My Blackberry Lime Butter Cake will be the hit of your next get-together.
It’s been so nice being off this week from school, the break always seems to come when we need it most, and I have certainly been taking advantage of the break by sleeping until 6 am! Wow, what a difference it makes not having to get up at 4 am, I know I’ve said it before but no matter how often you do it, you never get used to getting up that early, it’s just unnatural!
With all this extra time on my hands I’ve been trying to catch up a bit on my cooking, so I don’t always feel like I’m working behind schedule, and one thing I wanted to make was my butter cake.
I don’t know if you remember but about six weeks ago I made a Meyer lemon blueberry version of this incredible cake, and thanks to Pinterest it got a lot of extra attention! I had a lot of new readers, many of which emailed to tell me just how good the cake was when they made it in their own homes. Then all of a sudden I got three emails in a row complaining how the cake did not turn out, was gelatinous and a total failure…..tasty, but not a very good cake. I even had one compare it to a lemon curd!
I take my work very seriously and try to make sure that my recipes are easy to follow and pretty much foolproof, I want everyone to make my creations and I want them to turn out as good or better than mine. So when I got the first email, I thought maybe they didn’t follow the instructions or even didn’t bake it long enough, which was exactly what I did with my cake, it came out very moist almost to the point of being wet, but so very far from a curd! Well I told them as soon as I had time I would make it again and see if perhaps I left something out of the recipe. I hate making exactly the same thing again, so this time I swapped out the lemons for limes and the blueberries for blackberries, but other than a sprinkling of corn meal on top of the cake (don’t ask me why I just felt compelled to add the cornmeal) the recipe was exactly the same.
If you enjoyed this cake recipe you might also like my Chocolate Cake with a Strawberry Mousse Filling.
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Blackberry Lime Butter Cake
Ingredients
- ½ cup unsalted butter melted
- 2 cups blackberries
- 1/2 cup Lime Juice about 3 limes
- 1 cup flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 whole eggs plus 2 egg yolk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 tbsp grated lime zest
- sprinkling of corn meal optional
- 10 x sugar to dust
Blackberry Whipped Cream
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup blackberries
Instructions
- preheat oven to 350 degrees
- butter a 9” round cake pan.
- In a small bowl mix together flour, salt and baking powder.
- In a large bowl beat the whole eggs and egg yolks until blended.
- Add the butter, sugar, lime juice, vanilla and lime zest.
- Coat the blackberries in the flour* and set aside
- Stir in the remainder of the flour and then the floured blackberries.
- Spoon into prepared pan, smoothing the top.
- Sprinkle the top of the cake with a light dusting of cornmeal
- Bake until cake is browned, 35-40 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool in pan for
- minutes.
- Invert cake onto plate to remove the pan and then invert again and return to rack to cool completely.
Blackberry Whipped Cream
- In a bowl add the cream,sugar and vanilla and whip at medium speed until almost you have soft peaks.
- add the blackberries and continue to whip until they are fully incorporated
- Place whipped cream in a pastry bag with tip and decorate the top of the cake with a ring of whipped cream, or just served the cake with a dollop of the blackberry whipped cream.
- Before serving dust inside the whipped cream with 10x sugar
Dee
Hi,
I’m confused about the blackberries because the recipe doesn’t say how to treat them. Surely they have to be puréed before adding them to the whipped cream?
Chef Dennis Littley
Just add the blackberries in whole Dee, no need to puree them, they will break down enough with the mixers whip.
Kristiina
I Made this yesterday with a friend of mine…it was a hit. Between me, her and her boyfriend we polished the whole thing off in one day. We loved the tartness of the cake against the sweetened cream 🙂 Lovely and just in time for spring!
Chef D
Thank you so much for letting me know! I’m glad you enjoyed it!! I have a pineapple version that’s really good to, its in my archives
mangiabella
that’s right – no two ovens are alike….and you always have to account for user error haha – this is sheer perfection
Emily @ Life on Food
The whip cream looks so pretty and delicious. You cannot win them all. Thanks for being so honest. I have had some major failures myself by using a tried and trusted recipe with a new oven.
Stephanie @ Eat. Drink. Love.
Chef, I can’t even tell you how much I love this cake!! The blackberries, lime, blackberry whipped cream! Oh, and of course, butter!!!
Christine
This looks wonderful. The only thing this needs is a fork and my mouth. 🙂
Tiffany
I TOTALLY want to make this when blackberries are in season again down here! The whipped cream looks especially fluffy and wonderful! Glad you’re enjoying the vaca! 😀
Daniela
Una torta favolosa, complimenti. Un saluto Daniela.
Foodness Gracious
Looks nice and moist! Ready to be washed down with a good espresso 🙂
Thanks..
Megan Somes.
I made the lemon blueberry twice… The first one I cooked a bit longer than the suggested time, and it was more gooey and curd-like. The second I cooked about ten more minutes and it was fantastic. Thanks!
Chef D
Thank you for letting me know, I thought it had to do with cooking times! Thanks for making it too!
Steve @ the black peppercorn
Love this cake, Dennis. Looks awesome! I am a big fan of berries. I am more of a berry person than I am chocolate and this would go quick on my plate!!
Brian @ A Thought For Food
I’ll take a dessert with berries in it over chocolate any day. And this is not only decadent, but light and full of bright flavors. Love it, Dennis!
fatpiginthemarket
Blackberry and lime love each other. I like that you tested your recipe again and also gave us a variation.
Charlie
Dennis: This looks so good!
I love the surprise of the filling in the middle.
Charlie
Sofie Dittmann @thegermanfoodie
What I love about you is you’re so versatile, and no matter what you tackle sounds/looks great. Last time I made bread I couldn’t remember whether I had put the yeast in – isn’t that hysterical? 🙂
Kaitlin
As an avid reader, I really appreciate your attention to detail on this blog. I love the second version of this cake too, beautiful as always!
Jen
Isn’t that the worst feeling – and then you start second guessing yourself thinking you forgot a step or an ingredient. I recently had the same issue with some cookies – turns out she used some sort of butter substitute when I said unsalted butter and the cookies melted all over the place and were flat as a pancake! Just go easy on yourself!
Sandie
Wow Dennis, this looks fantastic! I still have your Caramel Butternut Squash Torte on my list to make also!
Carrie's Experimental Kitchen
I love the flavor combinations you used in this cake and it looks gorgeous. And I can completely agree with you on the 4am thing. That is a part of my old life I certainly don’t miss! Enjoy your week off.
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One think about posting to the public, you are going to get varying degrees of skill level and preference of taste, which in turn means that not all people will like the recipe. However, I do like the way in which you handled the situation. Also, it is hard to assist someone when you are not actually there to see them execute the recipe.
Lovely twist you added to the original-yum!
Kiri W.
Mmm, what a wonderful cake – I love how you used lime to contrast the sweetness of the blackberries, and that blackberry whipped cream sounds fantastic.
El Pasticcio
beautiful cake…i love the fresh combination of flavours 🙂
Randilea @ Life As I Bake It
Love your version of the blackberry/lime combo!
Maggie @ A Bitchin' Kitchen
This looks amazing! I love the citrus and berry combination.
Rhonda
I am naturally drawn to citrus anything quickly followed by berry something or other. You can only imagine my delight when I saw this recipe. Plus add butter and whipped cream…another love (dairy)…I’m practically beside myself typing this!
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This sounds wonderful, Dennis. I make a blackberry lime jam that is one of my favorites so I can guess how wonderful the combo is in a cake. And that whipped cream looks soooo good 🙂
Chung-Ah | Damn Delicious
This really is an amazing flavor combination. It looks incredibly refreshing, and just in time for spring.