Monday, June 23, 2008

Blueberry Lemon Cream Cheese Pound Cake

I'm gonna start off by saying...OH MY GOSH!!! This is soooo good and soooo not a part of my "Clean Eating" diet :( But...it's okay, right?!
This recipe is from one of my dearest friends, Tracey and I guess we all have her to thank for our extra poundage we'll put on, but like I said, oh well!
I made this a couple of weeks ago when we had some family in town. My husband's exact words were..."Well, this isn't any good or anything!" With this look on his face liked he'd just won the lottery or something great! I even think his eyes might've rolled back into his head a little bit! Anyway, enough of the details, it's really good...I hope you try it!

1- 18.25 oz. package of Lemon Cake Mix
1- 3.4 oz. package of vanilla instant pudding mix
1/4 cup sugar
3 large eggs
1- 8 oz. package of cream cheese, softened (I used the 1/3 less fat kind)
3/4 cup canola oil (I've also tried using unsweetened applesauce and turned out great too)
1/4 cup water
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups fresh blueberries
1 cup confectioner's sugar
2 tablespoons lemon juice

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a 10 Bundt pan.
In a large bowl, combine the cake mix, pudding mix, and sugar. Make a well in the center and add the eggs, cream cheese, oil, vanilla and water. Beat on low speed until blended. Scrape bowl and beat on medium speed for 4 minutes. Stir in the blueberries by hand. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake in 350 degree oven for 45-50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Let cool in the pan for 15 minutes and then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely. Mix the confectioner's sugar and lemon juice and drizzle over the cooled cake.
A FEW LITTLE TIPS:
ONLY add 1 1/2 cup blueberries...don't think adding more will be better...it's not...I've tried it...just don't do it! The other thing is to make sure you let it sit in the pan for AT LEAST 15 minutes (maybe a little longer...again, trust me, if you get impatient...half of the cake will be left in the pan :(

I can't wait to hear what everyone thinks! I'd show you pictures of the one I made today...but my camera is out in the golf cart and I'm too lazy to go get it :) Just trust me...it's so yummy! And on that note...I may just have to go and have a little sliver before heading to bed! Hey, I'll work it off tomorrow!

12 comments:

Keys to the Magic Travel said...

We are going blue berry picking later this week...will have to tuck this recipe aside to make over the weekend. Yum!

Jennifer P. said...

No way am I going to make this! It makes me drool just reading the recipe! And with me being the main eater around here any more--I would for sure eat all of it ;)!

Maybe I'll try it out when I have a girlfriend over for lunch. Ok--I'm going to go invite someone over for lunch right now....

Brian and Staci said...

Kat--what fun...blueberry pickin' !!!! Last weekend we went to our favorite blackberry patch and then made a cobbler...that will be another post! YUM! Let me know how it turns out!
Jennifer P.-- I'm just tellin' ya right now my friend...it's already gone and I just made it yesterday :O (And our boys haven't touched it!) Seriously, invite someone over or you will so be hating me! It's the yummiest! Can't wait to hear what you think!

Miss Lisa said...

Yum--I love finding new ideas or blueberries :)

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