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No artificial coloring or dye here, these colors and flavor are all natural. A soft tender layer cake that tastes of wild blueberries, filled with a blueberry compote and wrapped in a sweet, blueberry buttercream. Fresh blueberries and freeze dried berries team up to turn this blueberry layer cake into a purple wonder. Fresh blueberry cake, a very blue berry cake Start by adding all the dry ingredients, including ground up freeze dried blueberries, to your stand mixer bowl.
Yeah, it can be an iffy idea, so others use a meat tenderizer instead. Not the heavy metal ones that have blunt edges. There are ones with sharp spikes that you can use. Unfortunately, they’re not as fine as the brush, so you might end up with mashed berries while you’re getting the hang of it. To Pre-Freeze Or Not To Pre-Freeze Must do the night before: make the buttercream. This buttercream is made with freeze dried blueberries/blueberry powder and it gets more and more potent in flavor overnight. We’re only going to use a bit here, initially it will make the buttercream a light purple and have a hint of blueberry flavor. As it sits overnight, it gets more intense. When you stir it in the morning, you’ll see the color turn even more vibrant. Blueberry raisins are similar to dried blueberries but tend to be more chewy. They’re fairly simple to make. Some suggest you pulse the berries in a blender or food processor just to break the skin. Still, that won’t give you consistent results, and you’ll end up with smaller-sized berries with big ones.It's essential to properly cream your butter and sugar. This process usually takes about 2 - 3 minutes on medium speed and will result in butter that has lightened in color. The sugar should appear to be dissolved in the butter and have a light and fluffy texture. Learn more about the proper techniques for creaming butter. Scones aren’t always the easiest recipe to make, but they’re one of my favorite choices for an afternoon tea.
Three hours after consuming the blueberry powder, participants were given a cognitive task. Participants who had taken the blueberry powder completed the task significantly faster than those in the control group. You are going to take a bite of this cake (after giving me a funny look about the color) and you’ll say, god damn this tastes like blueberries! We get this wonderful flavor by adding a blueberry reduction and blueberry powder (both easily made at home). Together they make for a really, really special cake. Dried blueberries have a long shelf life when stored in an airtight container and can be a great addition to your dried food pantry. There are also several benefits to rehydrating dried blueberries:
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Heat the dried fruit in the microwave for 1½minutes. Remove the fruit from the microwave and let the bag sit undisturbed for 10-15 minutes. Once that’s done you can strain it to remove the skins, or you can keep them in. Just make sure you have 1/2 cup of the puree. Let it cool while you make the cake batter. Flour: This recipe works best with all purpose flour. The protein content of all purpose flour helps us achieve a chewy yet soft cookie. If you’re going to pre-freeze, use the tray you’ll be using in the freeze dryer. This way, the berries, and the tray are at freezing temperature and ready for the freeze dryer.
Technically this recipe contains fresh blueberries but you can easily substitute dried blueberries in their place. Use rehydrated blueberries to make refreshing drinks like this blueberry smoothie by combining rehydrated blueberries, yogurt, milk, sugar, vanilla, and nutmeg. 4. Homemade Blueberry Granola Bars This recipe was a great addition to my collection because the muffins are light and fluffy without being overly sweet.
The best way to rehydrate dried blueberries is to use hot water. All you need to do is soak the dried fruit in hot liquid – either hot water or hot fruit juice in a 2:1 ratio. The final product is blueberries that are plump, sweet, and full of flavor. Rehydrated dried blueberries can be added to many baking and cooking recipes, including: 1. Blueberry Muffins We washed the berries thoroughly under running water, then let them dry. They’re not totally dry in our video, though. It’s best to have them totally dry to avoid unnecessary crystallization during the process.
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