This blueberry lemon cake, loaded with fresh blueberries and glazed with sweet and tangy lemon cream cheese frosting, is light and tender, perfect summer treat!
If you follow me on Instagram, you know that I was swimming in the sea of blueberries, apricots and peaches last week!
I dehydrated most of my peaches and apricots to enjoy throughout winter. (If they make it till winter, of course! They are addicting good to snack on.)
I also made absolutely delicious blueberry banana bread, two of this blueberry lemon cake, and enjoyed some fresh blueberry smoothies. Oh, how much I love summer and all the fresh fruits that come with it.
If someone will ask me what is the best summer cake, I’d say this blueberry lemon cake! No doubt about it!
Lots of fresh blueberries, fresh lemon aroma, sweet and soft crumbs… So much deliciousness is happening here!
As I mentioned above, I made this cake twice last week.
First time around, I had some issues: the batter was a little too much and a bit runny, thus most of the blueberries sunk to the bottom. It tasted finger-licking good though! My mom, my husband and I inhaled it just as soon as it had cooled. I didn’t even get a chance to snap a photo! I was thinking to post a photo with a caption “Fail of the Day”, but it was not a fail, just an ugly duckling.
Now that I fixed the issue, I’m ready to share the recipe with you. Finger-licking delicious AND picture-perfect!
There is no complicated technique involved, no special equipment required. Just a regular mixer will do the job. Step-by-step photos are here for your viewing pleasure. 🙂
So if you have some blueberries hanging out in your fridge, it’s time to put them into a delicious cake. Have fun!
Blueberry Lemon Cake
Ingredients
For cake:
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour plus one tablespoon
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup 113gr unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup 200gr sugar
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs at room temperature
- ¼ cup Greek yogurt at room temperature
- 2 cups fresh blueberries washed and dried
For glaze:
- 3 oz 85gr cream cheese, softened
- 4 tablespoons sweetened condensed milk
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest
- 2 tablespoons milk
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375°F (190°C). Spray 9×5-inch loaf pan with a cooking spray.
- In a small bowl, whisk together 1 and ½ cups of flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
- In a mixing bowl, beat butter and sugar for about 3 minutes until nice and fluffy. Stir in lemon juice, lemon zest and vanilla extract. Beat in the eggs one at a time, scraping the sides of the bowl after each addition.
- Add half of the flour mixture, and mix until just combined. Then stir in the Greek yogurt. And finally add the remaining dry ingredients and mix until just combined. Be careful not to over-mix.
- Toss the blueberries with the remaining 1 tablespoon of flour. Gently mix in the blueberries into the batter. Transfer it into the prepared pan. Bake for 45-50 minutes, or until the inserted toothpick comes out clean.
- Cool the cake on wire rack for 15 minutes, remove from pan and cool completely.
- While the cake is cooling, prepare the lemon cream cheese glaze. In a mixing bowl, beat all the ingredients until smooth. Add more milk for thinner glaze, if desired. Glaze the cake once it’s completely cooled.
Tips & Notes
Nutrition
Can I use dried cranberries instead of blueberries. Looking forward to trying this recipe because I love anything lemon.
Hi, Susan. I haven’t tested this recipe with dried cranberries. If you don’t have blueberries, you may omit it.
haha you are going to hate me, but on the last step, you put GRAZE instead of GLAZE. im so sorry to be that person but i can’t help it lol. beautiful cake though!
Hi, Lauren! I always appreciate it when the error is pointed out to me, so that I can correct it. (Though it makes me want to crawl under the bed and never come out.) Anyway, thanks so much. I corrected the error. 😉
It’s in the oven. I don’t remember the last time I licked the beaters, but the batter was delicious and I’m looking forward to the cake when it’s done!
Yay, hope you enjoyed cake as much as we do. It’s one of our favorites. Thanks, Heidi.
This looks delicious, I am definitely going to try this – saved for later 🙂
Thanks, Sam!
I LOVE this cake! 😀 Looks awesome ^^
Thanks, Sarah!
Love it! Pinned it!!
Thanks, April!!
oh man, this looks so unbelievable!!
Thanks, Morgan!
I have loads of frozen blueberries is there anyway I can incorporate this into this recipe
Yes, you can use frozen blueberries. No need to thaw them. Just throw in the frozen ones into the batter.