Gaga's Blueberry Cake

* Exported from MasterCook *

Gaga's Blueberry Cake

Recipe By : Gaga Chapin
Serving Size : 1 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Desserts

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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Blueberry Cake
1 1/2 Cups cake flour
2 1/2 Teaspoons baking powder
1/4 Teaspoon salt
1/2 Cup shortening
2/3 Cup sugar
1 Whole egg
3/4 Teaspoon vanilla
1/2 Cup milk
1 Cup blueberries
Blueberry Sauce
1 Cup blueberries -- or more
1 Whole lemon -- juiced
1 Tablespoon sugar

For the cake, sift flour, measure and add baking powder and salt.
Cream shortening, add sugar gradually until light and fluffy. Add dry
ingredients alternately with the milk. Stir only enough to blend.
Wash the berries and toss with flour to lightly coat. Gently fold the
floured berries into the cake batter. Pour into greased 8x8 pan and
bake at 375 for 25-35 minutes or until cake tester just comes out
clean.

For the sauce; put berries, lemon juice and sugar in a saucepan over
medium high heat until boiling. Reduce heat and cook until the
berries are just tender.

Serve the cake with a small knob of hard sauce on top of it, and the
warm sauce poured over all.

( For hard sauce combine about 1/4 cup butter with confectioners sugar
beat together add more sugar until the consistency is firm but not
hard. Add a dash of vanilla. )

This recipe was one of the recipes I 'translated' from my Great
Grandmothers' Receipt book. It is a family favorite, and we indulge
ourselves every year during blueberry season. The cake is best served
warm, not hot. The hard sauce should be about room temperature and
the blueberry sauce should be hot enough to melt some of the hard
sauce when you pour it over the cake.