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Lemon Glazed Blueberry Boyfriend Bait

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Lemon Glazed Blueberry

Lemon Glazed Blueberry Boyfriend Bait

 

I don’t know whether Lemon Glazed Blueberry Boyfriend Bait will get you a boyfriend, but it will definitely make the boyfriend or in my case the husband you have extremely happy !

Let me set the scene up for you…I was making breakfast for dinner, a vegetable frittata, fried potatoes with onion and green peppers, bacon and homemade bread.  Before I started dinner I made this cake.  My husband ate a full plate at dinner time.

So much so that he pushed his chair away from the table and declared…I’m stuffed.  I, knowing this cake would be cool enough to eat after dinner, left room for it.  I told Paul I was going to get a piece of cake.

Figuring that he was to full to want any, but still wanting to offer it, I asked him if he wanted a piece.  “Ok, but just a small piece”, was his reply.  While he was into his second bite, he looked at me and said…

“This is the best blueberry cake I’ve ever eaten.  It’s so soft, the blueberry’s taste so good.”  He went on like this while he sat and ate piece after piece of cake till he had eaten…half the 13×9 inch pan himself!

This cake is so soft and moist. The blueberry and lemon flavors are perfect together, this is truly a cake you won’t forget, and will want to make over and over again.

This simple cake is one of the best cakes I’ve ever made.  And even though the topping melted into the cake, I’ll still put it on and let it melt into the cake.  Why?  Because the next time I make it, I want it to taste just like it did the first time I made it, absolutely heavenly.

The reserved 3/4 cup of topping seemed to disappear into the cake. If you wanted the crumb topping to be prominent on top of the cake, make more topping than the recipe calls for.  And although the cake would be wonderful as is, I decided to add more lemon flavor by adding a Lemon Glaze to the top, now I had the lemon blueberry taste I so love!

This is an extraordinary cake that you will absolutely love!

Lemon Blueberry Boyfriend Bait

 
 
Glazed Lemon Blueberry Boyfriend Bait

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Lemon Glazed Blueberry Boyfriend Bait

Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword #applecake, blueberry boyfriend bait, blueberry cake, lemon glaze
Prep Time 30 days
Cook Time 45 days
Servings 12
Author Mary Bostow

Ingredients

  • 2 cups flour
  • 1 1/2 cups sugar
  • 2/3 cup butter
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup milk
  • 2 eggs separated
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla
  • 3 cups blueberries or 3 cups of frozen blueberries thawed and drained well , coated with flour, shake off excess flour
  • zest of one lemon
  • Lemon Glaze
  • 2 TBLS lemon juice
  • about 1 cup confectioners sugar
  • Mix the lemon juice and confectioners sugar together drizzle over top of baked cake while warm.

Instructions

In a large bowl

  1. Mix together flour, sugar, & butter with an electric mixer. Reserve 3/4 cup of this mixture for topping.
  2. To remaining flour, sugar and butter mixture, add salt, baking powder, vanilla, milk, & egg yolks and lemon zest.
  3. Blend well.
  4. Beat egg whites until firm peaks form.
  5. Gently fold the firm egg whites into the batter and pour into a greased 9" X 13" baking pan.
  6. Sprinkle blueberries over the top of the batter, sprinkle the reserved 3/4 cup of flour/sugar/butter mixture on top of the blueberries.
  7. Bake in 350 degree oven for 40-50 minutes.
  8. If using the Lemon Glaze, pour over cake after it has cooled to warm.

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Comments

  2. debs

    08/30/2013 at 3:06 pm

    Making this on Saturday for hubby! Looks so delicious. Love blueberry/lemon combination. Thanks for sharing it with us.

    Reply

  5. Anonymous

    10/28/2013 at 4:05 am

    Oh my this looks good! I am gloriously and ecstatically single with no interest at all in attracting any kind of ‘love interest’ but I will definitely make this for my son and I!

    Reply

  7. Anonymous

    11/11/2013 at 3:08 am

    Just copied this onto a recipe card and looking forward to trying it. I really love lemon treats and lemon and blueberry…so have to try this.
    I smiled reading that your husband ate half the pan 🙂

    Reply

  9. Photo Bitch

    11/28/2013 at 7:46 pm

    I grew up with a very similar cake called Blueberry Boy Bait cake My Mom never used Blueberries in it she used fresh picked Huckleberries, with a scoop of Ice cream it was heaven, heaven, & more Heaven.!!!

