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Old-Fashioned Blueberry Cake Recipe
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Old-Fashioned Blueberry Cake Recipe

12 ingredients 10 min + 30 min Serves 8 - 10. openrecipes
Old-Fashioned Blueberry Cake Recipe

An old-fashioned blueberry cake sweetened with molasses adapted from a reader submitted recipe to the July 1974 issue of Gourmet Magazine - rustic, dark as chocolate, tender, and punctuated with lots of tiny pockets of oozy, magenta berry flesh.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

1029
Calories
29g
Protein
32g
Fat
157g
Carbs

Counts 10 of 11 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 10 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Milk 1 cup (244ml) whole 149
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Blueberry 1 cup (148g) 84
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Molasses 1 tbsp (20g) 58
Cream 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy 51
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Vinegar 1 tbsp (15ml) distilled 3
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Cider not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons unbleached all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 3/4 teaspoon fine grain sea salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon cider vinegar
  • 5 tablespoons milk (divided)
  • 1/2 cup unsulphered molasses
  • 2 large eggs, lightly beaten
  • 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, barely melted
  • 1 1/2 cups blueberries, frozen (I freeze fresh berries)
  • 1 teaspoon flour
  • Serve with a sprinkling of powdered sugar (optional), or a big dollop of sweetened freshly whipped cream

Directions

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By 101cookbooks · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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