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Lemon Pound Cake w/ Blueberry Swirl

Ingredients 

Cake:

  • 1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
  • 1 ⅔ cups sugar
  • 2 teaspoons finely grated lemon zest
  • 1 tablespoon fresh-squeezed lemon juice
  • 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
  • 5 eggs
  • 2 cups cups unbleached flour + teaspoon salt, sifted

Blueberry Sauce:

  • ½ cup sugar
  • ¼ teaspoon cornstarch
  • 1 ½ cups fresh or thawed frozen blueberries
  • Zest and juice of one lemon

Icing:

  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 2 tablespoons +2 teaspoons lemon juice

Instructions 

  • Preheat an oven to 325 degrees F. Butter and flour a bundt pan. In a large mixing bowl, beat the butter and sugar with an electric beater until the mixture is pale and creamy, about 5 minutes. Beat in the lemon zest, lemon juice, and vanilla. Add the eggs, 1 at a time, beating until just combined after each addition. Fold in the flour and salt mixture in 2 batches, mixing after each addition until well combined. Be careful not to over mix. Spoon half of the batter into the bundt pan. Create a well in the batter and spoon in blueberry mixture. Take a butter knife and swirl blueberry sauce into batter. Top with the rest of the batter and swirl again. Bake for 45 to 55 minutes, or until a skewer poked into the cake comes out clean. Remove cake from oven and cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes.
  • In a small bowl combine powdered sugar and lemon juice. Stir until combined. Pour icing over cooled cake.

To make blueberry sauce:

  • Combine sugar, cornstarch, blueberries, lemon juice and zest in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil then reduce to a simmer for 20 minutes. Then pour mixture into a blender and blend on low for 30 seconds. Let cool before adding to cake.
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