Chocolate Cake With Blackberry Buttercream
Ingredients
Cake Ingredients:
1 1/2 tablespoons cups+ 1+ 2 tsp all purpose flour
7/8 cup caster sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
40 grams cocoa powder
2 teaspoons vanilla
3/4 cup sour cream
Frosting Ingredients:
1 1/2 sticks of softened butter
3 tablespoons shortening
3 tablespoons blackberry jam
4 cups powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 teaspoon salt
4 tablespoons milk
Preparation
1
To Make the Cake
2
Pre-heat the oven to 350º F and grease the cake pan. If you are using normal cake rounds, you will need 2.
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4
Beat in the butter until creamy. I ended up using 2 sticks of butter because my mixture wasn’t creamy with only 1 1/2 sticks.
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Pour the chocolate mixture into the butter mixture and beat until fully incorporated.
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8
The cake is done when a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
9
To Make the Frosting
10
Beat together the butter, shortening, and jam until smooth.
12
Add the powdered sugar, 1 cup at at time, until the frosting reaches the desired sweetness.
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Yield:
8 servings
Added:
Friday, April 1, 2011 - 8:18pm
