{"id":3524,"date":"2017-08-27T20:48:35","date_gmt":"2017-08-27T20:48:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/loveeatsleepfood.com\/?p=3524"},"modified":"2017-10-04T22:10:28","modified_gmt":"2017-10-04T22:10:28","slug":"lemon-blueberry-poke-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loveeatsleepfood.com\/?p=3524","title":{"rendered":"Lemon Blueberry Poke Cake"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have seen many of these ‘Poke’ cake recipes but most of them use condensed milk to fill the poked holes in. I have a feeling this will be too sweet but one day I still want to try it.<\/p>\n

The poke cake was fun to make as I liked creating the holes in the cake and then add the blueberries. I just loveeeeee the purple against the white cake it’s so vibrant and I really like the contrast.<\/p>\n

This recipe was different as it used a blueberry compote and it was less sweet. I was looking forward to eating this cake as I love the combination of blueberries and lemon together, it works so well. Also it really reminds me of the summer with fresh and fruity flavours. <\/p>\n

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Lemon Blueberry Poke Cake<\/div>\t
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Juicy blueberry and lemon poke cake <\/div>\t
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  1. 225 g - softened butter<\/li>\t\t\t\t
  2. 225 g - caster sugar<\/li>\t\t\t\t
  3. 4 - large eggs<\/li>\t\t\t\t
  4. 225 g - self-raising flour<\/li>\t\t\t\t
  5. 2 tsp - baking powder<\/li>\t\t\t\t
  6. 1\/4tsp - salt<\/li>\t\t\t\t
  7. 2 - zest lemons<\/li>\t\t\t<\/ol>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t
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    Blueberry compote<\/div>\t\t\t
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    1. 500g - frozen or fresh blueberries<\/li>\t\t\t\t
    2. 1 - Zest and juice of one lemon<\/li>\t\t\t\t
    3. 1\/4 - cup water<\/li>\t\t\t\t
    4. 2 tbsp - sugar<\/li>\t\t\t\t
    5. 2 tbsp - cornflour<\/li>\t\t\t<\/ol>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t
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      1. 8 ounces - full-fat cream cheese, VERY soft<\/li>\t\t\t\t
      2. 4 ounces - unsalted butter, VERY soft<\/li>\t\t\t\t
      3. 1\/2 tbsp - vanilla pure extract<\/li>\t\t\t\t
      4. 3 cups - icing sugar, sifted, more only if needed<\/li>\t\t\t\t
      5. 1 - zest of lemon (optional)<\/li>\t\t\t<\/ol>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t
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        1. 1. Preheat the oven to 175\u00b0C. Grease and line a large tray bake 12 x 9\".<\/li>\t\t\t\t
        2. 2. In a stand mixer beat the butter and sugar until pale and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time and beat until it's mixed in, repeat with all the eggs. Finally add the flour, salt and baking powder into and beat until combined, don't over mix.<\/li>\t\t\t\t
        3. 3. Divide the mixture evenly between the tins and level out.<\/li>\t\t\t\t
        4. 4. Bake for about 25 minutes or until well risen and the tops of the cakes spring back when lightly pressed with a finger. Leave to cool.<\/li>\t\t\t<\/ol>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t
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          1. 1. While the cake is in the oven make the compote. Mix all the ingredients in a sauce pan, bring to boil and simmer for 5-8 minutes until thickens but thin enough to pour. If desired, mash the berries a bit using a potato masher.<\/li>\t\t\t<\/ol>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t
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            For the cream cheese frosting<\/div>\t\t\t
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            1. 1. In the stand mixer beat the cream cheese, butter, and vanilla on medium-high speed until completely smooth; about 2 minutes. Reduce the speed to low and gradually add the sifted confectioners' sugar. Add the optional lemon zest. Once all of the sugar has been added beat on high-speed for 1-2 minutes. Leave to side.<\/li>\t\t\t<\/ol>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t
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              Decoration<\/div>\t\t\t
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              1. 1. Once the cake is ready, let it cool for 10 minutes. Then using a end of a wooden spoon, poke holes in the cake but don't poke the holes all the way down.<\/li>\t\t\t\t
              2. 2. Pour the sauce all over the cake and spread it across the whole cake leave to cool.<\/li>\t\t\t\t
              3. 3. Once the cake it totally cold, add the frosting all over the layer of the cake spreading the evenly.<\/li>\t\t\t<\/ol>\n\t\t<\/div>
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                I have seen many of these ‘Poke’ cake recipes but most of them use condensed milk to fill the poked holes in. I have a feeling this will be too sweet but one day I still want to try it. The poke cake was fun to make as I liked creating the holes…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3500,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cakes","category-recipes-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/loveeatsleepfood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/loveeatsleepfood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/loveeatsleepfood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loveeatsleepfood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loveeatsleepfood.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3524"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/loveeatsleepfood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3524\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3544,"href":"https:\/\/loveeatsleepfood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3524\/revisions\/3544"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loveeatsleepfood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/loveeatsleepfood.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loveeatsleepfood.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loveeatsleepfood.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}