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Lemon Blueberry Cake

Lemon Blueberry Cake

Delicious Lemon Blueberry Cake with a tangy flavor and bursting with fresh blueberries.
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Cooling Time 15 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 12 slices
Calories 936 kcal

Equipment

  • stand mixer
  • oven
  • cake pans
  • Saucepan
  • Fine-mesh strainer
  • piping bags

Ingredients
  

For the Cake

  • ½ cup whole milk room temperature
  • ½ cup sour cream room temperature
  • 3 egg whites room temperature
  • 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
  • 1 tablespoon lemon zest
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1⅔ cups granulated sugar
  • teaspoons baking powder
  • ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
  • ¾ cup unsalted butter room temperature
  • 1⅓ cups fresh blueberries

For the Reduction

  • cups fresh blueberries
  • 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
  • 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
  • 1 tablespoon water

For the Lemon Buttercream

  • cups unsalted butter room temperature
  • ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
  • 6 cups confectioners’ sugar
  • 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice

Instructions
 

For the Cake

  • Preheat the oven to 350°F. Butter and flour three 6-inch round cake pans.
  • Beat together the wet ingredients in a medium bowl. Set aside.
  • Sift the dry ingredients together in a medium bowl. Toss the blueberries with a tablespoon of flour and set aside.
  • In a large mixer bowl, beat the butter until creamy. Add the flour mixture and mix until sandy.
  • Slowly pour in the wet ingredients and mix until just combined. Fold in the flour-coated blueberries.
  • Divide the mixture evenly into the cake pans.
  • Bake for about 30 minutes or until the centers spring back when touched. Let cool for 15 minutes.

For the Reduction

  • Place ½ cup blueberries in the freezer.
  • In a saucepan over medium-low heat, combine remaining blueberries, sugar, lemon juice, and water. Cook until berries start to burst.
  • Mash and stir for a minute, then simmer until reduced by half. Strain the liquid and chill.

For the Lemon Buttercream

  • In a mixer bowl, beat the butter and salt until fluffy. Gradually add in the confectioners’ sugar.
  • Beat in lemon juice until desired consistency is reached.
  • Mix blueberry reduction into a portion of the frosting to flavor it.
  • Prepare piping bags with the flavored and unflavored buttercream.

For the Assembly

  • Pipe a ring of lemon buttercream around the edge of one cake layer and fill with blueberry-lemon buttercream.
  • Top with another layer and repeat. Smooth more lemon buttercream around the sides and top.
  • Pipe dollops of lemon buttercream around the edge and add blueberries.
  • Refrigerate for 20 minutes before slicing.

Notes

Extra buttercream can be used for cupcakes or frozen for later.

Nutrition

Serving: 1sliceCalories: 936kcalCarbohydrates: 134gProtein: 5gFat: 45gSaturated Fat: 28gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 11gTrans Fat: 2gCholesterol: 118mgSodium: 212mgPotassium: 135mgFiber: 2gSugar: 111gVitamin A: 1391IUVitamin C: 9mgCalcium: 84mgIron: 1mg
Keyword baking, blueberry, Cake, Dessert, lemon, Lemon Blueberry Cake
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