New England Blueberry Cake + Cornmeal Cookies w/Summer
Berries + Farm Cream
Blueberry Cakes:
1-1/4 cups cake flour
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
3/4 cup sugar, plus some for pan
3/4 cup heavy cream
1 pint New England blueberries (reserve 1/4 pint for garnish)
lemon syrup (recipe follows)
parchment paper
Lemon Syrup:
1 cup sugar
1 cup water
1 tablespoon lemon zest
White Corn Cookies:
2/3 cup all-purpose flour
3/4 cup 10X (superfine) sugar
3/4 cup white corn meal
8 tablespoons butter
3/4 cup honey
2 egg whites
Whipped Farm Cream:
3 ounces white chocolate, chopped
2 cups heavy cream
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
Cooking Instructions:
Blueberry Cakes:
Preheat Oster& reg; toaster oven to 325 degrees.
Sift together flour, baking soda, cream of tartar and salt three times.
Measure out 1/4 cup and reserve.
In another bowl, mix together eggs and sugar very well with an Oster® Hand
Mixer.
In another bowl, whip heavy cream to soft peaks.
Fold cream into egg mixture by stages, alternating with dry ingredients.
Add the reserved 1/4 cup of dry mix to blueberries and gently fold in; do
not overmix.
Prepare a tin with twelve 2-inch muffin cups by lining with buttered
parchment paper disks and sugar.
Spoon batter into cups and bake in an Oster® Toaster Oven for 12 to 15
minutes.
When cool, brush cakes with lemon syrup.
Lemon Syrup:
Combine sugar and water in a 2-quart saucepan and bring to a boil.
Add lemon zest.
Simmer for 10 to 15 minutes.
Remove from heat and let cool.
White Corn Cookies:
Preheat Oster® toaster oven to 350 degrees.
Mix together flour, sugar and cornmeal.
In another bowl, beat butter to soft peaks.
Add honey to butter and continue to beat until small lumps form.
Add dry ingredients and beat with Oster® Hand Mixer until mixture is smooth.
Drop by tablespoons onto a cookie sheet coated with nonstick spray. Bake
until golden.
Yield is about a dozen cookies.
Whipped Farm Cream:
In a saucepan, scald heavy cream and vanilla.
Pour over white chocolate. Strain and cool.
Using a hand whisk, whip heavy cream mixture over ice until stiff.
To Serve:
Place a cake on each plate.
Spoon farm cream beside cake.
Stick a cookie in the cream at an angle.
Garnish with reserved blueberries.