Thursday, June 25, 2020

Wisconsin Blueberry Batter Cake (1959)

  • 2 cups blueberries
  • Juice of 1/2 lemon
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 3 tbspns butter
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 1 cup sifted flour
  • 1 tspn baking powder
  • 1/4 tspn salt
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 tbspn cornstarch
  • 1/4 tspn salt
  • 1 cup boiling water
Line a well-greased 8-inch square pan with blueberries sprinkled with lemon juice. Cream sugar and butter. Add milk alternately with flour, baking powder, and salt, which have been sifted together. 

Spread this batter evenly over the blueberries. Combine sugar, cornstarch, and salt, and sprinkle mixture over batter in the pan. Pour boiling water over all, and bake at 375 degrees for 1 hour. Serves 6.

More "Lost" Blueberry Recipes
White House Pickled Blueberries (1887)
Baked Blueberry Pudding with Vanilla Glaze (1939)

("Origin - Be Milwaukee's Guest" by the Junior League of Milwaukee, 1959. This recipe was by Martha Cherry Watts.)

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