/4 cups (210g) + 2 teaspoons all-purpose flour divided
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup (227g) unsalted butter room temperature
- 1 and 1/4 cups (249g) granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 3 massive eggs room temperature
- 1/2 cup (113ml) buttermilk room temperature
- 1 and 1/2 cups (225g) contemporary blueberries divided
For the Glaze:
- 1 cup (114g) confectioners’ sugar sifted
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 Tablespoon (14ml) milk extra if wanted
Directions
For the Cake:
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Alter an oven rack to the center place. Preheat the oven to 350 levels (F). Line a 9×5-inch loaf pan with parchment paper then spray the paper and any uncovered pan with non-stick baking spray put aside.
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In a big mixing bowl mix 1 and three/4 cups of the flour, baking powder, and salt. Put aside.
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Within the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the butter on medium pace till clean and creamy, about 1 minute. Steadily add within the sugar, then enhance the pace to medium-high and proceed beating till mild and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Beat within the vanilla extract.
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Cut back the pace to medium, then add within the eggs, one after the other, beating effectively after every addition, and scraping down the perimeters of the bowl as wanted.
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Cut back mixer to low pace and add within the flour combination in three additions, alternating with the buttermilk in two additions, mixing simply till mixed. Flip the mixer off.
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In a small bowl, mix the blueberries with the remaining ½ teaspoon of flour. Toss effectively to coat the blueberries within the flour. Fold 1 cup of the blueberries into the batter, stirring till simply mixed.
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Scrape ¾ of the batter into the ready pan. Sprinkle the remaining blueberries on prime, then scrape the remaining batter on prime of the blueberries. Clean the highest with a rubber spatula.
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Bake for 70 to 80 minutes, or till a toothpick inserted within the center comes out clear. If the highest is getting too brown, frivolously tent the pan with aluminum foil.
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Cool cake within the pan, on a cooling rack, for quarter-hour. Then use the parchment paper to take away the cake from the pan and place it on a cooling rack to chill utterly.
For the Glaze:
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In a big liquid measuring cup or bowl, mix the confectioners’ sugar and salt. Whisk within the milk, mixing till simply mixed. The combination must be tremendous thick and simply barely pourable. If the glaze is simply too thick, add extra milk, a teaspoon at a time. If the glaze is simply too skinny, add extra confectioners’ sugar, a Tablespoon at a time.
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Drizzle the glaze over the cooled cake and permit it to set for 10 minutes. Then slice and serve!
Notes
This can be a huge and heavy cake, so don’t skimp on the baking time. In case your cake seems to be getting too brown, you’ll be able to cowl the pan with aluminum foil.
