Description
Delightful Lemon Blueberry Cake brings sunshine to dessert tables with its zesty citrus notes and sweet berry swirls. Moist crumb and balanced flavors promise a refreshing slice of pure comfort you’ll crave again and again.
Ingredients
Scale
Fruits:
- 3 (21-oz) cans blueberry pie filling
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest
Main Ingredients:
- 8 ounces cream cheese (softened)
- 16 ounces whipped topping (thawed)
- 2 (3.4-ounce) boxes instant lemon pudding
- 2 cups low-fat or 2% milk (cold)
Dry/Base Ingredients:
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 3 sleeves graham crackers
Instructions
- Prepare the zesty lemon foundation by massaging lemon zest into granulated sugar until aromatic and oils are released, creating an intense citrus fragrance.
- Incorporate cream cheese into the zesty sugar mixture, whisking thoroughly until achieving a silky, uniform texture without any lumps.
- Blend cold milk with lemon pudding mix, stirring continuously to eliminate potential clumps and create a smooth, velvety pudding base.
- Gently fold whipped topping into the lemon pudding mixture, maintaining a light, airy consistency that will provide delicate creaminess to the dessert.
- Create the first structural layer by carefully arranging graham crackers along the bottom of a rectangular baking dish, ensuring complete coverage.
- Delicately spread the initial lemon pudding mixture over the graham cracker base, creating an even, thin coating that will bind the layers together.
- Generously distribute blueberry pie filling across the pudding layer, allowing the deep purple fruit to create a vibrant, marbled effect.
- Add another stratum of lemon pudding mixture, permitting some natural blending between the layers for a more integrated flavor profile.
- Replicate the layering process: graham crackers, pudding mixture, and blueberry filling, building height and complexity to the dessert.
- Crown the creation with a final graham cracker layer, covering completely with the remaining lemon pudding mixture.
- Seal the dessert with plastic wrap and refrigerate for a minimum of 4 hours, allowing flavors to meld and texture to set.
- Prior to serving, lavishly spread the second can of blueberry pie filling across the top, creating a glossy, fruit-rich finish.
- Slice into precise portions and serve chilled, revealing the beautiful stratified layers within.
Notes
- Zest Technique: Gently rub lemon zest into sugar to release maximum citrusy oils and enhance flavor depth without bruising the delicate zest.
- Graham Cracker Swap: Replace graham crackers with gluten-free alternatives like almond flour cookies or coconut flour biscuits for a celiac-friendly version.
- Cream Cheese Smoothness: Ensure cream cheese is at room temperature to prevent lumps and create a silky smooth lemon cream mixture.
- Make-Ahead Magic: This dessert gets better with time, so prepare a day in advance to allow flavors to meld and textures to soften perfectly.
- Prep Time: 25 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Desserts
- Method: Chilling
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 12
- Calories: 252
- Sugar: 23 g
- Sodium: 172 mg
- Fat: 9 g
- Saturated Fat: 4 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 36 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 3 g
- Cholesterol: 25 mg