Lemon Blueberry Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
I made this rich and decadent lemon blueberry cake with cream cheese frosting recently to celebrate my daughter’s first day at her new job. I found the recipe for this wonderful cake on Just So Tasty that sounded perfect and it used ingredients I already had on hand. The cream cheese frosting had a hint of lemon and tasted fantastic slathered on the lemon blueberry cake. My kids and husband all LOVED this cake and it was a tasty way to celebrate my daughter’s big day.
How to Make Lemon Blueberry Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a 9 x 13 baking dish.
Make the cake by combining the cake flour, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl.
In a separate large bowl, use a hand mixer to beat together the softened butter, sugar, and lemon zest until creamy and fluffy, about 2-3 minutes. Add the vanilla extract and beat in the eggs 1 at a time.
Combine the buttermilk and lemon juice in a glass measuring cup; mix well.
With the mixer on low speed, beat 1/3 flour mixture into the butter mixture followed by 1/3 of the buttermilk mixture. Continue the process of alternating between the flour mixture and the buttermilk mixture until just combined. Scrape the bowl and finish mixing with a rubber spatula.
Toss the remaining 2 teaspoons of flour with the blueberries then gently fold them into the batter. Pour batter into the prepared baking dish.
Bake for 25-30 minutes, or until a wooden tester inserted in the center comes out clean.
Remove from the oven and allow to cool completely on a wire rack.
Make the frosting by beating the butter until creamy and smooth. Add the cream cheese and beat until creamy. Add the lemon juice and 3 cups of powdered sugar. Beat in 1 tablespoon of heavy cream and then mix in the remaining powdered sugar if needed, gently beat, adding more cream if necessary, until it’s creamy and smooth.
Frost the completely cooled cake then slice. Serve with blueberries & lemon slices on top, if desired. Enjoy.
Equipment
Ingredients
Lemon Blueberry Cake:
- 2¼ cups + 2 tsp cake flour, divided
- 2 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- ¾ cup unsalted butter, softened to room temperature
- 1½ cups white sugar
- 2 tbsp lemon zest
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 3 large eggs, room temperature
- ¼ cup buttermilk
- ¼ cup fresh lemon juice
- 1½ cups blueberries
Cream Cheese Frosting:
- ½ cup unsalted butter, softened to room temperature
- 8 oz cream cheese, softened to room temperature
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- 3-3½ cups powdered sugar
- 1-2 tbsp heavy cream, as needed
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a 9 x 13 baking dish.
- Make the cake by combining the 2 1/4 cup of cake flour, baking powder and salt together in a bowl.
- In a separate large bowl, use a hand mixer to beat together the softened butter, sugar and lemon zest until creamy and fluffy, about 2-3 minutes.
- Add the vanilla extract and beat in the eggs 1 at a time.
- Combine the buttermilk and lemon juice in a glass measuring cup; mix well.
- With the mixer on low speed, beat 1/3 flour mixture into the butter mixture followed by 1/3 of the buttermilk mixture. Continue process of alternating between the flour mixture and the buttermilk mixture until just combined. Scrape the bowl and finish mixing with a rubber spatula.
- Toss the remaining 2 teaspoons of flour with the blueberries then gently fold them into the batter.
- Pour batter into the prepared baking dish. Bake for 25-30 minutes, or until a wooden tester inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Remove from the oven and allow to cool completely on a wire rack.
- Make the frosting by beating the butter until creamy and smooth.
- Add the cream cheese and beat until creamy.
- Add the lemon juice and 3 cups of powdered sugar. Beat in 1 tablespoon of heavy cream and then mix in the remaining powdered sugar if needed, gently beat, adding more cream if necessary, until it's creamy and smooth.
- Frost the completely cooled cake then slice. Serve with blueberries & lemon slices on top, if desired. Enjoy.
Who wouldn’t love this cake! Love the tender crumb and that thick layer of cream cheese topping!
I would have such a hard time resisting this beauty! It has all of my favorite things.
This looks soooooooo yummy, Pam!! Lemon and blueberry are great combinations. Now I really wish I was good baker
Yummy dessert
beautiful! lemons and blueberries definitely make a great team, and i heartily approve of your thick frosting!
I have made this cake 2 times. It is a hit for us.
Margaret,
Thanks for letting me know! I’m so glad your family likes the cake.
-Pam
Best cake my family ever ate!!!!
Carol,
I’m so glad! Thanks for taking the time to let me know.
-Pam