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

Add blueberries

2

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

3

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

4

Cool 10 minutes

5

Stir in spices

6

Cool

7

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

8

Add blueberries

9

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

10

Cool 10 minutes

11

Stir in spices

12

Cool

13

For cake: Preheat oven to 325°F

14

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

15

Line bottom of baking dish with parchment paper

16

Spray parchment with vegetable oil spray

17

Dust dish and parchment with flour

18

Beat butter and sugar in large bowl until fluffy

19

Beat in eggs, 1 at a time

20

Beat in grated lemon peel, lemon juice and vanilla extract

21

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

22

Mix dry ingredients into butter mixture alternately with sour cream

23

Pour batter into prepared baking pan

24

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

25

Cool cake on rack 10 minutes

26

Cut around sides of cake

27

Turn out onto rack

28

Peel off paper

29

Turn cake over

30

Cool

31

(Sauce and cake can be prepared 1 day ahead

32

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

33

) Cut cake into triangles; arrange on plates

34

Spoon sauce over

35

Preheat oven to 325°F

36

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

37

Line bottom of baking dish with parchment paper

38

Spray parchment with vegetable oil spray

39

Dust dish and parchment with flour

40

Beat butter and sugar in large bowl until fluffy

41

Beat in eggs, 1 at a time

42

Beat in grated lemon peel, lemon juice and vanilla extract

43

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

44

Mix dry ingredients into butter mixture alternately with sour cream

45

Pour batter into prepared baking pan

46

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

47

Cool cake on rack 10 minutes

48

Cut around sides of cake

49

Turn out onto rack

50

Peel off paper

51

Turn cake over

52

Cool

53

(Sauce and cake can be prepared 1 day ahead

54

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

55

) Cut cake into triangles; arrange on plates

56

Spoon sauce over