Blueberry Cake
- 4 eggs separated
- 1/2 vanilla bean seeds scraped out
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar + 2 tbsp
- 3/4 cup all purpose flour
- 3/4 cup cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 3 tablespoons butter melted
- 1/2 pound blueberries + 3 tbsp pureed
- 1 cup powdered sugar sifted
- 1 pound cream cheese
- 1 lemon zested and juiced
- Preheat oven to 325u0b0F. Grease and flour a 10 inch springform pan. Mix egg yolks and vanilla bean seeds. In a separate bowl, beat egg whites and 2 tbsp water, gradually adding 1/2 cup sugar and a pinch of salt. Fold into egg yolk mixture. Mix together flour, cornstarch and baking powder, sift over the egg mixture and gently fold in. Add butter, in batches. Mix 3 tbsp batter with pureed blueberries and fold into remaining batter until streaky. Transfer to prepared pan and smooth. Bake for 25 mins, or until a skewer comes out clean. Allow to cool in pan for 3 hours.
- To finish, beat powdered sugar with cream cheese for 5 mins until soft and spreadable. Fold in lemon zest. Remove cake from pan and cut in 1/2 horizontally. Spread 1/3 of cheese mixture over bottom cake and press second cake gently on top. Spread with remaining cheese mixture. Place lemon juice, 1/2 lb blueberries and remaining sugar in a saucepan and simmer gently for 10 mins. Allow to cool then spread over top of cake.
eggs, vanilla bean seeds, granulated sugar , flour, cornstarch, baking powder, butter, purueed, powdered sugar, cream cheese, lemon
Taken from www.yummly.com/recipe/Blueberry-Cake-1410782 (may not work)