Blueberry mine... BOOM!

This cake is like a mine, a true blueberry explosion in your mouth! BOOM! BERRY! BOOM! Everybody loves it, that´s all I have to say... To bake this amazing cake I follow the recipe of the one and only Hummingbird Bakery.

Ingredients:

350 gr. unsalted butter at room temperature

350 gr. caster sugar

6 eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

450 gr. plain flour

2 tablespoons plus 2 tsp baking powder

280 ml. soured cream

250 gr. fresh blueberries, plus extra to decorate

For the cream cheese frosting:

300 gr. icing sugar

50 gr. unsalted butter at room temperature

125 gr. cold cream cheese

Procedure:

Preheat the oven to 170°C.

Put the butter and sugar in a mixer with a paddle attachment and beat until light and fluffy. Add the eggs, the vanilla extract, the flour, and baking powder and keep beating until well mixed. Add the soured cream and mix until creamy.Gently stir in the blueberries by hand until evenly dispersed. Pour the mixture into the prepared mould and bake in the preheated oven for 40 minutes, or until golden brown and the sponge bounces back when touched. Leave the cake to cool slightly in the mould before turning out to cool completely. When the cake is cold, put it on a serving plate, cover the top and sides with the cream cheese frosting and decorate with more blueberries. 

The frosting:

Beat the icing sugar and butter together in a freestanding electric mixer with a paddle attachment until the mixture comes together and is well mixed. Add the cream cheese and beat until it is completely incorporated.

Enjoy ♥

Martina

Straw-blue-rasp-berry explosion!

Hello dear friends! Here I am, back on my blog again. I had some stressful weeks at university, so much to study, exams exams exams, and my brain was about to go on fire... but... I decided to turn the big bang in my head in a berry and chocolate explosion for my stomach☺haha smarty Marty!

This cake is really really really awesome: chocolate and berries are a perfect combination for students in need of loads of energy.

For the chocolate sponge I actually used the recipe of the Sachertorte (this is my secret, sorry), which I cut in half and filled with strawberries, raspberries, and blueberries. Then I melt some bitter chocolate and dripped it in and on top of the cake, topping it with some more berries. The final result was delicious!

Enjoy ♥

Martina

P.S. have you ever had a look inside your skull at your brain? I have! It looks so cool.