Cost Breakdown

Critical Success Points

• • Reverse creaming to prevent gluten over‑development
• • Tossing blueberries in reserved dry mixture to keep them from sinking
• • Using cake strips for flat, even layers
• • Making a blueberry reduction to boost flavor and color
• • Cooling cakes completely before frosting to avoid melting buttercream

Safety Warnings

• • Handle the hot oven and hot baking pans with oven mitts
• • Buttercream can be hot after mixing; avoid skin contact
• • When mashing hot blueberries, use a fork and keep the saucepan away from the edge of the stove