Sunday, June 17, 2012

Blueberry Upside Down Cake

Yesterday I went to Tidwell's and bought a GALLON (yikes) bag of blueberries. That's the blueberries (obviously) on the left (more beets in the bag on the right). And then I was wondering what to do with all these blueberries besides munch on them. These are THE best blueberries I've ever tasted, so I don't want to waste them on a 'junky' recipe. So, here's the first of 4 or 5 I'll be making and sharing. 



BLUEBERRY UPSIDE DOWN CAKE
Makes 9 Servings = 5 PointsPlus™
OR
Makes 12 Servings = 4 PointsPlus™

1/4 cup light butter, melted
1/2 cup brown sugar (not packed)
2 cups fresh blueberries
2 tsp lemon juice
1/2 cup light butter, softened
3/4 cup Splenda granulated
1/4 cup fat-free egg substitute
1 tsp vanilla
1 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
3/4 cup fat-free milk

Preheat oven to 350ยบ.

In a 9-inch square cake pan, combine the melted butter and brown sugar; spread evenly on the bottom of the pan. Spread the blueberries evenly over that. Sprinkle with lemon juice.

In a large bowl, cream butter. Gradually add the Splenda granulated. Beat in the egg substitute and vanilla.

In a medium bowl, mix together the flour, baking powder, salt and cinnamon. Add these dry ingredients alternately with the milk to the butter mixture. Spread evenly over the blueberries.

Bake 45 – 50 minutes or until a wooden toothpick comes out clean. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes and then carefully turn out onto a large flat plate.









MY SPIN: I put the cake pan on a burner on LOW to melt the butter and then mixed in the brown sugar. I also used a few blueberries more than 2 cups. And....you all know I love cinnamon, so I used a heaping tsp of cinnamon.

It was good!   

Now for the 'legal mumbo-jumbo' to keep me out of court!! *** The PointsPlus™ value for this recipe was calculated by me (Jan Gomes) and is not an endorsement or approval of this recipe by Weight Watchers International, Inc., the owner of the PointsPlus™ registered trademark. ***

Later!
Loving Life(time)!
Jan

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