Blueberry Cake

This is a very simple dress up for a boxed cake mix when you want an easy WOW dessert.  I used a Betty Crocker Lemon Cake Mix.  I made an orange frosting to layer the cakes - that recipe will follow tomorrow.  The calorie count following the recipe is for the cake only.

  1 Pkg Lemon Cake Mix                                                          3 Large Eggs

  1/2 Cup Orange Juice                                                             1 Tbl Orange Zest

  1/2 Cup Water                                                                        1 Tbl Lemon Zest

  1/3 Cup Vegetable Oil                                                             1 1/2 Cups Blueberries

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and lightly flour two 9x3 or three 9x2 round cake pans, set aside.

In a large mixing bowl combine cake mix, orange juice, water, oil, eggs and zests. Beat with an electric mixer on low speed for 30 seconds. Increase speed to medium; beat for 2 minutes. Fold in blueberries (if they are frozen, the do not need to be thawed) and pour batter into prepared pans.  Bake for 35 to 40 minutes or until a wooden toothpick inserted near center comes out clean (may take longer with frozen blueberries). Cool layers in pans on wire racks for 10 minutes. Remove cakes from pans. Cool thoroughly on racks. Frost and enjoy.

Per Serving: 124 Cal (49% from Fat, 6% from Protein, 45% from Carb); 2 g Protein; 7 g Tot Fat; 1 g Sat Fat; 2 g Mono Fat; 14 g Carb; 0 g Fiber; 1 g Sugar; 12 mg Calcium; 1 mg Iron; 52 mg Sodium