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Lemon Blackberry Cake

Dalya Rubin
This Easy Lemon Blackberry Cake is almost too pretty to eat! A tender sour cream cake base is infused with swirls of sweet blackberry compote, fresh blackberries, and citrusy flavor. Finished with a lemon glaze, it's bright, fruity, and perfect for spring and summer!
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 55 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 12 -15 Servings

Equipment

Ingredients
  

For the Cake

  • 3/4 cup oil avocado, canola or or vegetable oil
  • 3 large eggs
  • 1 1/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/3 cup lemon juice
  • 3/4 cup sour cream
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/4 teaspoon fine sea salt
  • zest of 1 lemon approx 2 teaspoons
  • 1/4-1/3 cup blackberry compote slightly warmed to loosen it
  • 1 cup fresh blackberries

Glaze

  • 1 cup confectioners' sugar
  • 1 Tablespoon lemon juice
  • 1 Tablespoon water or milk
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Decoration

  • Fresh blackberries
  • Lemon zest

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 350°F. and grease a bundt pan generously with baking spray.
  • In a large mixing bowl, combine the oil, eggs, sugar, lemon juice, sour cream and vanilla.
  • Whisk until smooth.
  • Add the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and lemon zest over the liquid ingredients. Whisk until fully combined (making sure not to over mix the batter).
  • Add dollops of the blackberry compote (or jam) and lightly fold into the batter, but don’t mix in completely.
  • Lightly fold in the fresh blackberries.
  • Pour the mixture into the bundt pan.
  • Bake for 50-55 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.
  • Let the cake cool for 15 minutes before flipping it upside down onto a serving plate to finish cooling.
  • Once the cake is cooled, make the glaze. Whisk the Glaze ingredients together until smooth.
  • Drizzle the glaze over the cooked cake.
  • Garnish with fresh blackberries and lemon zest.

Notes

● If you don’t have the homemade blackberry compote, use store bought blackberry jam. If you don’t have either, just add 1/2 cup more fresh blackberries.

Nutrition

Serving: 1Serving
Keyword blackberry lemon cake, easy lemon blackberry cake, lemon blackberry cake
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