Blueberry Syrup Cake

Mother’s Day celebrations call for cake. 

 I made this Blueberry Syrup Cake for dessert at our shared dinner for Mother’s Day. It is a variation on Butter cake and remains moist for days. I have taken to substituting half the butter with oil, the mixture whips up extra light and fluffy and replacing some of the flour with almond meal gives the cake some body and texture. Raspberries can be substituted for the blueberries or a combination of both.

The mothers and their children. No fuss, delicious takeaway Thai food for dinner. 

The family always seem to come up with a card that has a cat on it. 

These orange gladioli like flowers always bloom in time, I have had them in my garden(s) for more years than I have been a mother.

Blueberry Syrup Cake

Cake 250 g soft butter or 125 g butter and 125 ml grapeseed oil 250 g caster sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 4 eggs 2 teaspoons baking powder 250 g flour or 125 g flour and 200g almond meal 1 cup frozen blueberries

Syrup 1 cup sugar 1 cup orange/mandarin juice Blueberry Compote Remainder of syrup 1 cup frozen blueberries

Method

Preheat oven 170 deg C

Grease and line cake tin, I prefer a spring form.

Cream butter and sugar (or butter, sugar and oil) until light and fluffy, add vanilla extract

Gradually add eggs, beating well

Stir in baking powder and then flour (or flour and almond meal)

Gently stir in the frozen blueberries and place mixture in prepared tin.

Bake at 170 deg C for ten minutes and then reduce heat to 160 deg C until cooked approximately 40 minutes total cooking time. Golden brown in colour, the edges will shrink slightly from side of cake tin and a skewer comes out clean.

Use a skewer to create holes over the surface of the cake and then brush ¼ of syrup over the surface.

Leave to cool in tin.

For Syrup

Combine the sugar and orange juice, simmer until syrupy.

For Compote

Add additional cup of blueberries to the remaining syrup, heat gently to boiling point and then remove from the heat. Allow to cool and serve with the cake.