Sunday, January 22, 2012

Lemon-Blueberry Bundt Cake (Rated 4 per husband)

I seemed to have nothing but problems baking this cake, mainly due to the fact my oven is not working very well. It took almost 3 hours for this baby to cook all the way. BOO!! I was getting very frustrated. This could be a contributing factor in why I'm not a huge fan of the cake itself. Poor thing, it's not his fault my oven is on the fritz. Speaking of the oven, the maintenance guy came to look at the oven after almost a week of trying to get a hold of our property manager and wouldn't you know it they should have the part to fix it in about 10 days. WHA?? Rude, don't you know I have a cooking blog to write? Gotta keep my 6 readers happy. :) Needless to say, my first experience with a gas stove in my house isn't working out so well. However, I'm very thankful to have someone to fix this problem for me rather than fork out the big bucks to fix it myself. If you are a pro with gas stoves or have some tips I'm all ears.

This cake was a little soggy and lacked lemon flavor...oops here I go again poo poo-ing this cake, meanwhile the hubs really enjoyed it. I will be attempting to make this again, since the man of the house liked it so well. Things I'll do differently, I'll use a lemon cake mix instead of the white and I might try using cream cheese instead of the yogurt.




Ingredients
One box vanilla or white cake mix (I used the white cake mix, again I think the lemon would be better) Make sure you have the ingredients the cake mix calls for.
1 cup of plain yogurt (I used blueberry yogurt)
1 cup frozen or fresh blueberries
1/2 cup water
The zest and juice of one lemon (I don't think this gave enough lemon flavor)

Directions
-Preheat oven to temperature according to boxed mix for a bundt pan
-Liberally grease your bundt pan
-Add blueberries and water to a small saucepan to simmer for 5 mins, or until thawed (if using frozen) then allow to cool
-Mix all cake mix ingredients according to directions, folding in the cup of yogurt, lemon juice and zest
-Puree your blueberries using a stand blender
-Pour puree into your cake batter, but do not stir
-Pour batter into your bundt pan and bake according to box instructions (Be patient with this one, it will take longer to cook)
-Remove after baking and allow to cool before taking the cake out of the pan

Adapted from Peas Love Carrots

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