Description
Amazing easy blueberry cake is sweet, moist and perfect for coffee or dessert, especially in the summer when berries are plentiful! Can be served hot or cool.
Ingredients
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- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened, plus extra for pan
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon molasses
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 tablespoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 pint frozen or fresh blueberries
- 1 tablespoon sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Generously butter an 8 inch baking dish, set aside.
- In a mixer combine butter and sugar and beat on medium speed 3 minutes or until light and fluffy.
- Add egg, molasses, and milk and continue to mix until combined.
- In a medium bowl combine flour, baking powder and salt.
- Add flour mixture to mixer a little at a time while mixing on low.
- Pour batter in prepared pan.
- Top batter with blueberries, tapping lightly to set into batter.
- Sprinkle with tablespoon of sugar.
- Bake for 10 minutes.
- Reduce heat to 325 and continue to bake an additional 60 minutes.
- Cool on wire rack, serve warm or cool.
Notes
- Be sure to use butter to grease the pan, not cooking spray for better taste results.
- Spray a measuring cup with nonstick spray before measuring out molasses for easier pouring.
- Tap blueberries into the batter by lightly pressing them with the back of a spoon.
- Don’t omit sprinkling the cake with sugar before baking, the sugared top layer is part of what makes this recipe so special!
- This cake tastes delicious fresh out of the oven or served cool, whichever is your preference!
- Prep Time: 15 mins
- Cook Time: 70 mins
- Category: Dessert
- Method: baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1/8th cake
- Calories: 305
- Sugar: 31.7 g
- Sodium: 165.6 mg
- Fat: 9.6 g
- Carbohydrates: 52.5 g
- Protein: 4.1 g
- Cholesterol: 46.5 mg