Top 5 Berry Sweet Desserts
We all know what comes with summer: fresh, local berries! Check out your local farmers' market and enjoy the hot weather with these delicious sweet treats.
Originally published July, 2009
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Chocolate-Blueberry Squares
Dust these yummy squares with icing sugar and add a scoop of ice cream.
Serves: Makes 16 squares
Time: 45 minutes
Ingredients
- Softened butter for greasing
- 1 cup (250 mL) all-purpose flour
- 1/3 cup (75 mL) unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/2 tsp (2 mL) baking powder
- 1/4 tsp (1 mL) salt
- 2 tsp (10 mL) lemon juice
- Milk (see step 2)
- 1 cup (250 mL) granulated sugar
- 1/3 cup (75 mL) butter, softened
- 3 eggs
- 1 tsp (5 mL) vanilla
- 1/2 cup (125 mL) fresh or frozen blueberries
- 1/2 cup (125 mL) white chocolate chips
Directions
- Ask a grown-up to help you preheat oven to 350ºF (180ºC). With your fingers, spread a little butter all over the inside of an 8-inch (2-L) square pan. In a medium bowl, gently whisk together flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and salt.
- Pour lemon juice into a 1-cup (250-mL) glass measure; add milk until liquid reaches the N-cup (75-mL) mark. In a large bowl, beat together sugar and butter with an electric mixer until well combined. Beat in eggs one at a time. Beat in vanilla.
- Stir in one-third of flour mixture until flour disappears, then stir in half of milk until it disappears. Add half of remaining flour mixture, all of milk, then remaining flour, stirring each time until mixtures disappear.
- Gently stir in blueberries and white chocolate chips; spread batter evenly in pan. Ask a grown-up to put pan in oven; bake for 30 to 35 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in centre comes out with no cake sticking to it. Ask a grown-up to remove pan from oven; let cake cool in pan.
Recipe by Julia Aitken
Photo by Edward Pond
