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Blueberry upside-down cake

Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 4

Equipment

  • 1 hand mixer or whip

Ingredients
  

  • 4 tbsp butter
  • 1/3 cup + 3tbsp light brown sugar
  • 1 1/2 cups Blueberries cleaned
  • 3/4 cup cake flour 2/3 cup AP flour and 2 tbsp cornstarch
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 large egg
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/4 cup milk important for milk to be room temperature

Instructions
 

  • Heat oven to 350 degrees. Butter a 1-quart, 5 1/2-inch-diameter souffle dish. Pour 2 tablespoons melted butter into the souffle dish. Sprinkle 3 tablespoons brown sugar over butter. Scatter 1 cup blueberries over sugar. Set aside.
    In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt. In another medium bowl, whisk together remaining 2 tablespoons butter, remaining 1/3 cup brown sugar, and the egg. Whisk the milk into the egg mixture. Add flour mixture; whisk until batter is smooth.
    Pour half the batter into souffle dish. Sprinkle remaining 1/2 cup blueberries over batter. Spread remaining batter over blueberries. Bake until a cake tester inserted in the middle of the cake comes out clean of batter, about 45 minutes. Immediately unmold cake, inverting it onto a serving dish. Serve warm with whipped cream if desired.
Keyword blueberry