Ingredients
For the Blueberry Soured Cream Cake
- 175g unsalted butter, softened
- 175g caster sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 225g self-raising flour
- 1tsp baking powder
- 2tsp vanilla extract
- 142ml carton soured cream
- 375g of blueberries
For the topping
- 200g (8oz) tub soft cheese (such as Philadelphia)
- 100g (4oz) icing sugar
Method:
To make this blueberry soured cream cake, preheat the oven to 180°C/Gas 4/fan oven 160°C. Butter and line a 23cm/9in round cake tin. Get a large mixing bowl and put the butter, sugar, eggs, flour, baking powder and vanilla into it and then beat until smooth. Beat in 4 tablespoons of the soured cream, then stir in half of the blueberries.
Pour the mixture into the tin and level it out with a knife or the back of a wooden spoon. Bake for 50 minutes, or until it feels firm to the touch and springs back when lightly pressed. Cool in the tin for about 10 minutes, then take out of the tin and peel of the paper. Leave to finish cooling on a wire rack.
Put the soft cheese into a mixing bowl and beat in the icing sugar until smooth and creamy. Spread over the top of the cooled blueberry soured cream cake and then scatter the remaining blueberries over the top. Remember to keep this cake in the fridge if you’re not going to eat it all in one go as the cream can easily go off if left to get warm.