Melt-in-your-Mouth Blueberry Cake

Title: Melt-in-your-Mouth Blueberry Cake
Subject: eggs; sugar; salt; shortening; vanilla; flour; baking powder; blueberries; milk
Description: Melt-in-your-Mouth Blueberry Cake
from the kitchen of: Ellie Lively
2 eggs, separated
1 cup sugar
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 cup shortening
1 tsp vanilla
1 1/2 c. flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 1/2 cups fresh blueberries
1/3 cup milk serves: 8
Beat egg whites until stiff. Add 1/4
cup sugar to keep them stiff
Cream shortening, add salt & vanilla.
Add remaining sugar gradually. Add
unbeaten egg yolks and beat until light
and creamy. Add sifted dry ingredients
alternately with milk. Fold in egg whites
Fold in fresh blueberries. (Take a bit
of flour called for in recipe & shake with
berries so they won't settle.)
Turn into greased 8 x 8 pan. Sprinkle

Back:
with granulated sugar. Bake
at 350° for 50-60 min.

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# Melt-in-your-Mouth Blueberry Cake

## Ingredients

- 2 eggs, separated
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 1/2 cups flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 1/2 cups fresh blueberries
- 1/3 cup milk

## Instructions

1. Beat egg whites until stiff. Add 1/4 cup sugar to keep them stiff.
2. Cream shortening, add salt and vanilla.
3. Add remaining sugar gradually. Add unbeaten egg yolks and beat until light and creamy.
4. Add sifted dry ingredients alternately with milk.
5. Fold in egg whites.
6. Fold in fresh blueberries. (Take a bit of flour called for in recipe and shake with berries so they won't settle.)
7. Turn into greased 8 x 8 pan.
8. Sprinkle with granulated sugar.
9. Bake at 350° for 50–60 minutes.
Creator: Paula Guffey
Source: RCA0003 - VTG LG Wood Recipe Box Dove Tail w/Metal Hinges Full Of Recipes & Handwritten (eBay)
Date: 1950s
Contributor: Ellie Lively
Rights: Personal/Family
Format: Handwritten on printed card
Identifier: RCA0003-20260513-0063
Coverage: Indiana, US