BLUEBERRY LEMON POUND CAKE
For the cake
1/3 cup milk
6 large eggs
1 1/2 tablespoons vanilla
2 2/3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon double-acting baking powder
1 1/4 teaspoons salt
3 sticks (1 1/2 cups) unsalted butter, softened
1/2 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
1/4 cup freshly grated lemon zest
3 cups picked over blueberries, tossed with 1 1/2 tablespoons
flour
For the syrup
1/3 cup fresh lemon juice
1/2 cup granulated sugar
Make the cake:
In a small bowl whisk together the milk, the eggs, and the vanilla.
Into a bowl sift together the flour, the baking powder, and the
salt. In a large bowl with an electric mixer cream the butter
with the granulated sugar, the brown sugar, and the zest until
the mixture is light and fluffy, add the flour mixture alternately
with the egg mixture, beginning and ending with the flour mixture
and beating the batter after each addition until it is just combined,
and fold in 1 1/2 cups of the blueberries. Spoon one third of
the batter into a greased and floured 10-inch (3-quart) bundt
pan, spreading it evenly, and sprinkle 1/2 cup of the remaining
blueberries over it. Spoon half the remaining batter into the
pan, spreading it evenly, and sprinkle 1/2 cup of the remaining
blueberries over it. Spoon the remaining batter into the pan,
spreading it evenly, sprinkle the remaining blueberries over it,
and bake the cake in the middle of a preheated 350°F. oven
for 1 hour to 1 hour and 10 minutes, or until it is golden and
a tester comes out clean.
Remove the cake from the oven, poke the top immediately all over
with a wooden skewer, and brush it with half the syrup. Let the
cake cool in the pan on a rack for 10 minutes, invert it onto
the rack, and poke it all over with the skewer. Brush the cake
with the remaining syrup.
Make the syrup while the cake is baking:
In a small saucepan combine the lemon juice and the sugar, bring
the mixture to a boil, stirring until the sugar is dissolved,
and remove the pan from the heat.
One 10-inch bundt cake.
Gourmet
July 1990
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