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  "slug": "blueberry-hut-cake",
  "title": "Blueberry Hut Cake",
  "description": "Blueberry sheet cake using unthawed frozen berries.",
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  "recipeYield": "One 9×13-inch cake",
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  "ingredients": [
    "3 cups all-purpose flour",
    "1½ cups granulated sugar",
    "2 tsp baking soda",
    "1 tsp salt",
    "2 cups water",
    "⅔ cup vegetable or canola oil",
    "2 tbsp apple cider vinegar",
    "2 tsp vanilla",
    "1 tbsp lemon juice",
    "2 cups frozen blueberries, do not thaw",
    "1 tbsp flour for tossing with blueberries",
    "1½ cups powdered sugar (optional glaze)",
    "2–3 tbsp lemon juice (optional glaze)",
    "1–2 tbsp water, as needed (optional glaze)"
  ],
  "instructions": [
    "Heat oven to 350°F; grease or parchment-line a 9×13-inch pan.",
    "Whisk flour, sugar, baking soda and salt. Separately combine water, oil, vinegar, vanilla and lemon juice. Add wet to dry and stir just until combined.",
    "Toss still-frozen blueberries with 1 tbsp flour, then gently fold into batter without overmixing.",
    "Spread in pan; bake 35–45 minutes. Test cake away from a berry; toothpick should come out clean or with a few moist crumbs. Cool completely.",
    "Leave plain, dust with powdered sugar or add the optional lemon glaze."
  ],
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        "2 tsp baking soda",
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        "2 cups water",
        "⅔ cup vegetable or canola oil",
        "2 tbsp apple cider vinegar",
        "2 tsp vanilla",
        "1 tbsp lemon juice",
        "2 cups frozen blueberries, do not thaw",
        "1 tbsp flour for tossing with blueberries"
      ]
    },
    {
      "title": "Optional lemon glaze",
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        "2–3 tbsp lemon juice (optional glaze)",
        "1–2 tbsp water, as needed (optional glaze)"
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    "Use frozen blueberries without thawing; canned blueberries are not the recommended substitution.",
    "The optional glaze has listed quantities but no separate mixing directions in this source.",
    "Hut-inspired recreation, not an official or kitchen-tested recipe."
  ],
  "servingSuggestions": [
    "Cut into squares."
  ],
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