Vanilla Bean Cake with Blackberry Buttercream

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!

• 1 cup blackberries, about 4.5 ounce or 125g
• 2 tablespoon granulated sugar

• 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

• 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