Blueberry Tea Cake

Blueberry Tea Cake makes a wonderful mid-afternoon snack with a cup of your favourite tea. It could also double as a breakfast or dessert. I like it because it’s not overly sweet and the fresh flavour of the blueberries really pops through.

It’s called a tea cake because it’s lovely served with tea and not because tea is in the ingredients. It’s the same thing with coffee cake. There’s no actual coffee in the recipe.

Blueberry Tea Cake

I chose blueberries because they were on sale at the groceries. They are also quite plentiful in the Ottawa Valley during the summer. My daughter loves to go blueberry picking at the local blueberry farm. That means we have loads of blueberries to use up in different recipes. You could easily substitute raspberries or strawberries if you aren’t a blueberry fan.

Yield: 6 to 8

Blueberry Tea Cake

Prep Time:10 minutes

Cook Time:45 minutes

Total Time:55 minutes

Enjoy for breakfast, dessert or as a mid-afternoon snack with a cup of your favourite tea. It’s a wonderful recipe to use up your fresh blueberries.

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Ingredients:

• 5 tbsp shortening
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 tbsp baking powder
• 1 3/4 cup flour
• 2/3 cup milk
• 1 cup blueberries
• Powdered sugar, optional

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 325F. Grease a 9 inch square baking pan and set aside.
2. In a large bowl, cream together shortening, sugar and eggs. Stir in flour and baking powder. Add in the milk and mix well.
3. In a small bowl, roll the blueberries in about 1 tablespoon each of sugar and flour. Add blueberries to mixture and stir.
4. Bake for 45 minutes or until a toothpick comes out the centre clean. Let cool. Sprinkle powdered sugar on top if desired.

Helpful Kitchen Tools

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• 9 inch square baking pan
• Mixer
• Measuring cups
• Cake server

I recommend rolling the blueberries in flour and sugar. This way, they won’t sink to the bottom of the cake. I used about a tablespoon of each. Just eyeball it if you need to in order to get the blueberries fully covered.

The recipe is very simple to make. It’s a matter of mixing up the ingredients and putting the batter into a 9 inch square baking pan. It bakes for 45 minutes approximately. Check to see if the cake is done by putting a toothpick in the centre and see if it comes out clean. I also sometimes give it a quick jiggle with my oven mitts on. If it’s still jostling around in the pan, it needs more time to bake.

Some Blueberry Tea Cakes have a crumb topping. I used a sprinkling of icing sugar (otherwise known as powdered sugar in other parts of the globe). It adds a sweet and pretty finish.

If you are looking for more ways to use up your summer blueberries, I have some recipes for you to try! Check out my Blueberry and Lemon Cheesecake Bars, Peach and Blueberry Pizza and Rustic Blueberry Lemon Tart. For my fellow Canadians, check out these tea subscription boxes if you want some tea to go with your cake.

What are your favourite recipes with fresh blueberries?