- Recipes
- Blueberry Tea Cake
Ingredients
- 210ml soured cream
- ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 280g butter
- 330g caster sugar
- 3 tsp lemon zest , finely grated
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 3 medium eggs
- 250g blueberries
- 375g plain flour
- 1½ tsp baking powder
- 250g cream cheese, at room temperature
- 250g icing sugar, sifted
Method
Step 1
Preheat the oven to 180C/Gas 4. Grease a 23x33cm baking tin and line with baking paper. Mix the soured cream with the bicarbonate of soda and set aside for 5 minutes.
Step 2
Beat 180g butter and sugar together in a bowl until light and creamy. Add 2 tsp lemon zest and 1 tsp vanilla, and beat to combine. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, then add the soured cream mixture and mix until evenly combined.
Step 3
Put the blueberries into another bowl and toss with a little of the flour. Sift the rest of the flour and baking powder over the cake mixture and carefully fold in, until just combined. Gently fold through the blueberries.
Step 4
Spoon the mixture into the prepared tin and bake for 45-50 minutes, until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Leave to cool slightly in the tin for 10 minutes, then turn out and cool on a wire rack.
Step 5
To make the frosting, if required, beat the cream cheese, 100g butter, 1 tsp lemon zest and 1 tsp vanilla extract together in a bowl until light and fluffy, then mix in the icing sugar until smooth.
Step 6
Top the cooled cake with the frosting, or serve it plain if you prefer.
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