Recipes for six delicious blueberry cakes

We think of it as a classic New England community cake. Everywhere you go, someone has a recipe for one, often from a mother or grandmother. For this comparison, we wanted formulas that used nothing like sour cream to amp up fat content, and no funny flavorings. With six blueberry cakes in hand, we stopped testing and started tasting. — Sheryl Julian, Globe Staff
Food styling/Sheryl Julian & Janine Sciarappa; Photo by John Tlumacki/Globe Staff

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We think of it as a classic New England community cake. Everywhere you go, someone has a recipe for one, often from a mother or grandmother. For this comparison, we wanted formulas that used nothing like sour cream to amp up fat content, and no funny flavorings. With six blueberry cakes in hand, we stopped testing and started tasting.

— Sheryl Julian, Globe Staff