Did you play with Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head when you were young?
Were you like me? Did you turn them into Picasso-esque creations, putting eyes, ears, and noses in all the wrong places, and mixing and matching His and Hers?
What fun would it have been to make them look like the ones on the box?
Sometimes that is the way I am with recipes, although I do try to make them look better than my Potato Head friends!
I take a little from this recipe, a little from that one – e voilà! – a masterpiece. Although perhaps not a Picasso. Maybe more like a 19th-century still life… Raphaelle Peale, perhaps?
Today, I took the recipe for the cake I used in Boston Cream Pie, plus the lemon curd I made recently, and added some whipped cream and blueberries. The result?
A masterpiece. It is so good Markipedia asked for seconds. And wouldn’t let me take leftovers to the office to share with my students.
Oh, did I mention it is super easy!
~ David
Blueberry Lemon Cream Cake
Cake
1 cup cake flour
3/4 cup sugar
1/3 cup whole milk
6 tablespoons butter, softened
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
pinch salt
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
2 eggs
Filling
1 cup heavy whipping cream
1 1/4 cups lemon curd (use this recipe or a jar from the store)
1 pint blueberries, washed and dried
Preheat oven to 375°F.
Grease a 9-inch round cake pan. Place all cake ingredients into the bowl of a stand mixer. With mixer at low speed, beat ingredients until just mixed, constantly scraping bowl occasionally with rubber spatula. Increase speed to high; beat 2 minutes, occasionally scraping bowl. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake for 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out clean. Cool cake in pan on wire rack 10 minutes. Remove from pan; cool completely.
When the cake is fully cool, whip the cream to stiff peaks, and fold in the lemon curd.
Take a sharp serrated knife and cut the cake in half horizontally to form 2 layers. (Tip: slide the removable bottom of a tart pan between the layers, to lift the upper layer without breaking it).
Spread a little more than half the lemon cream on the bottom layer, then sprinkle with a little more than half a pint of blueberries. Top with second cake layer, pressing down gently but firmly. Dollop remaining lemon cream on top, and sprinkle with remaining blueberries. Refrigerate until serving time.
If there is any leftover, it is great for breakfast!
Make 10 servings.
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Paola Werstler
August 18, 2018 at 10:36 pmAbsolutely lovely and delicious!!
Cocoa & Lavender
August 19, 2018 at 4:35 amThank you, Paola! So nice to hear from you – miss seeing you! xo
2pots2cook
August 19, 2018 at 10:37 amKeeper it is to do as soon the temperatures get back to normal.Love the combination of lemons and blueberries ! Thank you !
Cocoa & Lavender
August 19, 2018 at 6:58 pmOh no – temperatures are still really high? So sorry! Hope they cool down soon!
Ron
August 19, 2018 at 11:17 amYep, I had a Mr. Potato Head. The one you used with real potatoes, not the new plastic potato type. What a fun dessert and in my book anything is great with lemon curd.
Cocoa & Lavender
August 19, 2018 at 6:59 pmWow, Ron – I had forgotten you could use a real potato! I think we only had the plastic variety. And, yes, I agree with you – lemon curd makes everything wonderful!
Jill
August 19, 2018 at 7:25 pmI also used real potatoes. I need this cake…must try soon.
Carolyne
August 19, 2018 at 1:33 pmLOL I made a lemon cake on Friday…it was good but yours (always) looks better 😉
Cocoa & Lavender
August 19, 2018 at 6:59 pmYou are sweet, Carolyne! I am sure yours looks and tastes wonderful!
Frank
August 21, 2018 at 11:26 amLooks delicious, David! And way prettier than your average potato. 😉
Cocoa & Lavender
August 21, 2018 at 7:49 pmAlthough, potatoes can look pretty darned good, Frank!
Valentina
August 21, 2018 at 7:43 pmA little of this and a little of that is my favorite way to cook. Love this combination of recipes you used here. And those blueberries are so perfectly plump and delicious looking.
Cocoa & Lavender
August 21, 2018 at 7:50 pmThanks, Valentina! I think we cook alike! (It’s like thinking alike, but different…)
Sippity Sup
August 21, 2018 at 8:24 pmI think I knew Mr. Potato Head before he got married. Yep, I'm old and as ripe as the berries on this gorgeous creation. GREG
Cocoa & Lavender
August 22, 2018 at 1:36 pmThanks, Greg! But isn’t she all relative?
Marcelle
August 22, 2018 at 1:54 pmLove the Mr. Potato Head analogy! 🙂 Very delicious way to change up the fillings on this cake! Lemon and blueberry were made for each other and this may be the perfect summer cake, David! Yum!
Cocoa & Lavender
September 1, 2018 at 3:13 pmI agree about blueberry and lemon, Marcelle… and lime!
Kitchen Riffs
August 22, 2018 at 3:40 pmYup, had one of the original Mr. Potato Heads — where you supplied the potato. Fun times! And yes, isn't it required that you put all the ears on the same side? Eyes, sometimes, too. 🙂 Anyway, I love to combine bits and pieces of different dishes. This looks great — really creative dish. More important, looks really good!
Cocoa & Lavender
September 1, 2018 at 3:14 pmI definitely was a young Picasso when it came to the world of potato heads! Sounds like you were right there with me, John!
Emma @ Bake Then Eat
August 26, 2018 at 7:44 pmThere are very few pairings in food that are as great as blueberries and lemon. Yum!
Cocoa & Lavender
September 1, 2018 at 3:15 pmAgreed, Emma – thought lime is a close second!
Christina | Christina's Cucina
August 30, 2018 at 10:14 pmWhat a wonderful combination! Looks beautiful, too! I never had Mr or Mrs Potato head as I don't believe they were available in the UK 🙂
Cocoa & Lavender
September 1, 2018 at 3:15 pmHonestly, once they made the heads of plastic, they were less fun! Maybe you need one now? 🙂
Inger@Art of Natural Living
September 3, 2018 at 3:29 amBlueberry and lemon are such a great combo–from both a taste and color perspective!
Cocoa & Lavender
September 6, 2018 at 5:54 pmSo true, Inger – just wish it looked more lemony! But the taste is certainly there!
Liz Posmyk
September 29, 2018 at 9:57 pmNo, I didn't ever have a Mr Potato Head, though I did covet him! i adore blueberries, though. Beautiful recipe, as always. Sending you hugs from my coastal retirement xo
Cocoa & Lavender
October 21, 2018 at 2:12 pmHi Liz, I hope you are enjoying your retirement – I am quite happy for you and yet a bit green at the same time! Thanks for checking in!