lemon blueberry cake with hot honey-butter sauce

Name: Lemon Blueberry Cake With Hot Honey-butter Sauce
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 50 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Canadian
Ingredients: - 1 1⁄2 cups flour; - 1⁄2 teaspoon nutmeg, ground; - 1⁄2 teaspoon salt; - 2 teaspoons baking powder; - 1⁄2 cup butter; - 1 cup white sugar; - 2 large eggs; - 1 teaspoon vanilla; - 3⁄4 cup milk; - 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice; - 2 teaspoons fresh lemon rind; - 1 cup fresh blueberries, wild; ## HOT HONEY BUTTER SAUCE; - 1⁄2 cup cold water; - 1 tablespoon cornstarch; - 1⁄2 cup honey, orange blossom,clover (or your favorite); - 2 tablespoons butter; - 1 teaspoon lemon juice

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Baby Kato

Beautiful Shore Country, NB

Updated on Aug 12, 2015

The taste of my childhood, always loved visiting the east coast of Canada, starting in Quebec with visits to ma tante. She used wild blueberries, if you can find them they give the cake an extra special taste.

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prep time 10 Min

cook time 50 Min

method Bake

yield 6 (Makes 1 cup of Sauce)

Ingredients

- 1 1⁄2 cups flour
- 1⁄2 teaspoon nutmeg, ground
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1⁄2 cup butter
- 1 cup white sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 3⁄4 cup milk
- 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 2 teaspoons fresh lemon rind
- 1 cup fresh blueberries, wild
HOT HONEY BUTTER SAUCE
- 1⁄2 cup cold water
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 1⁄2 cup honey, orange blossom,clover (or your favorite)
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice

How To Make lemon blueberry cake with hot honey-butter sauce

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Step 2

Grease and flour a 8" square pan.
Step 3

Blend flour, nutmeg, salt and baking powder together.
Step 4

In a small bowl mix milk, lemon juice and rind together.
Step 5

In a large bowl cream butter with sugar.
Step 6

Gradually add 2 eggs, one at a time and then the vanilla, beating until light and fluffy.
Step 7

Add flour mixture, (3X) alternating with sour milk (2X), remembering to blend lightly.
Step 8

Gently fold in blueberries.
Step 9

Pour into prepared pan and bake at 350 degrees for 50 minutes.
Step 10

Remove from pan and cool slightly.
Step 11

Cut while warm into squares and serve upside down with Hot Honey-Butter Sauce.
Step 12

Hot Honey-Butter Sauce
Step 13

In small pan mix water and cornstarch blend well then gradually add honey, butter and lemon juice.
Step 14

Boil over low heat, stirring occasionally.
Step 15

When ready sauce is thick and clear.
Step 16

Pour hot sauce over the warm cut cake and enjoy.
Step 17

I hope you will enjoy this down home comfort food.
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