Blueberry Squares with Passion Fruit Syrup
An easy summary cake full of fruity aroma
Equipment
- 9 inch square tin
Ingredients
Cake
- 150 g butter softened
- 2 eggs room temperature
- 175 g golden caster sugar or caster sugar
- 175 g self-raising flour sifted
- 90 ml milk room temperature
- 1 zest of lemon
- 225 g blueberries
Syrup
- 3 passion fruit
- 3 oz icing sugar
Instructions
Making the cake
- Preheat oven to 190'C / 375'F / Gas Mark 5. Line the tin a 9-inch square tin.
- Whisk butter, eggs and sugar until pale in colour. Fold in flour gently.
- Stir in milk and lemon zest.
- Dust 175g of blueberries with a teaspoon of self-raising flour (to prevent them sinking to the bottom of the tin). Mix this into the batter then pour into the cake tin.
- Bake in the oven for 25-30 minutes until golden. Remove from oven and leave cool in the tin.
Making the syrup
- Scoop the pulp from the passion fruit into a sieve, then rub through it to extract the juice. Discard the pips.
- Put icing sugar and passion fruit juice in a saucepan and heat gently until sugar dissolves.
- Prick the warm cake with a fork all over, the spoon the syrup evenly over the surface.
- Leave cake to cool completely in the tin, then cut into 9 squares.
To serve
- Top the squares with the reserved blueberries and dust with icing sugar (pour over leftover syrup if you have any left).