Lemon Blueberry Cake

If you are going to a party and feel like making all of the other people who made homemade desserts feel bad about themselves, this is the cake for you <3

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Ingredients:

For the cake:

• 1 cup unsalted butter, softened

• 1 1/4 cups white sugar

• 1/2 cup brown sugar

• 4 eggs, room temp

• 1 tbsp vanilla bean paste (or vanilla extract)

• 3 cups all-purpose flour

• 1 tbsp baking powder

• 1 tsp salt

• 1 cup buttermilk

• 2 tbsp lemon zest

• 1/2 cup lemon juice

• 2 cups blueberries, fresh or frozen

• 1 tbsp all purpose flour

Frosting:

• 1 pint heavy whipping cream, cold

• 1 cup confectioners sugar, sifted

• 1 tsp vanilla bean paste (or vanilla extract)

Instructions:

Step 1: Preheat the oven to 350°F and prepare 3 6-inch cake pans with butter and parchment paper.

Step 2: Using an electric mixer, whip butter until light and creamy. Add in both sugars and beat for another 3 minutes.

Step 3: Add in eggs and vanilla and beat for another minute.

Step 4: In a separate bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, and salt.

Step 5: Into your wet ingredients add in half of the dry ingredient mixture, mix, then add in buttermilk, lemon zest, and lemon juice. Finally, add in the remaining half of dry ingredients. The batter will be very thick.

Step 6: Toss blueberries into a tablespoon of flour, and fold them into the batter.

Step 7: Pour your batter into the prepared cake pans and bake for 30-50 mins, or until when a toothpick is inserted, it comes out clean

Step 8: Let cool on wire rack while preparing the frosting.

Step 9: To make frosting, whip the cream until soft peaks form, add in powdered sugar and vanilla, continue whipping until the whipped cream holds its shape when the beaters are removed.

Step 10: Leveling, frosting, and decorating your cake is up to personal preference. I decided to just use two of my cakes and froze the third cake. I leveled my cake layers to smooth the tops, and I cut them in half through the middle to make 4 layers. I then stacked and layered the cakes with frosting before frosting the cake fully. I refrigerated my cake while preparing my piping bags. I then piped the boarders of my cake, decorated with blueberries, and topped it off with a little gnome!

Step 10: Slice, Serve, and Enjoy!