Melt In Your Mouth Blueberry Cake
Prep Time: 30 Minutes
Cook Time: 1 Hour Ready In: 1 Hour 30 Minutes
Yields: 12 servings
" It is a great cake to take along to a picnic."
INGREDIENTS:
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup white sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 egg yolks
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/3 cup milk
2 egg whites
1/4 cup white sugar
1 1/2 cups fresh blueberries
1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
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1 tablespoon white sugar
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DIRECTIONS:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
Grease and flour an 8 inch square pan.
Cream butter or margarine and 1/2 cup sugar until fluffy.
Add salt and vanilla. Separate eggs and reserve the whites.
Add egg yolks to the sugar mixture; beat until creamy.
Combine 1 1/2 cups flour and baking powder;
add alternately with milk to egg yolk mixture.
Coat berries with 1 tablespoon flour and add to batter.
In a separate bowl, beat whites until soft peaks form.
Add 1/4 cup of sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time,
and beat until stiff peaks form.
Fold egg whites into batter. Pour into prepared pan.
Sprinkle top with remaining 1 tablespoon sugar.
Bake for 50 minutes, or until cake tests done.