Vanilla Blackberry Cake Recipes

GRANDMA'S BLACKBERRY CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Toss blackberries with 1/4 cup flour; set aside. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Beat in eggs. Combine baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, cloves, allspice and remaining 1-3/4 cups flour; add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk, beating well after each addition. Fold in blackberries. , Pour into a greased and floured 9-in. square baking pan. Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 45-50 minutes. Cool on a wire rack. If desired, serve with whipped cream and top with confectioners' sugar and additional fresh blackberries.

OLD FASHIONED BLACKBERRY CAKE RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 F, and line an 8x10-inch baking tray with baking paper.
• Whisk the butter and sugar together until the mixture is pale and creamy.
• Add the three eggs, the vanilla extract, and the yogurt to the mixing bowl, and combine nicely, stopping to scrape down the sides of the bowl part way through to make sure that everything is mixed.
• Mix the ½ teaspoon of baking powder into the ¾ cup of self-rising flour. Then, add this to the mixing bowl and mix together until well combined.
• Add the final tablespoon of flour to the blackberries, and coat them well. This will stop the blackberries from bleeding into the batter.
• Spread a thin layer of batter on the bottom of the cake pan, and then dot half of the blackberries on top. Finish by spreading the rest of the batter over this, and put the rest of the blackberries on the top layer.
• Sprinkle the top of the cake with the sugar nibs, and then bake in the oven for 30 to 35 minutes, or until the sponge springs back to the touch.
• Allow the cake to cool for 15 minutes before cutting and serving alongside fresh blackberries, cream, or vanilla ice cream.

BLACKBERRY UPSIDE DOWN CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Melt brown sugar and 2 tablespoons butter together in a saucepan over medium heat. Add blackberries to brown sugar mixture; cook and stir until mixture bubbles, 1 to 3 minutes. Stir 3/4 cup white sugar into berries, crush berries slightly with a fork, and continue cooking until berries are hot and slightly broken-down, about 5 minutes more; remove from heat and pour into a 9-inch cake pan.
• Beat 1 cup white sugar and 1/2 cup butter together in a bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy; beat in eggs.
• Whisk flour, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl. Alternately stir flour and milk into butter mixture, beginning and ending with the flour mixture. Mix vanilla into batter.
• Pour batter over blackberry mixture in the 9-inch cake pan.
• Bake cake in the preheated oven until cooked through, 35 to 40 minutes. Let cake cool in the pan until warm, but not completely cooled, about 30 minutes. Run a knife along the inside edge of the pan to separate cake from the sides, place a cake plate over the top of the pan, and flip the pan. Lift the pan slowly to release the cake from the pan.

MELT IN YOUR MOUTH BLUEBERRY CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour an 8 inch square pan.
• Cream butter or margarine and 1/2 cup sugar until fluffy. Add salt and vanilla. Separate eggs and reserve the whites. Add egg yolks to the sugar mixture; beat until creamy.
• Combine 1 1/2 cups flour and baking powder; add alternately with milk to egg yolk mixture. Coat berries with 1 tablespoon flour and add to batter.
• In a separate bowl, beat whites until soft peaks form. Add 1/4 cup of sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, and beat until stiff peaks form. Fold egg whites into batter. Pour into prepared pan. Sprinkle top with remaining 1 tablespoon sugar.
• Bake for 50 minutes, or until cake tests done.

