When it comes to desserts lemon bars are my favorite.
Like favorite favorite. Legitimately the favorite. I love them so much I want to make a giant one and sleep on it favorite.
Was that last one a little too much? My bad.
Anyway, I love everything about them. The tangy-sweet lemon curd, the buttery-sweet crust, the little bit of powdered sugar that you accidentally inhale up your nose that leads to suspicious glances from strangers. What do you care? You just ate a lemon and they didn’t…that’s all that matters in this little game called life. Whoever gets the lemon bar gets the last laugh.
So why am I all swooning over lemon bars when this recipe is clearly for something else? Because this, my sweet sweet friends, is right up there with lemon bars in my book. It’s sweet. It’s tangy. It has the buttery-sweet crust. And it has blueberries, something I would never have dreamed to add before but now that I have I just don’t know if I can go back. These will suck you in and before you know it the whole pan is gone.
Oh wait, that’s me. Sorry.
CREAMY BLUEBERRY LIME LOAF CAKE
- 1 stick butter, room temperature
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup flour
- pinch of salt
- 1/3 cup lime juice
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 whole eggs
- 2/3 cups flour
- zest from one lime
- 1 1/2 cups fresh or frozen blueberries
Preheat oven to 350. Combine the first 4 ingredients in a medium bowl until crumbly and press into the bottom of an 8×4 loaf pan. Bake in the oven for about 5 minutes. Meanwhile combine the sugar, juice, and eggs in a large bowl. Add the flour and mix until just combined; fold in the blueberries and lime zest. Pour immediately onto the warm crust. The crust will move, but the beauty of it is that the crust will end up baking around the custard part. Bake for 35-45 minutes or until middle is set and a toothpick inserted comes out cleanly.
When it comes to summertime desserts that won’t disappoint, this is it – will you answer the call?!
Mmmm! This was tasty. Made it while my mama was here visiting. One question…the lime zest? It is in the list but isn’t mentioned in the instructions. I just added it with the blueberries, but thought you might want to update. 🙂
yikes! thanks for catching that Stacy! you’re right…you just fold it in with the berries 🙂 i’ll make sure i change that!
Citrus makes everything better. I don’t care what it is, citrus can improve it. This looks awesome!
can you make that lemon bar bed a queen size so there is room for me? thanks.
I’m a lemon bar lover as well! This tea bread looks uhhhmazing!!
Looks tasty!
Just one bite, send me just ONE bite please 🙂 This looks incredible!
These look and sound awesome Heather! I love citrus in desserts – lemon bars included. I’ve never tried blueberry and lime together but I’m sure it’s wonderful!
This looks heavenly. I love how the blueberries give a purple hue to it!
Any fruit desserts in the summer are my favorite, but this one looks especially delicious! The pairing of blueberries and lime is new to me, but definitely needs to happen in my kitchen already 🙂
looks delicious, Heather!
Your love for lemon bars sounds similar to my love for blueberries. This recipe looks delicious!
yes, making this today. we’ll eat it for dessert tonight and most likely for breakfast in the morning.
Ok where is your recipe for those lemon bars??? 🙂 This dessert looks AMAZING – this is my type of dessert! Very nice!
Mm, I love lemon baked goods and I love blueberry baked goods–I’m thinking the combo of both of those flavors is nothing short of fantastic 🙂
oh my that does look lovely 🙂 I’m puckering up just thinking about the lemon curd! 🙂
Wow Heather, this looks delicious! I want a slice for breakfast now 🙂
Oh goodness, this sounds incredible!! I could definitely inhale the entire pan.
Mmmm…now I’m thinking that I need (yes…need) to pull out my favourite lemon square recipe. The twist…blueberry lemon squares. If heaven had a flavour, they would be it.
if this is right up there with lemon bars then I’ll definitely take a pan of these! YUM! SOunds awesome!
oh.my.goodness. This looks so delicious! I can’t wait to take myself off my self-imposed no butter diet. (Don’t know what I was thinking, clearly)
Geez louise! Does that ever look good!
Ohh lemon bars are the jam! This looks equally, if not better though. Love anything with blueberries in the summer.
Can you believe I’ve never had a lemon bar? I know, I’m ashamed.
I want a huge chunk of that cake!
This is exactly what I want, right now, for breakfast!
Oh my goodness. I love lemon bars too, and this looks amazing. I’m out of eggs, but I will get some just for this. Yum!