Location: My tiny kitchen

This post is dedicated to my friend IDL.

My friend IDL discovered this blueberry cake recipe from the magazine Fine Cooking. He showed me the recipe one day and after I read it, I said to him “this cake sounds dry”. Not believing me, IDL went ahead and made the cake. I’m so glad he didn’t listen to me (come to think of it, he never does!). On the next day, IDL let a few of us tried his first attempt. I was in love with the cake ever since and I have made this cake again and again. This is easily the best blueberry cake that you would ever taste.

Below is the recipe taken from Fine Cooking.

Ingredients
- 8 oz (1 cup) unsalted butter, soften to room temperature
- 6 oz cream cheese, soften to room temperature
- 2 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 5 large eggs plus 1 large egg yolk, at room temperature
- 2 1/2 cups fresh blueberries, washed and let dry
- 1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
- 1/4 table salt

1. Heat oven at 350F.

2. Butter and flour a non stick bundt pan.

3. In a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream the butter and salt until combine. This takes about 1 minute at medium speed.

4. Add sugar, 1/2 cup at a time. Beat sugar, butter and cheese until fluffy. This takes about 5 minutes at medium speed.

5. Add egg, one at a time, beat egg into batter until fully incorporated before adding the next.

6. Sift flour, salt and baking powder.

7. Turn the mixer to low speed, add flour. Beat until just incorporated. This takes less than 1 minute.

8. Using a spatula, gently fold in blueberries.

9. Pour batter into bundt pan. Batter will be thick. Use the spatula to smooth out the top.

10. Bake in the oven for 1 hour or until a skewer or cake tester comes out clean.

11. Let cool and enjoy.

The original recipe has icing poured all over the cake. It also has lime zest baked into the cake. I like to keep my cake tasting simple so I always omit them.

Besides baking, IDL also likes to barbeque. Actually, using the word “like” is an understatement. I know IDL would barbeque every day if it never rains in Vancouver. Last weekend, IDL put on the BBQ chef hat again and barbequed some chicken, ribs and steaks for a group of us. Our tummies were really, really happy that night.