Blueberry Lemon Pound Cake

A few weeks ago a Facebook friend posted about a local grocery store having containers on blueberries on sell for $1.39. My daughter likes them, and I had a few recipes to try, so I stopped by to get some. These weren't the puny regular size blueberry containers; these batboys were 18-ounce containers of blueberries! I bought four. I really didn't know what all I was going to do with them, but I knew they wouldn't go to waste. I've already blogged Blueberry Buttermilk Muffins, now this one. I also made a mixed berry pound cake that I will probably blog as well. This recipe was really good. The lemon just adds something amazing to it, and bumps it up a notch. But really, the glaze is one of the best parts of this recipe - absolutely delicious!

1 cup butter
1¾ cups sugar
zest of one lemon
3 eggs
½ tsp vanilla
¾ cup buttermilk
3 cups fresh blueberries
2½ cups flour
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt

Lemon Glaze
1½ cup powdered sugar
1-2 Tbsps lemon juice
1 Tbsp lemon zest

2 tsps almond extract

If you need buttermilk, you can make it by combining 1 Tbsp of lemon juice or vinegar and topping that off with 1 cup of milk. Do this first to allow time for the milk to curdle.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. In a separate large bowl, mix and combine dry ingredients together. Toss the blueberries with about 1/4 cup of flour.

In a large bowl, cream butter, sugar, and lemon zest together for 3 to 5 minutes.

Add eggs one at a time and beat an additional minute per egg.

Add dry ingredients alternatively with the buttermilk to the butter/sugar/lemon zest/egg mixture. Typically, thirds with the flour works best - 1/3 of the flour; 1/2 of the buttermilk; 1/3 of the flour; 1/2 of the buttermilk; remaining 1/3 of the flour.

Fold in blueberries.

Grease and flour either two large bread pans, three small bread pans, or a bundt pan, and pour batter into prepared pan(s).

Bake at 350 degrees F for 55 to 60 min. Let pound cake cool completely. I prefer this so that the heat of the cake doesn't make the glaze run too much.

To prepare the lemon glaze, whisk ingredients together until smooth.

Pour glaze on the cake, and enjoy!