Blueberry lemon cake
CBC News | Posted: May 12, 2018 11:00 AM | Last Updated: May 12, 2018
This recipe from Sarah Forrester Wendt can also be made as muffins
Ingredients
This recipe also makes 12 muffins
For the cake:
- Two cups unbleached white flour.
- 1/4 teaspoon turmeric.
- One teaspoon nutmeg.
- One tablespoon aluminum-free baking powder.
- Zest from one whole organic lemon.
- 1/4 teaspoon sea salt.
- 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil.
- 1/2 cup maple syrup.
- 2/3 cup soy or almond milk.
- One teaspoon vanilla.
- One cup blueberries.
For the icing:
- 1/2 lb vegan butter.
- 1/2 kg icing sugar.
- 1/4 cup Wymans blueberry juice.
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F.
- Mix dry ingredients with a whisk til blended.
- Stir wet ingredients together and add to dry.
- Fold in the blueberries.
- Oil pan or muffin tins and pour in the mixture.
- Bake until golden brown — 20 minutes for muffins or 25-35 for cake.
- To make the icing, blend ingredients until smooth. You can also top the cake or muffins with cinnamon sugar.
Yields one cake or 12 muffins.