blueberry gingerbread cake
This is an old family favourite, that we enjoy often, great for breakfast or dessert. Easy to make and easy to eat. I hope you will enjoy it. If you love candied ginger, spices, and blueberries, then you should enjoy this tasty treat. The blueberries add a new dimension to this nicely spiced cake; resulting in great flavour and texture. If you can find wild blueberries they are awesome in this cake, but, if not large cultivated blueberries also work great. If you have to replace the buttermilk, please use either: lemon juice, lime juice, or white vinegar to sour your milk.
yield
12 serving(s)
prep time
10 Min
cook time
1 Hr
method
Bake
Ingredients For blueberry gingerbread cake
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2 call-purpose flour
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1 1/2 - 2 tspground cinnamon
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1/2 tspground ginger
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1/4 tspfreshly ground nutmeg
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1/2 tspsalt
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1/2 cbutter, margarine or shortening, your choice
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1 cwhite sugar
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1 lgor extra large egg
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1 tspbaking soda
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1 cbuttermilk or sour milk
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1/3 cdark molasses
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1/8 ccandied ginger, shredded or minced
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1 cblueberries, fresh
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2 - 3 Tbspwhite sugar, for top of cake
How To Make blueberry gingerbread cake
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1Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Prepare your pan, grease generously, and then flour. Set aside until needed.
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2Sift the flour, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and salt into a small bowl and set aside until needed.
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3In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugar until it is light and fluffy. I like to use butter but you may substitute with margarine or shortening if you prefer.
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4Now beat in the large or extra large egg, mixing well. Next, slowly add the sifted flour ingredients alternating with the soda-buttermilk mixture. Starting and ending with the dry ingredients. (3 x flour - 2 x milk)
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5Slowly stir in the molasses, then gently fold in the blueberries and candied ginger.
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6Pour into your prepared pan. Sprinkle the top of the cake with the 2 - 3 tablespoons of reserved sugar.
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7Bake in a 350 degree oven for 50 - 60 minutes. Start checking cake at 45 minutes, as all ovens are not created equally. Allow to cool before serving.
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8This treat is perfect served as is but if you want to impress top with whipped cream and caramel sauce or vanilla ice cream.
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