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Blackberry Daiquiri Cake

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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.
Blackberry Daiquiri Cake. Soft and moist cake made with citrus flavors, filled with homemade blackberry jam and topped with cream cheese frosting. from willcookforsmiles.com

Every year, I make my mom’s birthday cake. Once every 4 years, her birthday falls on the 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 its 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. *


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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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)

3. Decorate with blackberries.

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Blackberry Daiquiri Cake

Author Lyuba Brooke

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

Instructions

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

Recipe Notes

Recipe from Lyuba @ willcookforsmiles.com All images and content are copyright protected. Please do not use my images without prior permission. If you want to share this recipe, please simply link back to this post for the recipe. Thank you.

Enjoy!!

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  11. Jennifer

    May 16, 2012 at 5:41 pm

    Lord have mercy! I want some of that!! Definitely putting on the ‘to make’ list!
    Thanks for sharing at Show & Share! Sharing on my Facebook page right now!

    Reply

  13. Terry Cohoe

    May 17, 2012 at 6:25 pm

    Holy crow, Lyuba,…this looks amazing.  So professional-looking and wow, does it look tasty.  Thank you so much for sharing this at our party this week.

    Reply

  14. Amanda Randall

    May 17, 2012 at 8:42 pm

    Oh my goodness, this looks so good! We just got a blackberry bush for the backyard, so soon we’ll have some fresh berries for me to make this with 🙂

    I would love it if you would link up at Watch Out,
    Martha!’s link up party: Martha Mondays (every Monday through Wednesday)! Hope
    to see you there!

    http://www.watchoutmartha.net/
     

    Reply

  15. Sherry Deal

    May 17, 2012 at 11:16 pm

    I’ve been on a diet for a while, but when I saw this cake I felt the drool coming out of my mouth 🙂  It looks scrumptious!   Thanks so much for sharing.  I found you on Thrifty101 and I’m now following; would appreciate if you could follow back.  Tx

    Reply

  16. Pat

    May 18, 2012 at 2:38 am

    Such a beautiful cake ~ and it sounds delish!  I adore blackberries so I will definitely try this. I’m visiting from Tidy Mom’s and am a new follower.  Stop by and say hi when you can!

    Pat

    Reply

  17. Rachel

    May 18, 2012 at 3:40 am

    This looks amazing! I love blackberries.  Thanks for sharing at Terrific Tuesday.
    Rachel
    adventuresofadiymom.blogspot.com

    Reply

  26. skittlesrgood219

    May 20, 2012 at 8:42 pm

    Oh my word this looks just so delicious, everything you make does! Thank you so much for sharing this wonderful recipe at Sunday Round Up! Hope you have a great week!
    -Kayla 🙂

    Reply

  27. Ishouldbemoppingthefloor

    May 21, 2012 at 1:22 am

    Lyuba…you had me at daiquiri. This looks so goooood!!! I hope you can make it over to the party, girl! Have a great week! 

    Reply

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