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Home » Dessert » Blackberry Daiquiri Cake

Blackberry Daiquiri Cake

Created: May 15, 2012 Updated: May 2, 2023 by Lyuba Brooke 37 Comments

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How about a nice spring cake? This is a delicious Blackberry Daiquiri Cake and I’m sharing the recipe!! Soft and moist cake made with citrus flavors, filled with homemade blackberry jam, and topped with cream cheese frosting.

2 picture collage of blackberry daiquiri cake
whole cake on a cake platter with white frosting and blackberries all around the bottom and blackberries all over the top with a orange peel made to look like a flower with a blackberry in the middle

Every year, I make my mom’s birthday cake. Once every 4 years, her birthday falls on Mother’s Day. This year was one of those years. I took my baby sister for the weekend so that we can work on the cake together. She learned a lot and we had a lot of fun.

I found this great recipe for Blackberry Daiquiri cupcakes in my new issue of Cuisine at Home magazine. I thought it would be a great flavor for mom’s cake. I converted the cupcakes into cake and changed the frosting. It turned out so good! I would have to say that it’s one of the best cakes I’ve ever made!

*Since I don’t keep jam at home, mainly because we never eat toast or PB&J, I decided to make my own jam. If you don’t feel like making your own, feel free to get some jam at the store. If you do want to make your own, do it the DAY BEFORE you are planning on making the cake. *

slice of blackberry cake on a plate with blackberries on top


Ingredients:
Blackberry Jam
1 lb frozen blackberries
2 cups of sugar
2 tbs lemon juice

Cake
3 cups all purpose flour
3 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 cups of sugar
4 eggs
2 cups vegetable oil
1 1/3 whole milk
1 tbs lime zest
1 tbs lemon zest

Frosting
2 8oz packages of cream cheese
1/2 cup butter
3 tbs coconut rum
2 tbs fresh lime juice
3 1/2 cups powder sugar

Directions:

Jam:

1. Drain the juice from the blackberries. (You can save it to make some pancakes the next day)
2. Combine the blackberries, sugar and lemon juice in a medium sauce pot.

blackberries being cooked in a pot with a wooden spoon

3. Bring to boil and lower the temperature to medium low. Cook for 30-35 minutes.
4. Cool down, transfer into a jar and refrigerate.

Cake

1. Preheat the oven to 350. Grease and lightly flour 3, 8-inch round cake pans.
2. Prepare all the ingredients and have them ready before starting the batter.
3. Sift the flour, baking powder and salt together.
4. Beat the sugar and eggs together, on high speed, until light and fluffy, about 5-7 minutes.
5. With mixer running, drizzle in the oil and beat until well combined.

a stand mixer with cake batter in the bowl and lemon being poured into the batter.

6.  Add the zest.
7. Alternating, beat in dry ingredients and milk. Start and end with dry ingredients.

a stand mixer with cake batter

8. Divide the batter between the 3 cake pans. Bake for 18-20 minutes. Do a toothpick test to make sure its done.
9. Cool in the pan for about 10 minutes and transfer onto a wire rack to cool completely.

cake batter in two round cake pans

Frosting:

1. Combine the ingredients for the frosting in a mixer. Beat until very well combines. Refrigerate until ready to use.

Putting The Cake Together:

1. Spread jam between the cake layers. Place the cake with jam in the refrigerator and cool for about 30-45 minutes.

plan cake on a cake platter with blackberry jam in a clear glass bowl
2 layer cake with blackberry jam in the middle and on top on a white cake stand

2. Once the cake is cold, frost it using a rubber spatula. Even out the frosting with the a metal icing spatula. (to get even surface)

whole cake on a cake platter frosted with white frosting

3. Decorate with blackberries.

Blackberry Daiquiri Cake

Soft and moist cake made with citrus flavors, filled with homemade blackberry jam and topped with cream cheese frosting.
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Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Prep Time: 20 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes minutes
Cool and refrigerate:: 1 hour hour 55 minutes minutes
Total Time: 2 hours hours 35 minutes minutes
Servings: 10
Calories: 808kcal
Author: Lyuba Brooke

Ingredients

  • Blackberry Jam
  • 1 lb frozen blackberries
  • 2 cups white granulated sugar
  • 2 tbs lemon juice
  • Cake
  • 3 cups all purpose flour
  • 3 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 1/2 cups white granulated sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 2 cups vegetable oil
  • 1 1/3 whole milk
  • 1 tbs lime zest
  • 1 tbs lemon zest
  • Frosting
  • 2 8 oz packages of cream cheese
  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter
  • 3 tbs coconut rum
  • 2 tbs fresh lime juice
  • 3 1/2 cups powdered sugar

Instructions

  • Jam:
  • Drain the juice from the blackberries. (You can save it to make some pancakes the next day)
  • Combine the blackberries, sugar and lemon juice in a medium sauce pot.
  • Bring to boil and lower the temperature to medium low. Cook for 30-35 minutes.
  • Cool down, transfer into a jar and refrigerate.
  • Cake
  • Preheat the oven to 350. Grease and lightly flour 3, 8-inch round cake pans.
  • Prepare all the ingredients and have them ready before starting the batter.
  • Sift the flour, baking powder and salt together.
  • Beat the sugar and eggs together, on high speed, until light and fluffy, about 5-7 minutes.
  • With mixer running, drizzle in the oil and beat until well combined.
  • Add the zest.
  • Alternating, beat in dry ingredients and milk. Start and end with dry ingredients.
  • Divide the batter between the 3 cake pans. Bake for 18-20 minutes. Do a toothpick test to make sure its done.
  • Cool in the pan for about 10 minutes and transfer onto a wire rack to cool completely.
  • Frosting:
  • Combine the ingredients for the frosting in a mixer. Beat until very well combines. Refrigerate until ready to use.
  • Putting The Cake Together:
  • Spread jam between the cake layers. Place the cake with jam in the refrigerator and cool for about 30-45 minutes.
  • Once the cake is cold, frost it using a rubber spatula. Even out the frosting with the a metal icing spatula. (to get even surface)
  • Decorate with blackberries.

Nutrition

Calories: 808kcal | Carbohydrates: 147g | Protein: 9g | Fat: 21g | Saturated Fat: 12g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 6g | Trans Fat: 0.4g | Cholesterol: 119mg | Sodium: 236mg | Potassium: 310mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 115g | Vitamin A: 859IU | Vitamin C: 13mg | Calcium: 114mg | Iron: 3mg
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Enjoy!!

whole cake on a cake platter with white frosting and blackberries all around the bottom and blackberries all over the top with a orange peel made to look like a flower with a blackberry in the middle
whole cake on a cake platter with white frosting and blackberries all around the bottom and blackberries all over the top cutting into it with a big knife

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whole cake on a cake platter with white frosting and blackberries all around the bottom and blackberries all over the top with a orange peel made to look like a flower with a blackberry in the middle

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I’m Lyuba Brooke, mother of 2, the cook, recipe developer, photographer, and author behind willcookforsmiles.com. I share many classic and original recipes, cooking tips, and tutorials. My passion is sharing delicious meals for everyone to try. Read more...

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Comments

  1. Carri Wright says

    January 27, 2014 at 11:21 pm

    This is a gorgeous cake and how I love Blackberries… My birthday is coming up, I am going to have this cake for my birthday too. 😉

    Carri

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