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Prep Time: 20 Minutes Cook Time: 70 Minutes |
Ready In: 90 Minutes Servings: 1 |
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Wild berries were a source of amazement to colonists, captain john smith, spoke of 'Indians feasting us with strawberries, mulberries, bread, fish and other countrie provisions.' Ingredients:
2 tablespoons butter |
1/4 cup white sugar |
2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour |
1 teaspoon baking powder |
1/2 teaspoon salt |
1 cup butter |
2 cups white sugar |
4 eggs |
1 teaspoon vanilla extract |
2 cups fresh blueberries |
1/4 cup all-purpose flour |
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease a 10 inch tube pan with 2 tablespoons butter. Sprinkle pan with 1/4 cup sugar. Mix together 2 3/4 cups flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
2. In a large bowl, cream together 1 cup butter and 2 cups sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla. Gradually beat in the flour mixture. Dredge blueberries with remaining 1/4 cup flour, then fold into batter Pour batter into prepared pan.
3. Bake in the preheated oven for 70 to 80 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely.
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