From The Apron Strings Kitchen: Joann’s Easy Blueberry Pound Cake

My upcoming release, Joann, is book five in the Apron Strings book series. The series is connected by one cookbook, Mrs. Canfield’s Cookery Book. As it changes hands, each character’s story is a new novel, one for each decade from 1920 to 2020.

Joann had possession of Mrs. Canfield’s Cookery Book, and tried out a few of the recipes, (you’ll have to read the book to find out how that went!) but she would have used a cake mix now and again. I thought I’d share a recipe using a cake mix and a few other ingredients to make an easy pound cake.

A pound cake recipe using a cake mix, blueberries, eggs, butter, cream cheese.

You will need

1 stick (1/2 cup) of butter, softened at room temperature (May use oil instead.)

8 oz cream cheese, softened at room temperature

a white or yellow cake mix

2 cups blueberries

cooking spray and flour for pans

optional: 1 tsp vanilla

Preheat oven to 325. Spray two loaf pans with cooking spray and lightly flour. You can use a bundt pan instead, if you like.

Soften butter and cream cheese and room temperature. Once soft, bream together at low speed. Add vanilla and mix well. Add eggs to the mixture and blend well. Mix in dry cake mix and stir until lumps are gone. Fold in blueberries. Batter will be thick.

Spoon batter into pans.

Bake in preheated (325 degrees) oven for 40-45 minutes or until inserted toothpick comes out clean. Cool for ten minutes before turning out onto a wire rack an let cool completely.

This blueberry pound cake is a huge hit with my family.

Let me know if you try out this recipe!

One cookbook connects them all…
Joann ~ Book Five in a string of heartfelt inspirational stories, featuring different women throughout the decades from 1920 to 2020.

Twenty-four-year-old Joann Kincaid’s life ambition is to one day run the family’s general store in Pecan Grove, Louisiana. It’s 1965 and the times may be a-changing, but Joann’s father is stubbornly hanging on to old-fashioned views about what he wants for his daughter. She’s just as determined to prove she’s a capable businesswoman.

In the past, she entertained romantic dreams alongside her vision for the store but discarded those notions when her high school sweetheart, Nathan, left for college. Now he’s back to reestablish his family’s farm—and a relationship with Joann. She still loves him but isn’t sure she can trust him.

As the conflict in Vietnam escalates, there’s a real possibility Nathan could be drafted. Should Joann pursue her lifelong dream to continue her family’s legacy? Or give Nathan a chance to prove he’ll be her true and committed love before it’s too late for them?

Available May 15th for kindle, in paperback, and on KU at Amazon. Preorder available now.