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Glazed Lemon Blueberry Cake

Martha Stewart Living, November 2001
  • Yield Serves 10 to 12
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Ingredients

  • 1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature, plus more for baking pan
  • 2 cups granulated sugar
  • 4 large eggs, room temperature
  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • 2 1/2 tablespoons freshly grated lemon zest, (3 large lemons)
  • 2 1/2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice, (2 lemons)
  • 1 cup fresh blueberries
  • 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
  • 1/2 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice, (4 lemons)
  • 3 tablespoons freshly grated lemon zest, (3 lemons)

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees.with the rack in the center. Butter a 10-inch tube pan; set aside. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream butter and sugar on medium speed until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition, and scraping down the sides of the bowl.

  2. Sift together flour, baking soda, and salt into a medium bowl. Add the flour mixture to the butter mixture in three additions, alternating with buttermilk, and beginning and ending with the flour mixture. Stir in lemon zest and juice. Gently fold in blueberries.

  3. Pour batter into prepared pan, smoothing the top with a rubber spatula. Bake until a tester inserted into the center comes out clean and the cake has begun to pull away from the sides of the pan, about 1 hour and 15 minutes. Transfer the pan to a wire rack to cool for 10 minutes.

  4. Meanwhile, prepare the glaze: In a small bowl, whisk together confectioners' sugar, lemon juice, and lemon zest until smooth; set aside.

  5. Invert the cake onto a rack. Prick the surface numerous times with a toothpick. Brush the glaze over the surface of the warm cake, and cool to room temperature. Store wrapped in plastic for up to 2 days at room temperature.

Recipe Reviews

Reviews (4)

  • irises
    4 Jul, 2010

    Addendum: just re-read my notes on this cake and saw that I also floured the bundt pan after buttering it. This is our annual 4th of July cake and I put dollops of whipped cream around cake and place strawberry halves in it along with blueberries to decorate! Bon appetit!!

  • irises
    4 Jul, 2010

    This is supposed to be a light glaze vs. a thick, icing type glaze that Americans love to put on scones. The lightness of it helps it to soak into the holes and infuse the cake with flavor. I butter the pan generously using soft butter and and a pastry brush to get in all the corners of the bundt mold. You need to let it cool absolutely or it will fall apart on you. Also, perhaps coating the blueberries with a bit of flour before folding in might help them from sinking to the bottom.

  • opalsun
    5 Jun, 2010

    Mine didn't turn out. I added about 1/4 cup more blueberries than it asked for, but the cake did not come out of the pan without falling apart. All the blueberries had settled to the bottom of the pan (on top when inverted onto the wire rack. I have no idea what happened. Also, the glaze wasn't like a glaze. It was too watery.

  • jeffreed1
    15 Jul, 2008

    FANTASTIC!!!! What else can I say!!! PERFECT in every way!!!!

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