How To Make Blueberry Lemon Upside Down Cake
Whip up the perfect summer treat in this easy upside down cake recipe that serves blueberry topping over a lemon sponge cake, for a delightful baked dish.
Serves:
Ingredients
For Blueberry Topping:
- 4tbspunsalted butter
- ½cupsugar
- 2tsplemon zest
- 1tbspfresh lemon juice
- 2½cupsfresh blueberries
For Lemon Sponge Cake:
- 1½cupsall purpose flour
- 1½tspbaking powder
- ½tspsalt
- ½cupbutter,softened
- 1cupsugar
- 2large eggs
- 1tbsplemon zest
- 1tspvanilla extract
- ½tsplemon extract
Instructions
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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Butter the sides of a 9-inch round sponge cake pan and set aside.
Blueberry Topping:
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In a small saucepan, add the butter, sugar, lemon zest and lemon. Cook for about 2 minutes until the mixture starts to bubble.
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Stir in the blueberries and pour into the bottom of your prepared pan.
Lemon Sponge Cake:
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In a medium-sized mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
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In a stand mixer, add the butter and sugar. Beat together for about 2 minutes until fluffy. Add in the eggs one at a time, followed by lemon zest, vanilla, and lemon extract. Add in the dry ingredients and continue to mix until combined.
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Add the batter to the top of the blueberry mixture and spread evenly on the top.
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Bake for 45 to 50 minutes or until the cake is firm to the touch.
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Let cake rest for 10 minutes and then flip over and serve.
Nutrition
- Calories: 430.35kcal
- Fat: 18.85g
- Saturated Fat: 11.38g
- Trans Fat: 0.70g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 4.97g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 1.05g
- Carbohydrates: 62.81g
- Fiber: 1.89g
- Sugar: 42.33g
- Protein: 4.54g
- Cholesterol: 92.27mg
- Sodium: 234.96mg
- Calcium: 84.30mg
- Potassium: 88.99mg
- Iron: 1.57mg
- Vitamin A: 167.03µg
- Vitamin C: 6.98mg
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