Meyer Lemon Blueberry Sour Cream Cake Recipes

MEYER LEMON-BLUEBERRY CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F with rack in the middle position. Coat a 12-cup Bundt pan with baking spray. Whisk together flour, baking soda, and salt in a bowl.
• eat butter and 2 cups sugar with an electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy, 2 to 4 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating to incorporate after each addition and occasionally stopping the mixer and scraping down the sides of the bowl. Reduce mixer speed to low and beat in flour mixture until incorporated. Beat in sour cream and lemon zest. Fold in blueberries. Transfer to prepared pan.
• Bake until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 50 to 60 minutes. Cool in pan on a wire rack for 15 minutes, then invert onto a wire rack.
• Combine lemon juice, 2 tablespoons water, and remaining 1/4 cup sugar in a small saucepan. Bring to a simmer; cook until sugar is dissolved. Brush over hot cake. Serve warm or at room temperature with lemon curd, if desired.

BLUEBERRY-SOUR CREAM POUND CAKE WITH LEMON CREAM

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Butter two 5-by-9-inch loaf pans. Combine 3 1/4 cups flour and salt in a bowl.
• Cream butter, sour cream, and sugar with a mixer on high speed until pale and fluffy, for 8 minutes. Scrape down sides of bowl. Reduce speed to medium, and add vanilla extract.
• Lightly beat eggs, and add to mixer bowl in 4 additions, mixing thoroughly after each and scraping down sides. Reduce speed to low, and add flour mixture in 4 additions, mixing until just incorporated. Toss blueberries in remaining 2 tablespoons flour; fold into finished batter. Divide batter between pans. Tap on counter to distribute; smooth tops.
• Before baking, sprinkle sanding sugar over each cake. Bake until a tester inserted into center of each cake comes out clean, about 65 minutes. Let cool in pans on a wire rack for 30 minutes. Remove from pans, and let cool completely on wire rack.
• Make the lemon cream: Combine heavy cream, confectioners' sugar, and lemon zest in a bowl. Beat until soft peaks form.

FRESH BLUEBERRY-LEMON CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Butter and lightly flour the sides of a 9-inch springform pan and line the bottom with parchment paper.
• Place blueberries in a bowl and toss with 1 tablespoon flour and 1 teaspoon lemon juice.
• Beat eggs and sugar in a mixing bowl using an electric mixer on high speed until thickened and light in color, at least 5 minutes. Mix in sour cream, vegetable oil, vanilla extract, and salt on low speed until just combined. Add 2 cups flour and baking powder and mix until combined. Add lemon juice and lemon zest and mix well.
• Pour 1/2 the batter into the prepared pan and spread evenly. Spread 1/2 the blueberry mixture over batter. Pour in remaining cake batter and spread remaining blueberries on top, pushing them halfway into the batter.
• Bake in the preheated oven until top is browned and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 35 to 45 minutes. Remove outer ring from springform pan and let cool completely. Dust top of cooked cake with confectioners' sugar using a small sifter.