Vanilla Cake with Blueberry Filling - Wish Farms

Vanilla Cake with Blueberry Filling

90 Minutes
8
intermediate

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