Blackberry Lime Butter Cake
My Blackberry Lime Butter Cake is the perfect combination of flavors. Top it off with Blackberry whipped cream and it's perfect for any occasion.
Servings: 8
Calories: 424kcal
Ingredients
- ½ cup unsalted butter melted
- 2 cups blackberries
- ½ cup Lime Juice about 3 limes
- 1 cup flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 whole eggs plus 2 egg yolk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 tablespoon grated lime zest
- sprinkling of corn meal optional
- 10 x sugar to dust
Blackberry Whipped Cream
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- ¼ cup sugar
- ½ 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
Notes
*I increased the Blackberries to 2 cups because of their size compared to the blueberries, you could probably add another ½ cup to the mix to get more blackberries in every slice.
Nutrition
Calories: 424kcal | Carbohydrates: 50g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 23g | Saturated Fat: 14g | Cholesterol: 112mg | Sodium: 321mg | Potassium: 207mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 33g | Vitamin A: 955IU | Vitamin C: 14.4mg | Calcium: 73mg | Iron: 1.2mg