Easy Blueberry Buttermilk Cake

Easy Blueberry Buttermilk Cake

A simple summer cake loaded with fresh, juicy blueberries in a lightly sweetened, moist buttermilk cake. And yes, it’s light too!

The blueberries are the star of this cake, and I didn’t think it needed any frosting. I simply topped it with a little powdered sugar before serving (completely optional) or you can even serve it with some whipped topping (or Greek yogurt) on the side.

So I set out to make this cake loaded with fresh blueberries without all the butter you would normally find in most cake recipes, and I was so pleased with the results. You will be too!!

Baking low-fat is tricky and requires a few rounds of experimenting. This luckily only took two attempts – first attempt I didn’t use buttermilk and used double the apple sauce and although it worked, it was a little dense where this final cake is perfectly moist and fluffy.

Thumbs up all around in my house with the final version, from my 2 year old to the adults! 

Easy Blueberry Buttermilk Cake

Servings: 18 • Serving Size: 1/18th •  Points +: 5 pts • Smart Points: 7

Calories: 168.2 • Fat: 2.9 g • Protein: 3.1 g • Carb: 33.1 g • Fiber: 1.2 g • Sugar: 17.1 g

Sodium: 191.8 mg

2 3/4 cups cake flour*

1 1/2 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt 

1 1/4 cups sugar

4 tbsp softened unsalted butter

3/4 cups unsweetened applesauce

3/4 cups low fat buttermilk

Original pictures take c5.staticflickr.com site

2 cups blueberries

1 large egg, beaten

2 large egg whites

2 tsp vanilla

baking spray

Directions:

Preheat oven to 325°.  Grease a 13 x 9 inch baking pan with baking spray.

In a large bowl combine flour, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl. Mix well.

Using a hand mixer or stand mixer, in a medium bowl, beat sugar and butter for about 3 minutes. Add egg and egg whites one at a time and beat until combined. Add buttermilk, vanilla and applesauce until incorporated.

Add wet ingredients to the flour mixture and stir until just blended.  Gently fold in blueberries.

Place the batter into the prepared cake pan; bake cake until a toothpick comes out clean, about 30-32 minutes.  Serve room temperature.

Note: For the photo I made half of the cake using a 9 x 9 inch pan for nine servings, same baking time but the recipe is written for a full sheet cake. I’ll leave it up to you how many servings you want to make!