Vanilla Bean Cake with Blackberry Buttercream
Apr 13, 2025 10:43 AM
Looking for an elegant, delicious, EASY dessert? This one-bowl, no-mixer Vanilla Bean Cake with Blackberry Buttercream ticks all three boxes!
This moist, tender Vanilla Bean Cake with Blackberry Buttercream is infused with fragrant vanilla beans and topped with a vibrant, naturally pink blackberry buttercream. It's as beautiful as it is delicious!
Whether you're celebrating a birthday, hosting a spring brunch, or simply making an ordinary day extraordinary, this easy, one-bowl Vanilla Bean Cake with Blackberry Buttercream is sure to impress!
Ingredients:
For the Blackberry Puree
- 1 cup blackberries, about 4.5 ounce or 125g
- 2 tablespoon granulated sugar
For the Cake
- ¾ cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 cup buttermilk
- ¼ cup melted butter
- ¼ cup neutral flavored oil, sunflower, safflower, grape seed, avocado, canola…
- 2 teaspoons vanilla bean paste, or vanilla extract You can also use the seeds from one average size vanilla bean
- ½ teaspoon almond extract
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
For the Blackberry Buttercream
- 8 tablespoons very soft butter
- 2 ½ cups powdered sugar, maybe a bit more
- 3 tablespoons blackberry puree
- 3 tablespoon half and half, or milk, maybe a bit more
Prep Time:
40 minutes
Cook Time:
45 minutes
Total Time:
85 minutes
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