Blueberry Poke Cake

Description

A delicious, fresh blueberry sauce adds a beautiful color to this white sheet cake. Top each serving with sweetened whipped cream and garnish with fresh blueberries, if desired.

Ingredients

  • 1 (15.25 ounce) package white cake mix (such as Pillsbury®)
  • 3 ounces white cake mix extender
  • 1 ¼ cups water
  • 4 egg whites
  • ⅓ cup vegetable oil
  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 2 tablespoons cornstarch
  • 1 ½ cups fresh blueberries
  • 1 cup water
  • 1 teaspoon lemon juice

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and lightly flour a 9×13-inch baking pan.
  2. Blend cake mix plus extender
  3. 1 1/4 cups water
  4. egg whites
  5. and oil together in a bowl using an electric mixer until just moistened. Pour batter into the prepared pan.
  6. Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean
  7. 32 to 26 minutes.
  8. While cake is baking
  9. stir sugar and cornstarch together in a small saucepan over medium heat. Add 1 cup water and bring to a boil
  10. stirring constantly. Add blueberries and lemon juice; cook and stir until blueberries burst and sauce turns a deep purple color
  11. about 10 minutes. Gently mash any berries that did not burst. Remove from heat and let cool until cake is ready.
  12. Transfer cake to a cooling rack and let cool to room temperature
  13. at least 25 minutes.
  14. Poke holes into the cake about 1 inch apart using the handle of a wooden spoon. Slowly pour the warm blueberry sauce over cake. Refrigerate until cool before slicing.

Prep Time: 10 mins

Cook Time: 35 mins

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins

Servings: 12

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