Name: Blueberry cake with vanilla syrup
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 125 gram (4 ounces) butter, softened; 1/2 cup (110g) caster (superfine) sugar; 2 eggs; 1 3/4 cup (260g) self-raising flour; 1/2 cup (125ml) buttermilk; 3/4 cup (110g) frozen blueberries; Vanilla syrup; 1/2 cup (110g) caster (superfine) sugar; 1/2 cup (125ml) water; 2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Ingredients

125 gram (4 ounces) butter, softened

1/2 cup (110g) caster (superfine) sugar

2 eggs

1 3/4 cup (260g) self-raising flour

1/2 cup (125ml) buttermilk

3/4 cup (110g) frozen blueberries

Vanilla syrup

1/2 cup (110g) caster (superfine) sugar

1/2 cup (125ml) water

2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Method

1.Preheat oven to 180°C/350°F. Grease deep 20cm (8-inch) ring cake pan; line base and side with baking paper.

2.Beat butter and sugar in small bowl with electric mixer until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs one at a time. Stir in flour and buttermilk, in two batches; spread mixture into pan. Sprinkle with frozen berries, gently pressing into cake mixture.

3.Bake cake about 45 minutes. Stand cake in pan 5 minutes before turning, top-side up, onto wire rack over tray.

4.Meanwhile, make vanilla syrup. Combine sugar and water in small pan; stir over heat, without boiling, until sugar dissolves. Simmer, uncovered, without stirring, 2 minutes. Stir in extract.

5.Drizzle hot syrup over hot cake.

Don’t thaw the frozen blueberries before using as they will bleed colour into the cake batter.
Note

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