Lemon Blueberry Pound Cake

Content… Frozen Blueberries? Recipe Ingredients How to Make It Recipe Variations Tips and Tricks Make-Ahead Instructions Serving and Storage Instructions FAQs What to Serve More Lovely Pound Cake Recipes to Try Conclusion Watch How to Make It

Frozen Blueberries for Lemon Blueberry Pound Cake?

Absolutely! If you’re like me, you buy about 10 pounds of blueberries when they’re at peak season and go on sale. Obvs, most of those hit the freezer. I’ve used frozen blueberries in this recipe multiple times, and it comes out just as good as the fresh berry version. You don’t even need to defrost them. You just break up the clumps, measure out what you need, and pop them back in the freezer until you’re ready to stir them in. So easy! 😅

Recipe Ingredients

1. Cake Ingredients – You’ll notice a lot of traditional cake ingredients in this recipe. All-purpose flour, baking powder, sugar, eggs, butter, and vanilla extract all make an appearance.
2. Lemons – It actually doesn’t take much lemon power to get a bright lemony flavor into this cake. The juice and zest are all you need.
3. Blueberries – You’ll need about 100-150 grams of blueberries here. That works out to about 1-1½ cups.
4. Yogurt – The key to a decadent and moist lemon blueberry poundcake? The yogurt! I like to use 2% Greek yogurt myself.
5. Cornstarch – This is the secret ingredient that keeps the blueberries afloat. Nobody likes to find all the blueberries on the bottom of their cake. Dust them, fresh or frozen, in cornstarch before folding them in, and they will spread out evenly. Works like magic every time! 🪄 

How to Make Lemon Blueberry Pound Cake

Make the Cake

• Prep the Blueberries – Dust the blueberries with cornstarch. (Photo 1)
• Grease a 10-inch springform pan generously with cooking spray and set aside.
• Dry Ingredients – Mix flour, baking powder, and lemon zest in a small bowl. (Photo 2)
• Cream the butter and sugar in a stand mixer at high speed for 2-3 minutes.
• Eggs – Add the egg yolks a little at a time and continue mixing for 2 more minutes. Next, add yogurt and continue mixing. (Photos 3-4)
• Combine – Then, add the flour mixture into the batter by sifting, and follow it with the vanilla extract and lemon juice. (Photos 5-6)
• Beat Egg Whites in a separate bowl until soft peaks form. Gently fold them into the batter with a spatula. (Photos 7-8)
• Final Mix – Finally, give everything a good but gentle stir until everything is thoroughly combined, scraping the sides of the mixing bowl. (Photo 9)

Assemble and Bake

• Pour half of the batter into the greased cake pan and spread evenly. Top with half of the blueberries. (Photos 10-11)
• Finish Pouring – Next, pour in the remaining batter. Gently top the batter with the rest of the blueberries. Then, tap the pans on your work surface to eliminate large air bubbles. (Photo 12)
• Bake at 350℉/177℃ until a tester inserted into the center comes out clean. It will take 50-55 minutes.
• Cool – Transfer the baked cake to a wire rack to cool. Cool your cake in the pan for about 20 minutes, remove the ring, and let it finish cooling.
• Dust with powdered sugar and serve!

Recipe Variations

1. Glaze it! This pound cake is perfect lightly dusted with powdered sugar, but you may want to glaze it. If you do, I’d go with either a lemon or vanilla glaze. A little powdered sugar, with or without lemon juice, some vanilla extract, and heavy cream are all you need to make a fantastic glaze. Just let your cake cool completely before you apply it!
2. Shapeshift if you please. You could just as easily bake this pound cake in a bread tin or a bundt cake pan. Just make sure you grease and flour them carefully. This cake tends to stick. 😬
3. Swap out the berries. Try it with raspberries or blackberries if you’re a fan. Just know that textures and bake times vary ever so slightly, so watch your bake.

Tips and Tricks

1. I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again, measure your flour correctly. This is critical if you want a light, fluffy cake. Instead of scooping your flour out of the bag with a measuring cup, which can pack it down and give you more flour than you need, fluff the flour with a fork, then scoop it into your measuring cup. Level the top off with the flat side of a knife before adding it to your mixing bowl.
2. Be gentle. You’ll need a gentle touch when folding in the egg whites so you don’t mix that lovely whipped-up air right out of the batter. You should also handle your blueberries with care. If they get cut, bruised, or otherwise damaged while mixing, they’ll bleed into the cake batter, and the final product won’t look as nice when you cut into the cake. (It’s just a question of aesthetics, but still. 🙃) 

Make-Ahead Instructions

This cake is perfect for making ahead. You can make it a day or two before, keep it at room temperature, or pop it in the freezer for fast comfort food. To freeze it, keep it in a freezer-safe container for up to two months. Thaw the cake at room temperature on your kitchen counter or fridge before dusting it with powdered sugar and serving.

Serving and Storage Instructions

Let this cake cool completely before you cut it with a serrated knife and serve it. You can store it at room temperature for two days or fridge for a week.

As noted above in the Make-Ahead section, you can freeze entire cakes or individual slices. 

FAQs

What Goes With Lemon Blueberry Pound Cake

If you really want to lemon out, serve this pound cake alongside some lemon curd and homemade whipped cream. The combination is out of this world. 💫

It also goes well with warm drinks as an afternoon pick-me-up. Try it with a hot chai tea latte, ginger tea, or a cup of strongly brewed coffee. So good. 😋 

More Lovely Pound Cake Recipes to Try

1. Buttermilk Pound Cake
2. Strawberry Pound Cake
3. 7UP Pound Cake
4. Lemon Sour Cream Pound Cake
5. Peach Cobbler Pound Cake

Conclusion

Afternoon tea, anyone? This pound cake will have you looking for any excuse to eat a slice (or two). 😉 Want more tasty dessert recipes like this one? Then follow me on Facebook and Instagram. There’s plenty more where this recipe came from! 🙌

Watch How to Make It

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This blog post was originally published in January 2018 and has been updated with additional tips, new photos, and a video.