Blueberry-Lime Bundt Cake and Impressions of Berlin

 
Blueberries, lime and cream cheese come together in this moist and flavorful Bundt cake; a tasty summer treat that is assembled in a wink. I baked it this week for my son and his friends on their last week of summer break. Can you believe it is already time for the kids to go back to school? Where did the last 2 month go?


Well, that's just how it goes, time flies. But luckily, while you will still find fresh fruit at your town's farmers market, to capture the last weeks of summer in this Blueberry-Lime Bundt Cake. The sweet blueberries go extraordinary  well with the tartness of the limes. Cream cheese keeps it moist and able to be stored for a few days, which is not very like to ever happen at our house. 

Give this Blueberry-Lime Bundt cake a try. My suggestion would be; bake it ahead and share it at a picnic. Everybody will enjoy your special summer dessert!

Ingredients: 

for the cake: 


*  8 oz. (1 cup) ( 230 g) unsalted butter, softened; more for the pan
*  10-1/2 oz. (2-1/3 cups) ( 300 g) all-purpose flour; more for the pan
*  1-1/2 tsp. baking power
*  1/4 tsp. plus 1/8 tsp. table salt
*  1-3/4 cups ( 350 g) granulated sugar
*  2 tsp. finely grated lime zest
*  6 oz. ( 170 g) cream cheese, softened
*  4 large eggs plus 1 large egg yolk, at room temperature
*  2-1/2 cups room-temperature blueberries (about 13 oz.) ( 380 g), washed, drained on paper towels and dusted with 1 Tablespoon of flour

Be sure to use room-temperature berries. Cold fruit straight from the refrigerator will prevent your dessert from baking evenly.

for the glaze:


4 oz. (1 cup)( 115 g) confectioners’ sugar
2 Tbs. ( 30 ml) fresh lime juice; more as needed

Directions:


Preheat your oven on 350 F Convection. Grease and flour a 12 cup Bundt pan.


Sift together the flour, salt and baking powder. Set aside.


In a kitchen machine with the paddle attachment mix together the butter and cream cheese until well combined. Add the sugar and lime zest. Mix for 4 minutes on medium speed. Add the eggs, one at a time and mix well after each addition. Turn the mixer on slow and add the flour mixture just until combined. Don't over mix! Carefully fold in the floured blueberries by hand with a spatula. Place the dough into the prepared baking pan and bake on medium rack for 50 minutes or until a wooden skewer comes out clean.

Let cake cool for about 10 minutes before taking it out of the pan. Let cool completely.

Mix the powder sugar with the lime juice. The glaze should be thin enough to pour easily. May you need to add a little more powder sugar, I did.  Set cake on a wire rack on top of a baking sheet. This will help you to catch the drippings. Drizzle the glaze evenly over the top and sides of the cake. Let it set before cutting the cake.


Enjoy!

Adapted from fine cooking.com. 
 


Here are some pictures I would like to share with you from our recent trip to Berlin. The pictures have nothing in common with the Blueberry-Lime Bundt Cake, but I guessed you wouldn't mind. I will be posting a dish prepared for us by my Berlin friend Katharina as soon as the weather turns a little colder. It just doesn't fit right now.

Berlin is one of my favorite cities. I had seen this city divided by "The Wall" on a trip 30 years ago. Right after "The Wall" came down I was fortunate enough to work and live there part time for several years. Berlin has changed dramatically since then. On the one hand it is buzzing with energy, and offers a huge variety of culture and history. On the other hand Berlin offers lots of green space to relax and it gives you the feeling of visiting a small German village. I would highly recommend to any visitor to discover Berlin on bike. My kids and I had a blast with it. It gives you the opportunity to see this beautiful city much more detailed then just taking the U-Bahn around. 


Many thanks to my friend Katharina for taking the time to show us around away from the beaten tourist path.

Our traveling home, here parked in Berlin, Mitte.

Claerchen's Ballhaus

TV tower at Alexanderplatz

Berlinerin dressed up and ready to shop.

Nikolai church

Post office bike

Humboldt Box

Railway station Friedrichsstrasse

Bridge over the Spree

Pregnant oyster

Currywurst stand

Memorial crosses to wall victims along the Spree

Trabi safari

Brandenburger Tor, Quadriga

Parked bikes at Friedrichsstrasse

Dom of the Reichstags building

Remnants of "The Wall"

Bell Tower, Tiergarten

German Parlament, Bundestag, with the "fat chicken".

Equestrian statue of Friedrich Wilhelm IV by Calandrelli.

Along the Spree.