Lemon Tea Cake With Blueberry-Red Wine Sauce

Serves: 2

Amie Torphy

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

53

Spice

47

Sweetness

44

Sourness

42

mins

Prep time (avg)

6.4

Difficulty

Ingredients:

1 cup

Water

1 cup

Sugar

1.5 tbsps

Cornstarch

3 large

Egg

1 tsp

Baking Soda

1 tsp

Salt

1 cup

Sour Cream

Directions:

1

For sauce: Stir water, sugar, dry red wine, fresh lemon juice and cornstarch in medium saucepan over medium heat until cornstarch dissolves and mixture boils

2

Boil until sauce thickens enough to coat back of spoon, stirring constantly, about 5 minutes

3

Cool 10 minutes

4

Stir in spices

5

Cool

6

Stir water, sugar, dry red wine, fresh lemon juice and cornstarch in medium saucepan over medium heat until cornstarch dissolves and mixture boils

7

Add blueberries

8

Boil until sauce thickens enough to coat back of spoon, stirring constantly, about 5 minutes

9

Cool 10 minutes

10

Stir in spices

11

Cool

12

For cake: Preheat oven to 325°F

13

Spray 8-inch square glass baking dish with nonstick vegetable oil spray

14

Line bottom of baking dish with parchment paper

15

Spray parchment with vegetable oil spray

16

Dust dish and parchment with flour

17

Beat butter and sugar in large bowl until fluffy

18

Beat in eggs, 1 at a time

19

Beat in grated lemon peel, lemon juice and vanilla extract

20

Sift cake flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt into medium bowl

21

Mix dry ingredients into butter mixture alternately with sour cream

22

Pour batter into prepared baking pan

23

Bake until tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 45 minutes

24

Cool cake on rack 10 minutes

25

Cut around sides of cake

26

Turn out onto rack

27

Peel off paper

28

Turn cake over

29

Cool

30

(Sauce and cake can be prepared 1 day ahead

31

Refrigerate sauce; wrap cake in aluminum foil and store at room temperature

32

) Cut cake into triangles; arrange on plates

33

Spoon sauce over

34

Preheat oven to 325°F

35

Spray 8-inch square glass baking dish with nonstick vegetable oil spray

36

Line bottom of baking dish with parchment paper

37

Spray parchment with vegetable oil spray

38

Dust dish and parchment with flour

39

Beat butter and sugar in large bowl until fluffy

40

Beat in eggs, 1 at a time

41

Beat in grated lemon peel, lemon juice and vanilla extract

42

Sift cake flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt into medium bowl

43

Mix dry ingredients into butter mixture alternately with sour cream

44

Pour batter into prepared baking pan

45

Bake until tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 45 minutes

46

Cool cake on rack 10 minutes

47

Cut around sides of cake

48

Turn out onto rack

49

Peel off paper

50

Turn cake over

51

Cool

52

(Sauce and cake can be prepared 1 day ahead

53

Refrigerate sauce; wrap cake in aluminum foil and store at room temperature

54

) Cut cake into triangles; arrange on plates

55

Spoon sauce over

56

Add blueberries