Blueberry Boy Bait  Ingredients:       2 cups plus 1 teaspoon all-purpose flour    1 tablespoon baking powder       1 teaspoon table salt    16 tablespoons unsalted butter (2 sticks), softened       3/4 cup packed light brown sugar    1/2 cup granulated sugar       3 large eggs    1 cup whole milk       1/2 cup blueberries, fresh or frozen (if frozen, do not defrost first as it tends to muddle in the batter)    Topping       1/2 cup blueberries, fresh or frozen (do not defrost)    1/4 cup granulated sugar       1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Preparation:

Adjust oven rack to middle position and heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour 13 by 9-inch baking pan. Whisk two cups flour, baking powder, and salt together in medium bowl. With electric mixer, beat butter and sugars on medium-high speed until fluffy, about two minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating until just incorporated and scraping down bowl. Reduce speed to medium and beat in one-third of flour mixture until incorporated; beat in half of milk. Beat in half of remaining flour mixture, then remaining milk, and finally remaining flour mixture. Toss blueberries with remaining one teaspoon flour. Using rubber spatula, gently fold in blueberries. Spread batter into prepared pan. For the topping: Scatter blueberries over top of batter. Stir sugar and cinnamon together in small bowl and sprinkle over batter. Bake until toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out clean, 45 to 50 minutes. Cool in pan 20 minutes, then turn out and place on serving platter (topping side up). Serve warm or at room temperature. (Cake can be stored in airtight container at room temperature up to 3 days.)

Comments:

Adapted from Cook’s Country, which adapted it from the original. Like any recipe with a great name, this also has a great story, which was that in 1954, a 15-year-old girl stole the show (but only won second prize) in the junior division of an early Pillbury Bake-Off with a variation of this recipe, named, she said, after the effect it had on boys. Cook’s Country magazine dusted this recipe off from the Pillsbury Bake-Off Dessert Cookbook and made a few tweaks.

Categories:  Baked Goods, Baked goods, Cakes, Desert, Dessert, Desserts, Fruit, Fruits, dessert, desserts

Estimated Serving:  12

Estimated preparation time:  25 min.

Language:  English

Shared by:  Jilly    2010/01/03