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Blueberry Cornmeal Tea Cakes with Honey Butter Icing

Sweet, soft cornbread cakes with blueberries, topped with honey butter icing
Course Breakfast, Brunch, Dessert
Servings 12

Ingredients
  

Blueberry Cornmeal Tea Cakes

  • 1 ¼ cups (159g) all purpose flour, sifted
  • ½ cup plus 2 1/2 tablespoons (130g) granulated sugar
  • ¼ cup (36g) cornmeal
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon fine sea salt
  • 2 large eggs
  • ¾ cup (170g) sour cream
  • ¼ cup (57ml) vegetable oil or neutral oil of your choice
  • 2 tablespoons (28g) unsalted butter, melted
  • ¾ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • Zest of 1 small lemon
  • 1 cup (170g) blueberries

Honey Butter Icing

  • 1 cup (120g) powdered sugar, sifted
  • 2 tablespoons (28g) unsalted butter, melted
  • 1 tablespoon honey
  • Pinch fine sea salt
  • 1-2 tablespoons whole milk or half and half

Instructions
 

Blueberry Cornmeal Tea Cakes

  • Preheat the oven to 350ºF (180ºC). Grease and flour a 12-serving muffin pan*.
  • In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, cornmeal, baking powder and salt.
  • In a medium bowl, whisk together the eggs, sour cream, oil, butter, vanilla and lemon zest until smooth.
  • Stir the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients until combined. Don't over mix. A few lumps are okay. Fold in the blueberries.
  • Fill the muffin cups half full. Bake until the tops of the cakes are light golden, the tops are springy and a toothpick inserted into the center of the cakes comes out clean, about 14-16 minutes.
  • Cool the cakes in the pan for 5 minutes, then remove them from the pan and place them upside down on a cooling rack. Top the cooled cakes with Honey Butter Icing.

Honey Butter Icing

  • In a medium bowl, whisk together the powdered sugar, butter, honey, salt and 1 tablespoon of milk. Add additional milk as needed to achieve your desired consistency. Whisk until smooth.

Notes

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Keyword blueberry, cake, cornbread