Lemon Blueberry Cake
The most delicious lemon blueberry cake with cream cheese frosting! Tangy, tender lemon cake with pockets of jammy blueberries, and luscious frosting. Full of bright and refreshing flavors! Perfect Easter cake or spring dessert.
Prep Time30 minutes mins
Cook Time23 minutes mins
Servings: 16 people
Dry Ingredients For Cake
- 2 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
Wet Ingredients For Cake
- ¾ cup unsalted butter , softened
- 1 ½ cup granulated sugar
- 3 tablespoon lemon zest
- 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 4 large eggs , room temperature
- ¾ cup plain full-fat Greek yogurt , room temp
- ¼ cup lemon juice
- 1 ¼ cup blueberries
- 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
Cream Cheese Frosting
- ½ cup unsalted butter , softened
- 2 ½ cup powdered sugar , sifted
- 16 oz full-fat cream cheese , cold from the fridge
Wet Ingredients
Cream butter and sugar until pale and fluffy, using a stand mixer and the paddle attachment, for 4-6 minutes on medium-high speed. If using a handheld mixer, whisk for 10 minutes.
Whisk in vanilla extract, lemon zest, and 1 egg. Then add the rest of the eggs one by one, mixing well after each addition.
Add half of the dry ingredients on low speed, mixing just to combine from this stage onwards. Whisk in yogurt, lemon juice, and then the rest of the flour.
Toss blueberries and 1 tablespoon of flour in another bowl. Add into the batter and gently fold.
Cream Cheese Frosting
Add butter into a standing mixer bowl, and whisk for 5 minutes on medium-high speed using the paddle attachment.
Gradually add in powdered sugar, mixing on low speed. Once incorporated, whisk on medium-high speed for 5 minutes.
Add in cold cream cheese and mix everything for 1-2 minutes, or only until well combined. Place frosting in a piping bag.
Assemble
Place one cake on a serving plate, followed by some frosting. Repeat with the other 2 cakes.
Smooth out the top using an offset spatula. Gently scrape the sides of the cakes using a dough cutter to create a naked cake look.
Chill in the fridge for 1 hour before slicing. Decorate as you wish. Enjoy!
- Use the spoon and level method for cup measurements. Excess flour will result in a dense cake. A kitchen scale is more recommendable as it's more precise.
- Scrape the bowl's sides and bottom with a spatula to make sure everything is well-mixed.
- Use a portable oven thermometer to ensure the correct oven temperature.
- For the cake, don't over-mix the dry and wet ingredients to avoid a hard cake.
- For the frosting, don't over-mix the cream cheese to avoid the frosting losing its structure, leading up to difficulties in frosting the cake later.
Calories: 480.7kcal | Carbohydrates: 57g | Protein: 6.2g | Fat: 26.3g | Saturated Fat: 15.7g | Cholesterol: 110.3mg | Sodium: 208.2mg | Potassium: 106.3mg | Fiber: 0.9g | Sugar: 42.1g | Calcium: 91.9mg | Iron: 1.2mg