Blueberry Pound Cake
  • 1 cup [225 g] butter, softened
  • 2 cups [400 g] sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon [5 mL] vanilla
  • 3 cups [420 g] all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon [2.5 mL] salt
  • 1 teaspoon [5 mL] baking powder
  • 2 cups [500 mL] fresh blueberries, or drained canned blueberries
  • Butter, for the tube pan
  • Sugar, for the tube pan
  • Preheat oven to 325°F [160°C].
  • Cream together softened butter and sugar; add eggs, one at a time.
  • Beat until fluffy.
  • Add vanilla.
  • Sift together 2 cups [280 g] of the flour, salt and baking powder; add to creamed mixture and beat.
  • Dredge berries into remaining 1 cup [140 g] of flour.
  • Gently fold berry mixture into creamed mixture.
  • Pour into an already buttered and coated with sugar tube pan.
  • Bake into preheated oven, for 1 hour 15 minutes.
  • Leave to cool in pan for 10 minutes, before unmolding onto a wire rack to cool completely.