LEMON BLUEBERRY TEA CAKE RECIPES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease and flour a bundt pan.
• Mix together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
• Beat the butter and sugar on medium-high for about 3 minutes.
• Add your eggs 1 at a time, beating after each addition.
• Continue beating adding a bit of the flour mixture to the egg mixture in intervals, a bit at a time.
• Add the lemon juice, zest, vanilla, and sour cream. Gently stir these into the batter with a spatula or wooden spoon.
• Gently fold in the blueberries.
• Spread the batter into the prepared bundt pan. 
• Bake for 60 minutes, check for doneness. If a knife in the center doesn't come back clean, put the cake back in for another 10-15 minutes. (note: if the top is brown but the center isn't cooked, cover the top with aluminum foil to keep from burning)
• Icing

Steps:

• 1. Preheat the oven to 180°C fan. Grease and line a loaf tin 11 x 21cm, and set aside.

  2. Place the butter, sugar, lemon zest, 1 tablespoon of lemon juice and vanilla in the bowl of a free-standing food mixer with the paddle attachment in place. Beat on a high speed for 3–4 minutes, until light, then lower the speed to medium. Add the eggs, in small additions, scraping down the sides of the bowl. The mix may split a little, but don’t worry: it’ll come back together. Add the flour, salt and almonds in three additions. Finally, fold in 150g of blueberries, by hand, and pour into the prepared loaf tin.

  3. Bake for 15 minutes, then sprinkle the remaining 50g of blueberries over the top of the cake. Return to the oven for another 15 minutes, until the cake is golden-brown but still uncooked. Cover loosely with tin foil and continue to bake for 25–30 minutes, until risen and cooked. Test by inserting a knife into the middle: it’s ready if it comes out clean. Remove from the oven and set aside, in its tin, to cool for 10 minutes, then remove from the tin and place on a wire rack to cool completely.

  4. Meanwhile, make the icing. Put the remaining tablespoon of lemon juice into a bowl with the icing sugar and whisk until smooth. Pour over the cake and gently spread out: the blueberries on the top of the cake will bleed into the icing a little, but don’t worry: this will add to the look.