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Buttermilk Lemon Pudding Cake With Blackberry Sauce

Courses: Dessert
Serves: 6 people

Recipe Ingredients

  Sauce
16 oz 454gFrozen blackberries - thawed- or- ¥
1   Fresh blackberries - hulled
1/4 cup 49g / 1.7ozSugar
1 tablespoon 15mlGrand Marnier -or- other orange liqueur
1 teaspoon 5mlFresh lemon juice
  Cake
2/3 cup 131g / 4.6ozSugar
1/4 cup 15g / 0.5ozAll-purpose flour
7 tablespoons 105mlFresh lemon juice
1/4 cup 49g / 1.7ozButter; melted - hot
1 tablespoon 15mlLemon peel - grated
3 tablespoons 45mlEgg yolks (large)
1 1/2 cups 355mlButtermilk
3 cups 594g / 20ozEgg whites (large)
1/4 cup 49g / 1.7ozSugar
  Powdered sugar
1   Blackberries

Recipe Instructions

FOR SAUCE: Puree berries with sugar, Grand Marnier and lemon juice in blender. Strain sauce through fine sieve to remove seeds. (Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover and refrigerate.)

FOR CAKE: Position rack in center of oven and preheat to 350F.

Butter 6- to 8-cup glass loaf dish.

Blend 2/3 cup sugar and flour in large bowl. Mix in lemon juice, butter, lemon peel and egg yolks. Stir in buttermilk. Beat egg whites in medium bowl until soft peaks form. Gradually add 1/4 cup sugar, beating until stiff peaks form. Fold whites into buttermilk mixture. Pour batter into prepared loaf dish. Place dish in large baking pan. Pour enough hot water into baking pan to come halfway up sides of loaf dish.

Bake until top of cake is light golden, about 1 hour 10 minutes.

Remove loaf dish from water bath. Let cool at least 15 minutes.

Dust cake with powdered sugar. Spoon hot or warm cake into deep bowls. Drizzle with sauce and garnish with berries. Pass extra sauce separately.

Source:
Hilary Bein in 'Bon Appetit', April 1991

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