Blue Berry Cake

I have decided to be more consistant with the blogging. Trouble is my schedule does not lend itself to consistency and I do not tend to be a consistent person, just ask my family. I decided that I would always blog on Wednesday, now it is Friday. Maybe Friday is a better day.

Wednesday morning, dispite the heat, I picked blueberries. They are at the point where they are all ripe, so the picking is easy. I just had to pick out the ones that were shriveled. Blueberries are a great source of antioxidents and vitamin C. They are not a great source of potassium, which is good for those people with renal issues who need to restrict amounts of potassium.

We usually just eat the berries as is. On cereal or in yogurt. This time I decided to make a cake. I hadn't baked in a while and it was so hot, heating up the oven would not matter much any way. That thinking could go both ways. Sometimes when I bake spir of the moment, I am lacking or low on basic ingredients. This day was no exception. I had no margarine or milk and was low on eggs. A few recipes I had just were not going to work. I am not afraid to improvise, so this is what happened. The results were a nice dense blueberry cake.

I started with a recipe for rhubarb cake from cooking light and made it gluten free and pretty much my own recipe in the end.

Blueberry Cake

3 1/3 cups fresh blueberries
1 cup sugar
1/3 cup coconut oil (recipe called for stick margarine)
1 large egg
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 1/4 cups gluten free flour blend
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
3/4 cup butter milk ( used powdered butter milk and 3/4 cup water)

1. Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare 8 x 8 baking pan with cooking spray.

2. Beat together sugar, oil, egg and vanilla.

3. Mix together the dry ingredients, sifting to remove any lumps.

4. Combine dry ingredients and sugar mixture. Add butter milk and mix well. Stir in blueberries.

5. Spoon batter into prepare pan and bake for 55 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.

Makes about 9 servings. Good with whipped cream or icecream.