Hello, hello and happy Humpday! You're here, so I'll venture a wild guess and say that we share an appetite for the sweet stuff - making them, eating them, watching them, or all of the above. So, how do you feel about music?
To me, music and food are synonymous and I would find it difficult to live without either. My taste in music has always made me appear to others a lot older than I am. Blame it on my grandfather's love of music and his amazing vinyl collection that shaped and influenced my appreciation for the sung word.
While my friends were busy listening to the lastest boy or girl band, I would spend Sundays with my grandpa cooing along with the angelic voices of Ella, Billie, Peggy, Aretha, Etta, Nina and the like. Nina Simone is still one my faves to this day - just have a listen to Wild is the Wind and Little Girl Blue and you might understand why.
Don't get me wrong, I am a fan of some of the music of my generation, but let's be honest, with a few exceptions, it's mostly crap. You just can't beat the classics - in music and food.
And what says classic more than a Bundt cake? I just love the multitude of shapes in which the pans come. The one I used for my Blueberry Maple Bundt is the Kugelhopf Bundt Pan by Nordicware. You may also remember it from my Chocolate Cake with a Kick post.
If you're one of my Instagram peeps, then you may remember me sharing the above video over a month ago (yup - it's taken me that long to get around to blogging about it...). This classic was summered up with the addition of fresh Ontario blueberries. If they look a little weird in the video, that's because I dredged the berries (tossed them in flour prior to adding to the batter) - a little trick I learned in my baking course. It helps to keep the berries from bleeding into the batter and keeps them suspended in the batter. The addition of maple syrup to the batter really added another layer of flavour to an already amazing treat.
Only a few days before summer ends in this part of the world, so there's time yet to grab a basket of berries and whip up a classic of your own. It goes very well with a little Norah Jones, Cassandra Wilson or Adele.
Here's a behind the scene shot. You will notice a chunk of the cake is already missing...it's just that good!
Louis Armstrong may have found his thrill on Blueberry Hill, but I found mine on a slice of Blueberry Maple Bundt!
More Berryliciousness:
Servings: 1
Ingredients
- 300 g all-purpose flour
- 11 g baking powder
- 5 g salt
- 319 g sugar
- 172 g unsalted butter room temperature
- 3 large eggs
- 90 g pure maple syrup
- 180 g buttermilk
- 286 g fresh blueberries
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Prepare your Bundt pan. I use cake release, applied with a pasty brush.
- In a medium bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, and salt.
- In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the sugar and butter until light and fluffy.
- Beat in eggs, one at a time. Beat in maple syrup.
- Add dry ingredients in three additions, alternating with two additions of the buttermilk. Begin and end with dry ingredients.
- Place washed and dried blueberries in a bowl, sprinkle with 2-3 tablespoons of flour and lightly toss. Carefully fold blueberries into the batter. Pour batter into prepared pan.
- Bake until tester inserted near centre of cake comes out clean, about one hour depending on your oven and type of pan used.
- Cool cake in pan on rack 10 minutes. Turn cake out onto rack and cool completely.
- Enjoy with a dollop of freshly whipped cream and berries. You can also drizzle with a little maple syrup and dust with confectioners' sugar.
Notes
Recipe adapted from Bon Appetite
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G Pavao says
You make it very hard for me to stay on my diet. Seriously, how can I not make this. It looks soooo good. A slice would go so well with my coffee right now. Already pinned it!
I Sugar Coat It! says
It's got a whole lot of berries, so close your eyes, open your mouth and call it healthy! 😉
Regina @SpecialtyCakeCreations says
This beauty looks absolutely stunning! The blueberries have an almost polka dot-like effect on that luscious buttermilk cake canvas. I can only imagine what a treat for the taste buds this flavor combination must be. Can't wait to try this!
G Pavao says
Great idea! You are so right. Blueberries are very healthy for you.
Nwgirl says
Your photography is spectacular! Can't wait to try this one:)
I Sugar Coat It! says
Whoa, if I didn't know better I'd think you were hitting on my thrill! 😉 Would love to hear if you try it.
I Sugar Coat It! says
Would love to hear if you do!!
Nwgirl says
Something for the weekend:) I love the shape of your bundt pan too. I haven't seen one like it.
I Sugar Coat It! says
I am a little ashamed to say I have way too many pans - need to put them to use. 🙂
Nwgirl says
Haha, I know what you mean! Too many trips to Homegoods for me;)
01VanillaBean01 says
Blueberry and maple syrup! What is not to love about this bundt. Looks a.m.a.z.i.n.g !
(I have some old LP collections that belonged to my Dad...Mantovani is one of the collections)