Blueberry Ripple Cake Food

BLUEBERRY RIPPLE CAKE

Steps:

• Mix well sugar, flour, cinnamon, salt, and butter. Add pecans and blend thoroughly. Prepare cake mix per instructions.
• Sprinkle 1/2 sugar mixture over bottom of greased 13x9 baking pan. Spread cake batter evenly over sugar mixture. Sprinkle blueberries and rest of sugar mix over cake batter. Use knife to fold blueberries and sugar mix into cake batter for a ripple effect.
• Bake at 350°F for about 40 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean. Let cool. Cut into squares.

RASPBERRY RIPPLE CAKE

Steps:

• Cake: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a 9-inch Bundt tube pan with cooking spray and set aside.
• Using a rubber spatula gently combine cake mix, juice, oil, and egg whites in a large bowl. Beat with an electric mixer on medium speed for 2 minutes.
• Remove 1 cup of batter and transfer to a small bowl. Stir in raspberry preserves and food color and mix until well combined.
• Pour half of white cake batter into prepared tube pan. Top with raspberry cake batter. Pour over the remaining half of white cake batter. Bake in preheated oven for 38 to 40 minutes, or until tester comes out clean. Remove and cool completely.
• Glaze: Combine all glaze ingredients in a small saucepan and heat through over medium heat until syrupy.
• Icing: Mix all icing ingredients in a small bowl with a whisk until a smooth thick consistency.
• To serve, turn tube pan over onto a serving plate and gently lift pan to remove cake. Drizzle icing and glaze over top and down sides of cake.

BLUEBERRY SWIRL CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Line a 20 x 30cm rectangular tin with baking parchment. Put the biscuits in a food processor and blitz to a fine crumb. Add the butter and blitz again to combine. Tip into the tin, press down firmly with the back of a spoon to cover the base, then bake for 10 mins. Leave to cool.
• Meanwhile, tip 25g of the sugar and the blueberries into a small pan. Mix the cornflour with 1 tbsp cold water and add this to the pan. Heat gently until the sugar dissolves. Increase the heat and bubble for 1-2 mins until saucy. Set aside to cool.
• In a large bowl, whisk the cream cheese with an electric hand-held whisk until smooth. Add the remaining sugar and whisk again. Add the flour, vanilla, eggs and soured cream, and whisk until smooth and well combined.
• Pour half the cheesecake mixture over the biscuit base, then spoon half the blueberry sauce on top in small blobs. Cover with the remaining cheesecake mix and smooth the surface with a spatula. Drizzle the remaining blueberry sauce over the top, then use the end of the spoon to ripple it into the cheesecake. Bake for 10 mins, then lower the heat to 110C/90C fan/gas ¼ and bake for a further 30 mins. Turn off the oven and leave the cheesecake inside for 1 hr, then leave for 1 hr more with the door ajar. Finally, leave at room temperature until completely cool, then chill for at least 3 hrs or, even better, overnight. Slice into 14 bars. Will keep in the fridge for up to 5 days.

FLUFFY ALMOND PANCAKES WITH BLUEBERRY RIPPLE YOGURT

Steps:

• Put the blueberries in a small pan with 1 tbsp water and simmer over a low heat for 5-8 mins until the berries burst. Increase the heat a little and cook for another 3-4 mins until it's a jam-like consistency, then transfer to a bowl and leave to cool.
• Stir the flour and baking powder together in a large bowl with a big pinch of salt, then whisk in the vanilla and almond milk until it forms a smooth, thick batter.
• Heat a little of the oil in a non-stick pan and spoon ½ a ladleful of the pancake mix into the pan. Fry for 4 mins until the edges are set, then flip and fry for another 2-3 mins until both sides are golden. Repeat with a little more oil and batter, until all the pancakes are cooked and you have 12 small-medium sized pancakes. Keep warm in a low oven while you cook the remaining batter, if you like.
• Briefly fold half of the blueberry compote through the yogurt to give it a ripple effect. Layer the pancakes with the remaining compote, then add a generous dollop of yogurt to serve.