Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Blueberry Tea Cake

With the blueberries in such great abundance, I could not resist sharing this simple little recipe. I've had it years and years and have made it numerous times; it's a recipe I pull out when I have friends and family to share my breakfast table. This fluffy, blueberry studded little cake is simple, works up quickly, and just makes a darling breakfast treat or, no surprise, with tea!

Blueberry Tea Cake

5 tablespoons shortening
1 cup sugar
2 eggs, beaten
2/3 cup milk
1 3/4 cups flour
3 teaspoons baking powder

1 1/2 cups blueberries, rinsed, drained, tossed with a little flour and sugar

Preheat oven to 375 F. Generously grease an 8 x 8 inch baking dish.

Cream shortening. Add sugar, beaten eggs, and milk. Sift the flour and baking powder, add to the wet ingredients, and mix well. Fold in the blueberries into the batter and pour into the prepared baking dish. For a little extra sparkle, sprinkle sugar on top.

Bake for about 25 minutes or until a tester inserted in the center comes out clean. (You may have to cover with tin foil at some point if the center isn't cooking as fast as the rest.)

Sweet with a rush of blueberry tartness! Love it.

27 comments:

  1. Yum! This looks delightful, Katy.

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  2. Oh, I love it. This sounds so delicious :D

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  3. I love the picture! I just want to take a bite!

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  4. I just got out of the kitchen from baking with blueberries and I still have some left. This looks amazing Katy! I;ll hae to jot this one down too!

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  5. It looks so tender. Sounds delish!

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  6. Katy, Katy, I'm so tempted right now...I must buy blueberries tomorrow for this lovely tea bread!
    Thanks for sharing a delicious and easy treat!

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  7. Blueberries are on sale this week and I am stocking up. This is a nice little tea cake. It looks good and I am going to try it this weekend.

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  8. Wonderful tea cake with blueberries! Love this!

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  9. Katy this would be great for company if there was any left after i got my hands on it!! Look how moist this is!! LOVE IT!!

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  10. This looks like a perfect little snack cake. Ill have a slice with my coffee. Love it!

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  11. Such a great way to use summer berries! So tasty!

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  12. This is a great looking tea cake. I love blueberries in cake!

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  13. Just reading this before I go to bed. I think there will be visions of blueberry cake in my dreams. This looks just wonderful.

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  14. This looks so good! I can't wait til' it's time to pick blueberries here. I'd love some blueberry cake with my morning coffee.

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  15. I would love a slice right now!

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  16. I love blueberry, I would have trouble staying away from this one lol.

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  17. I laughed when I saw this post this morning, since we just had a blueberry tea cake for breakfast this morning. I took the recipe from Coleen's blog, but made it with blueberries instead of strawberries. Anyway, yours looks delicious! Great minds think alike!

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  18. Lara, I almost didn't post mine because I think Coleen's recipe looks positively FABULOUS, but I had already scheduled this to go, and it is an old, tried and true favorite.
    Always room for one more recipe, I think.

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  19. Katy, that looks delicious. I love a simple fruit cake. So good. I just made a blueberry one recently and now wants yours too!!!!!

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  20. I love blueberries-- this looks wonderful!

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  21. Yum, this looks really tasty!

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  22. I am in love with blueberries in baked goods. This is just lovely!

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  23. Wonderful tea cake with blueberries! I love blueberries in cake!
    I am going to try it this week.

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  24. WOW...who would of known, when I purchased 2 pints of fresh blueberrys this morning, I would of come across this wonderful recipe!! TY TY Katy! I will make this tomorrow, looks like heaven!

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  25. I made your cake yesterday and it was delicious!
    Thanks for sharing the recipe!

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