Lemon Blueberry Cake
Treat yourself to this Lemon Blueberry Cake, a summer dessert with fresh lemon and blueberries baked right into the cake and homemade cream cheese frosting on top. Every slice tastes like sunshine!
Servings: 10
Ingredients
- ½ cup butter melted and cooled
- 1 cup milk room temperature
- 2 eggs room temperature
- 2 tsp vanilla
- ⅓ cup lemon juice
- Zest from 1 lemon
- 1 ½ cups sugar
- 2 ½ cups flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ¼ tsp salt
- 1 ½ cups blueberries
Cream Cheese Icing:
- 6 oz. cream cheese
- 4 tbsp butter softened
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 2 tsp vanilla
- 4 cups powdered sugar
Instructions
- If you haven’t already, melt the butter and allow it to come to room temperature, and remove the milk and eggs from the fridge.
- Preheat oven to 350°F and line two 8” cake pans with parchment paper, and spray with nonstick spray.
- In a medium bowl, add the sugar and lemon zest, then use your fingers to rub them together, which will release the lemon flavor.
- To that same bowl, add the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt and stir to combine.
- In a large bowl, whisk the butter, milk, eggs, vanilla and lemon juice together, then pour the dry ingredients into the set and whisk together with a hand mixer, being careful not to over-mix. Fold in the blueberries with a rubber spatula.
- Pour the batter evenly into the prepared cake pans. Place the cake in the oven and bake for 35-40 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Leave the cakes in the pans for 10 minutes, then invert onto a cooling rack. Allow the cakes to cool completely before icing them.
- For the icing: Add all ingredients to a bowl and whisk together with a hand mixer until the icing is smooth.
- Dollop a large amount of icing on top of one of the cakes and spread it around, then place the second cake on top and repeat the process until the cake is coated in icing. Slice and enjoy!
Notes
*Calories are per slice and are an estimation
It’s very important that the butter, milk and eggs are all at room temperature; otherwise, the warm butter will solidify when combined with the cold milk
Nutrition
Calories: 633kcal | Carbohydrates: 107g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 21g | Saturated Fat: 12g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 6g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 86mg | Sodium: 407mg | Potassium: 105mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 80g | Vitamin A: 712IU | Vitamin C: 6mg | Calcium: 110mg | Iron: 2mg
