Melt In Your Mouth Blueberry Cake

By TrayH

"This is a nice tender cake - one of Mom's specialties from years ago. It is a great cake to take along to a picnic." Super moist and delicious!Definately worth the time.

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 egg yolks
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/3 cup milk
• 2 egg whites
• 1/4 cup white sugar
• 1 1/2 cups fresh blueberries
• 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon white sugar

Details

Servings 12
Preparation time 30mins
Cooking time 31mins

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350*

Grease and flour an 8 inch square pan.

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.

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.

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.

Bake for 50 minutes, or until cake tests done.