The House on Blueberry Hill

Grandma Sarah was Jeff’s grandmother. We moved into her house after she passed away, and as we were cleaning it out, I found a big book of her recipes. Since our blueberry bushes are full of berries right now, I went through her book a few days ago looking for blueberry recipes. She had a ton of them – lots of cakes, muffins, and crumbles – but pound cake is one of my favorites, so I decided to try this one first.

Here’s the recipe:

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter
• 2 cups sugar
• 3 eggs
• 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 4 cups fresh blueberries
• 1 cup milk

Instructions

• Allow butter and eggs to stand at room temperature for about 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, grease a 10 inch tube pan and set aside.
• In a large mixing bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
• In a very large mixing bowl, beat the butter and sugar with an electric mixer on medium speed until the mixture’s well combined.
• Beat in the eggs one at a time.
• Stir the blueberries into the flour mixture.
• Gently stir the blueberry mixture into the butter mixture by hand.
• Stir in milk until just combined.
• Spread batter into prepared pan and bake at 325 degrees for 60-75 minutes. (It took me 75, but check for doneness by inserting a toothpick into the cake around 60 minutes. If the toothpick comes out clean, it’s done.)
• Cool I’m the pan for 15 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely.