Blueberry-Lemon Bundt Cake

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Blueberry-Lemon Bundt Cake
Prep Time:
20 mins
Total Time:
1 hr 50 mins
Servings:
12

This Blueberry-Lemon Bundt Cake is the perfect addition to any brunch. For best results, coat the inside of the Bundt pan with cooking spray just before filling it with the batter to prevent it from pooling in the bottom.

Ingredients

  • 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour, plus 1 teaspoon for blueberries and zest

  • 2 teaspoons baking powder

  • ½ teaspoon salt

  • 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature

  • 1 cup packed light-brown sugar

  • 1 cup granulated sugar

  • 4 large eggs

  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

  • 1 cup sour cream

  • 2 cups blueberries

  • 2 tablespoons grated lemon zest

  • Nonstick cooking spray, for pan

  • Confectioners' sugar, for dusting (optional)

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a bowl, whisk 2 1/2 cups flour with baking powder and salt; set aside.

  2. In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugars on high speed until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating until incorporated. Beat in vanilla. Reduce speed to low; add flour mixture in three additions, alternating with two additions of sour cream.

  3. In a bowl, toss blueberries and zest with remaining teaspoon flour; gently fold into batter. Coat a 12-cup nonstick Bundt pan with cooking spray. Spread batter in prepared pan.

  4. Bake cake on bottom rack of oven until a toothpick inserted into center of cake comes out clean, 60 to 70 minutes. Cool in pan 20 minutes. Invert onto a rack; cool completely, top side up. Dust with confectioners' sugar before serving, if desired.

Cook's Notes

Tossing the zest and the berries with some flour will help keep the fruit suspended in the batter while it cooks.

Originally appeared: Everyday Food, September 2003

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