Lemon Curd Blueberry Cake
Here's a lemony cake with lots of fresh berries—yum! It's a great cake for springtime and summer when lots of us crave lemony treats! This cake has a wonderful lemon flavor, thanks to the lemon curd that's mixed into the batter and glaze. There's also lemon extract, lemon zest, and a dash of fresh lemon juice to add to the lemony taste!
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The fresh blueberries add to the yumminess of this cake too! If you like lemon-flavored treats, this would be a great recipe for you to try! If you make your own lemon curd, I’m sure it would be fantastic in this cake recipe! I used store-bought lemon curd, but one of these days I want to try making my own!
Lemon Curd Blueberry Cake
Recipe details
Ingredients
For the cake:
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose unbleached flour
- 1/3 cup finely ground toasted slivered or sliced almonds
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon lemon extract
- 1 Tablespoon finely-grated lemon peel (lemon zest)
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice (from the zested lemon)
- 1 cup low-fat buttermilk
- 1/2 cup prepared lemon curd (you’ll need about an 8 to 10-ounce jar of lemon curd for the cake and the glaze, and you’ll have a little left over)
- 2 cups fresh blueberries
For the glaze:
- 5 Tablespoons heavy whipping cream
- 2 Tablespoons prepared lemon curd (if the lemon curd is very thick, heat it in the microwave for about 20 seconds to make it easier to stir)
- 2 Tablespoons lemon juice
- 1 1/2 cups confectioners’ sugar
- Additional blueberries for garnish
Instructions
For the cake:
- Preheat oven to 350˚F. Grease and flour a 12-cup Bundt pan.
- In medium bowl, whisk flour, almonds, baking powder, and salt.
- In large bowl, with mixer on high speed, beat butter and sugar 4 minutes or until light and fluffy (or you can beat by hand).
- Beat in eggs, 1 at a time, then reduce speed to low, if using a mixer, and beat in lemon extract, lemon zest, and lemon juice.
- Beat in flour mixture alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour mixture, until combined.
- Beat in lemon curd until just combined. Fold in the blueberries.
- Spoon batter into prepared pan; lightly tap pan on counter to remove any air pockets.
- Bake, in center of oven, 60 to 65 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
- Cool completely on wire rack.
- After cake has completely cooled, top with Lemon Curd Glaze.
For the glaze:
- In medium bowl, blend the whipping cream, lemon curd, and lemon juice, blending well.
- Add confectioner’s’ sugar and blend well.
- Spoon glaze over cake, let glaze set, top with additional berries, if desired, and serve.
- There’s plenty of glaze, so you can drizzle some extra glaze from the cake plate onto each slice with a spoon—it tastes great that way!
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I have a grandson who is allergic to almonds. Can I leave the almonds out of the recipe?
Great recipe! Thanks for sharing.