blueberry soured cream cake

this was the first and last time i made this cake, not that we didnt like it but i think the kids just prefer good ole chocolate cake/cupcakes and we adults prefer victoria sandwich cake and my other half likes banana walnut cake or kek pisang pasar malam style..(these will appear in future posts).

this look & taste nice though..i got the recipe from 101 cakes & bakes goodfood series; also available online from bbcgoodfood.com

Ingredients

CAKE

• 175g soft butter
• 175g golden caster sugar
• 3 large eggs
• 225g self-raising flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 142ml carton soured cream
• 3 x 125g punnets blueberries

CHEESECAKE FROSTING

1. 200g tub Philadelphia cheese
2. 100g

METHOD

1. Preheat the oven to fan160C/conventional 180C/gas 4
2. butter and line the base of a loose-based 22cm round caketin with non-stick baking paper (can use normal sandwich tins)
3. Put the butter, sugar, eggs,flour, baking powder and vanilla in a bowl. Beat with a wooden spoon for 2-3minutes, or with a hand electricbeater for 1-2 minutes, until lighter in colour and wellmixed. Beat in 4 tbsp soured cream, then stir in half  the blueberries with a large spoon.
4. Tip the mixture into the tinand spread it level. Bake for 50minutes until it is risen, feelsfirm to the touch and springs back when lightly pressed.
5. Cool for 10 minutes, then takeout of the tin and peel off the paper or lining. Leave to finish cooling on a wire rack.
6. To make the frosting, beat the soft cheese with the icing sugar and the remaining soured cream in a bowl until smooth and creamy. Spread over the top of the cooledcake (don't be impatient as the frosting will melt if the cake is too warm) and scatter with the remaining blueberries.
7. The cake will keep in the fridge for a couple of  days. Bring it to room temperature for about an hour before serving.

my note :

if you dont have soured cream, use yogurt or double cream (as per my earlier note in the nigella's old fashioned chocolate cake  recipe)
my mom's petua - if you dont want the fruits to 'sink', roll the fruits  in flour before stirring them into the cake mix.