This recipe comes from our very own Pixie Chef, Lisa Campagna!
Ingredients
Vanilla Cake
- 1 Stick Butter
- 1 1/2 Cup Sugar
- 4 Egg Whites
- 2 TSP Vanilla Extract
- 1 1/3 Cups Buttermilk
- 2 Cups Flour
- 1/2 TSP Baking Soda
- 1/2 TSP Salt
Blueberry Filling
- 3 Cups Wish Farms Blueberries
- 1 Cup Grape Juice
- 3 TBSP Cornstarch
- 1/4 Cup Sugar
Vanilla Buttercream
- 2 Sticks Butter
- 3 1/2 Cups Confectioner’s Sugar
- 1 TBSP Vanilla
- 1/2 TSP Salt
Directions
Vanilla Cake
- Cream together butter and sugar, once combine add egg whites, vanilla, and buttermilk
- In a separate bowl, Mix together flour, baking soda, and salt
- Combine ingredients by alternating between dry and wet – Start with 1/3 of your dry ingredients, mix in 1/2 of your wet ingredients, then 1/3 of the dry, the last 1/2 of the wet, and finish by mixing in the remaining 1/3 of the dry
- Prepare two 9 inch rounds with non-stick spray and pour half of your batter into each
- Bake at 350°F for 20-30 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean
Blueberry Filling
- Whisk 1/4 cup juice with cornstarch in a small bowl
- Combine blueberries, remaining juice, and sugar in a medium sauce pan and bring to a simmer
- Cook berry mixture for 10 minutes, then whisk in cornstarch mixture and cooke for 30 sec – 1 minute or until thick
- Let cool completely before using
Vanilla Buttercream
- Cream together butter and sugar, once combined add vanilla and salt
Assembly
- Let your cake cool completely before frosting
- Using a decorating bag, pipe a line of your buttercream icing around the top edge of your first 9 inch round, this creates a barrier to keep your filing from spilling out
- Add a generous scoop of the blueberry filling inside the icing barrier, top with second 9 inch round of cake then frost the entire cake with remaining buttercream