    Reply

  10. Anonymous

    01/05/2014 at 9:50 pm

    I saw this recipe on Christmas Eve and decided to make it for a family get together that evening….oh my, it was amazing…actually I’ve never tasted a homemade cake so light and fluffy….I doubled the recipe and put 2 pans in the freezer….took one to Branson and ate it in a cabin on New Years Eve..the last one I took out this past Friday night for the Ohio State Football game…we lost but the cake was a winner…from freezer to table…awesome… Funny, since I was out of town when I made it, I just spent nearly an hour trying to find it again…yea, I was so excited when it popped up…do not hesitate, this recipe is a keeper!

    Reply

  12. Anonymous

    02/12/2014 at 9:37 pm

    I made this because I had blueberry in my freezer. I added three cups of well drained frozen blueberries and 1 cup fresh to the recipe, Loved it.
    My husband took half to work and the guys all ate it up. Thank for the recipe

    Reply

  13. Anonymous

    02/15/2014 at 8:17 am

    Hi, I have just made this and am waiting to taste it…when do you add the lemon zest? I thought I had made a mistake but nowhere in the recipe does it say to add the lemon zest….

    Reply

  15. Robenette Womble

    02/20/2014 at 9:40 pm

    Well I just made this it’s in the oven. I took pics with iphone of the recipe. I was on my photo said to pour batter in pan, sprinkle berries and then the topping. Did that put it in the oven. Then I thought oh no I forgot the zest! Looked back on another pic and seen I missed the zest and the flour on the blueberries 🙁 hope it turns out ok after I put the glaze on !

    Reply

  17. Lien

    05/11/2015 at 10:07 am

    Wonderful recipe. I had made this for a family gathering & everyone loved it! Pple asked if they could take some more before I left the party lol. Making this again today for my family as a breakfast treat.

    Reply

  18. Kennedy

    05/15/2015 at 11:53 am

    I am making some desserts for a wedding table and not sure of refrigeration there, plus I will be travelling with this but in a cooler.. Does this freeze well and would this work well on a dessert table with other home made things! Plan to make Butter tart squares, dream walnut bar and a peanut butter marshmallow slice.
    What do you think, I would really like to do a lemon meringue bar, but don’t think the meringue would freeze

    Reply

    • bunny

      05/26/2015 at 9:41 pm

      Kennedy it sounds like you are going to be busy! I’ve never frozen this cake. It never lasted long enough to freeze! I’m going to say you can because you can freeze almost all cakes. Let me know how it goes for you.

      Reply

  22. Ruby

    08/25/2016 at 12:14 pm

    Where did you use the lemon zest ?? it is in the list but not in the method 🙂 i guess in the batter, but im just confirming with you.

    Reply

    • bunny

      08/27/2016 at 9:27 am

      Oh my gosh Ruby I’m so sorry! Yes add it to the batter, I just fixed it. Thank you for bringing it to my attention!

      Reply

  24. Linda

    07/02/2017 at 11:32 pm


    Wow this is the best dessert have made lately…I work as a Medic on a Rig and always bake for the boys….this recipe was gone in no time…sooooo yummy!!! 😀 to do it again and again and again….;)

    Reply

  28. Carolyn

    04/06/2018 at 7:33 pm


    Blueberry and lemon together is my favorite! This will especially be perfect during blueberry picking season in the summer!

    Reply

  29. Anastascia

    05/01/2018 at 2:28 pm


    I made his last night and it was easy and a WINNER with the family. I did sub gluten free flour and had no issues. But, I will probably double the batter so it will be thicker and more cake like

    Reply

    • bunny

      05/29/2018 at 6:37 pm

      Fantastic Anastascia! Thank you for telling us you made it with gluten free flour, that will be so helpful to someone else that would like to make it gluten free. Your awesome!

      Reply

  30. Denisse

    06/23/2018 at 12:23 pm

    Wow!! I don’t even like blueberries and my boyfriend hates cake, but he loved this one! So yummy! Going to recommend to all my friends

    Reply

  33. Dee Rhodes

    09/17/2018 at 3:30 pm

    Hello Bunny, I love this recipe! I’m definitely making this tonight; just gotta go to the grocery store and pick up the items. You have soooo many yummy recipes! I have an odd question: the recipe for the Lemon Glazed Blueberry Boyfriend Bait ….as you were describing it you mentioned making a frittata with potatoes, onions, green peppers, and bacon….I’ve looked all over your web and can’t find that recipe…would you be willing to share that one? Thank you for all the yummy delicious recipes; I love them!

    Reply

  34. Shari

    06/18/2019 at 3:15 pm

    Hi Bunny! Very new to your site. I made this Lemon Glazed Blueberry Cake for my sweetie for Fathers Day and he can’t stop raving about it. It really is good. Thanks for helping me make his Day extra special.Keep up the good work!

    Reply

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