Wild Blueberry Cake

This cake is wonderful served with lemon ice or vanilla-bean ice cream. Yummmmy...my mil's east coast recipe. This very special cake is worth the effort to make.

Steps

Cake.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Grease a bundt pan , dust with flour , set aside.

Beat butter , 1 cup sugar in large bowl until fluffy.

Next beat in egg yolks , one at a time.

Mix in orange , lemon and lime rinds.

In fresh bowl beat eggs whites till soft peaks form.

Mix in remaining 1 / 2 cup of sugar until peaks become firm.

In a small bowl whisk flour , baking powder and salt.

Using a wooden spoon , mix flour mixture into butter mixture alternating with the orange juice.

Batter will be stiff.

Fold in egg whites and add 3 cups of blueberries.

Pour into prepared pan.

Bake in center of oven at 350 degrees for 45- 55 minutes.

Let cake cool on rack in pan for 20 minutes.

Glaze.

While waiting for cake to cool prepare glaze.

In a small pan bring sugar and juice to a boil for about 2 minutes , stir and let cool.

Remove cake from pan , place cake on rack and brush on glaze-- allow cake to cool before serving-- enjoy.

Ingredients

unsalted butter, fine sugar, eggs, orange rind, fresh lemon rind, lime rind, flour, baking powder, salt, orange juice, fresh blueberries