Lime and Thyme Blueberry Pound Cake
- 1 cup whole milk
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh thyme
- 3 12 cups sifted cake flour
- 12 teaspoon baking powder
- 14 teaspoon salt
- 1 12 cups unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 2 14 cups sugar, divided
- 6 large eggs
- 4 teaspoons finely grated lime zest, divided
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 3 cups ripe blueberries, preferably tiny wild blueberries, picked over
- 12 cup fresh lime juice
- Position oven rack in the middle of oven; preheat oven to 300; generously butter and flour a 10-inch Bundt pan.
- Bring the milk and thyme just to a boil in a small saucepan over medium heat.
- Remove from heat, cover, and steep for 7 minutes; pour through a fine strainer set over a bowl and let the milk cool to room temperature.
- In a mixing bowl, whisk the flour, baking powder, and salt together; set aside.
- Using an electric mixer on med-high speed, beat the butter in a large bowl until light and fluffy.
- Decrease speed to medium and gradually add 1 3/4 cup sugar.
- Increase speed to med-high and beat until the mixture is light and fluffy.
- Beat in the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
- Decrease speed to low and add the flour mixture alternately the milk in 3 batches, beginning and ending with the flour mixture and beating just until blended.
- Beat in 2 teaspoons zest and the vanilla; gently stir in berries.
- Transfer batter to the prepared pan; smooth the top with a rubber spatula.
- Bake for 1 hour and 30 minutes to 40 minutes, or until the cake begins to pull away from the sides of the pan and a pick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Let cake cool in pan on a wire rack for 20 minutes; then turn it out onto the rack and set it right side up.
- Meanwhile, bring the remaining 1/2 cup sugar, 2 teaspoons zest, and lime juice to a boil in a small pan over medium heat; remove from heat and let stand for 5 minutes.
- Brush the lime juice mixture over the warm cake and let cool completely.
- Serve, cut into wedges.
milk, thyme, cake flour, baking powder, salt, unsalted butter, sugar, eggs, lime zest, vanilla, blueberries, lime juice
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/lime-and-thyme-blueberry-pound-cake-380827 (may not work)