Melt In Your Mouth Blueberry Cake

This is a nice tender cake—one of my Mom's specialties from years ago. It is a great cake to take along to a picnic.

• Preparation Time: 30 mins
• Cooking Time: 60 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins
• Calories: 206 Calories

Ingredients

• ½ cup white sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• ½ cup butter
• 1 tablespoon white sugar
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
• 2 egg whites
• ¼ cup white sugar
• ⅓ cup milk
• 2 egg yolks
• 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
• 1 ½ cups fresh blueberries

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour an 8 inch square pan.

Step 2

Cream butter or margarine and 1/2 cup sugar until fluffy. Add salt and vanilla. Separate eggs and reserve the whites. Add egg yolks to the sugar mixture; beat until creamy.

Step 3

Combine 1 1/2 cups flour and baking powder; add alternately with milk to egg yolk mixture. Coat berries with 1 tablespoon flour and add to batter.

Step 4

In a separate bowl, beat whites until soft peaks form. Add 1/4 cup of sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, and beat until stiff peaks form. Fold egg whites into batter. Pour into prepared pan. Sprinkle top with remaining 1 tablespoon sugar.

Step 5

Bake for 50 minutes, or until cake tests done.