Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Individual Blueberry Cakes - 5 ingredients, 30 minutes


Are you ready for your life to change?


It can happen in 30 short minutes, if you want it to.... and believe me, you do.


It will happen in the form of a flaky sugar-crisp top concealing a fluffy, jammy goldmine of blueberries and cake.



All that with only 5 ingredients...


Okay, well 5 ingredients plus water... and optional cinnamon and lemon juice, but I just count those as life essentials, not necessarily ingredients (especially the cinnamon).


Ummm, so why are you still reading this and not making these right now?


Individual Blueberry Cakes- 5 ingredients, 30 minutes

makes enough for 4-5 medium ramekins

2 cups (10 oz / 280g) blueberries
1/3 cup + 3 tbsp (6 oz + 1.5 oz / 65g + 45g ) sugar
1 egg
1/3 cup (80 ml) whipping cream
2/3 cup (3 oz / 85g) self-raising flour*

optional:
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1 tbsp lemon juice

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C).
Put the blueberries in a bowl, with 1/2 cup (125 ml) of water, the 1/3 cup (6 oz / 65g) of sugar (and cinnamon and lemon juice if you want them). Stir until the blueberries are coated with the mixture. Divide between 4 or 5 medium ramekins.

In a separate bowl, whisk together 2 tbsp (1.5oz / 45g) of sugar, the egg and cream together. Add the flour and stir until just combined, don't over mix it! Pour the mixture into the  ramekins and sprinkle the remaining 1tbsp of sugar on top of the batter (or you could sprinkle cinnamon-sugar mixture onto the batter here...I highly recommend it!). Place the ramekins on a baking tray (to stop juice dripping everywhere in the oven).

Bake for 15-20 minutes, until well risen and golden brown.

* or just sub for an equal volume of all purpose flour and add 1 tsp of baking powder



8 comments:

  1. LOVE how easy (and delicious) these look!!

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  2. is it possible to do this with strawberries? :)

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    1. well, I haven't tried it but, yeah, I'm sure it would work with pretty much any fruits!

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  3. These look almost too beautiful to eat! (Almost, I said. Almost...) I love your photos + use of font in the top picture, too. Your blog is such a dream to read!

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  4. These are really last minute cakes. So easy and they look unbelievably good! I wonder if they work as one large cake.

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    1. Thanks! I think it would work, you would just have to increase the baking time probably by 15-20 minutes depending on the size of your cake pan.

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  5. Tried this it came out just wonderful~ I loved it! every last bit of it... I did modify it a bit though, I didn't want too much flour so I added half n half (flour and oats...) and then added some dark chocolate on top as well~
    Thanks for the recipe!!!

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  6. I tried it and it was amaaaazing! I ended up making a large one as well as four small ones - definitely needed cooking longer. I also used mixed berries instead of just blueberries. Photos and write up here: http://heartbreakershandbook.tumblr.com/post/25498630961/individual-blueberry-cakes-by-top-with-cinnamon

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