BLACKBERRY-VANILLA WEDDING CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Generously grease bottoms and sides of 6-inch round pan, 8-inch round pan and 10-inch round pan with shortening. Place 6-inch, 8-inch and 10-inch round piece of waxed paper or cooking parchment paper in bottom of each pan; grease again and lightly flour.
• Each tier is made up of 3 layers of cake. To make first set of 6-, 8- and 10-inch layers, in large bowl mix 2 cups of the flour, 1 3/4 cups granulated sugar, 1/2 cup butter, 1 teaspoon of the baking powder, 3/4 teaspoon of the baking soda, 1 teaspoon salt, 1 cup of the buttermilk, 2 teaspoons of the vanilla and 3 of the eggs. Beat with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds. Beat on high speed 3 minutes. Spread about 3/4 cup batter in 6-inch pan, about 1 3/4 cups batter in 8-inch pan and about 2 1/2 cups batter in 10-inch pan.
• Bake 6-inch cake 20 to 25 minutes, 8-inch cake 25 to 30 minutes and 10-inch cake 25 to 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans to cooling racks. Remove parchment paper. Cool completely, about 1 hour. Repeat with batter and pans twice to make 3 layers of each size.
• In very large bowl, beat 1 1/2 cups butter and 2 tablespoons vanilla with electric mixer on medium speed until creamy. Beat in 9 cups powdered sugar, 1 cup at a time, and 4 to 5 tablespoons milk until frosting is spreadable consistency. Transfer frosting to another large bowl; cover tightly with plastic wrap. Repeat this step to make additional frosting.
• Assemble and Decorate: Place about 1 tablespoon frosting on cake plate where first cake layer will be placed to keep cake from sliding on tray. Place one 10-inch layer, top side up, on tray. Spread top with thin layer of frosting. Place large round decorating tip in decorating bag; fill with frosting. Pipe around top inside edge of cake layer, forming thick frosting border about 3/4-inch high. Spread 1/4 cup blackberry preserves over top of cake inside frosting border. Top with second layer 10-inch cake layer, top side down. Spread with thin layer of frosting. Pipe border on inside edge of cake. Spread about another 1/4 cup blackberry preserves over top of cake. Top with third 10-inch cake layer, top side down.
• For 6-inch and 8-inch tiers, make cardboard round to place cake tiers on by placing bottom of cake pans on cardboard; trace around pan edge. Cut out with scissors. For 6-inch tier, place small amount of frosting in center of 6-inch cardboard round to hold cake in place. Place one 6-inch cake layer, top side up, on cardboard. Spread top with thin layer of frosting. Pipe frosting border around top inside edge of cake. Spread about 2 tablespoons of preserves over top of cake inside border. Top with second 6-inch cake layer, top side down. Frost top with thin layer of frosting. Pipe border around top inside edge of cake. Spread about another 2 tablespoons of preserves over top of cake inside border. Top with remaining 6-inch cake layer, top side down. Repeat for 8-inch tier using 8-inch cardboard round, 8-inch cake layers and about 3 tablespoons preserves between layers.
• Stir frosting adding additional milk if necessary for desired spreading consistency. Using large metal spatula, carefully spread thin layer of frosting over sides of cakes, then over tops. Using spatula to push frosting, never allowing spatula to touch cake. (The purpose of this technique is to seal cake crumbs to make frosting the cake easier.)
• Apply a thicker layer of frosting to the 10-inch tier. To make the vertical striped appearance on the sides of the cake, using wide spatula start at the base of the tier pull spatula upward and over top edge of cake. If necessary, for smoother stripe dip spatula in hot water and run spatula over stripe. Make another vertical stripe using the same technique right next to the previous stripe. Continue around the cake tier. Smooth frosting on top of the cake tier.
• For a stacked cake where tiers are placed directly on top of one another, each tier will need to be supported by several dowel rods. To mark where to place the 8-inch tier on top of the 10-inch tier, center 8-inch cake pan, turned upside down, on top of 10-inch tier and gently press to make imprint; remove pan. Insert 1 dowel rod in center of 10-inch tier, straight down to tray. Mark rod with exact height of tier; remove rod. Cut 7 more rods to marked length. Insert rods into 10-inch cake tier, spacing evenly 1 1/2 inches apart within imprinted outline on 10 inch tier. Place 8-inch tier on top of the 10-inch tier.
• Frost 8-inch tier as directed in Step 8. Mark 8-inch tier with imprint of 6-inch cake pan; remove pan. Cut and insert 7 dowels for 8-inch tier as directed in Step 9. Top 8-inch tier with 6-inch tier. Frost 6-inch tier as directed in Step 8. Decorate with flowers, fruit and rosemary as desired.

BLACKBERRY CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Butter the sides and bottom of a 10-inch springform pan and line the bottom with a circle of parchment.
• Combine the flour, baking soda and cream of tartar; set aside. With the paddle attachment on an electric mixer, cream the butter and sugar until white and fluffy. Add one egg and mix at medium speed until smooth. Stop the mixer and scrape down the sides and bottom of the bowl. Add one-third of the flour mixture, then the second egg, another third of the flour, the last egg, and the rest of the flour, stopping to scrape the bowl after each addition. Continue mixing at medium speed until the batter is very smooth, about 10 minutes. (It is important to beat enough air into the batter to make it very light. If you skimp on the mixing time, your cake will be too dense and will not rise to its potential).
• Pour the batter into the prepared pan. Smooth the surface with a rubber scraper or the back of a spoon, then scatter berries on top in a single layer. (The berries will sink and be covered as the cake rises.) Bake for 50 minutes to an hour. Cake is done when top is golden brown and firm to the touch, and sides have pulled away from pan. A knife inserted in cake should come out clean except for berry juice. Turn cake out of pan immediately and cool on wire rack.
• You can sift a little powdered sugar on top before serving, if you like. Serve topped with softly whipped unsweetened cream or vanilla ice cream.

BLACKBERRY PUDDING CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• Mix flour, 1/2 cup sugar, baking powder and salt in medium bowl.
• Stir in milk, vanilla and melted butter.
• Spread batter in greased 9 inch deep dish glass pie plate (or 10 x 6 baking dish).
• Scatter blackberries over the batter and sprinkle with remaining 1/2 cup sugar.
• Pour boiling water over berries, place dish in oven and bake for 25-30 minutes until top is golden brown.
• Serve with ice cream or whipped cream, if desired.
• I have also substituted Italian prune plums, peaches and raspberries for the blackberries- all are good!