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Blackberry Cake

Name: Blackberry Cake
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 2 h
Yield: 1 cake
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2/3 cup butter, softened; 1Â Â¾ cups sugar; 2 2/3 cups all-purpose flour; 3 Â½ teaspoons baking powder; Â¾ teaspoon salt; 1Â â cup milk; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract; 4 egg whites, room temperature, stiffly beaten; 1 cup blackberries; 1 cup blackberries; Â½ cup sugar; 1 cup butter; 3Â Â½-4 cups powdered sugar; 1 teaspoon vanilla; Â½ teaspoon salt; 5-6 tablespoons milk; 1 cup blackberries; mint leaves, optional; purple sugar, optional

Sweet summer blackberries are the star of this three-layer cake.

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Makes: 1 cake
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 2 hours
Recipe Created By: Mary Carter
Featured In: Tennessee Home & Farm

Ingredients

Cake

2/3 cup butter, softened
1 ¾ cups sugar
2 2/3 cups all-purpose flour
3 ½ teaspoons baking powder
¾ teaspoon salt
1 ⅓ cup milk
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
4 egg whites, room temperature, stiffly beaten
1 cup blackberries

Icing

1 cup blackberries
½ cup sugar
1 cup butter
3 ½-4 cups powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
½ teaspoon salt
5-6 tablespoons milk

Garnishes

1 cup blackberries
mint leaves, optional
purple sugar, optional

Instructions

For the cake: Heat oven to 350 degrees. Cream together sugar and butter until fluffy. In a separate bowl, sift flour, baking powder and salt together. Alternately add flour mixture and milk until just combined. Gently fold in egg whites
Grease and flour three 8-inch round baking pans. Divide batter evenly into pans. Evenly distribute berries on top of each layer. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes, until center spring to the touch or a cake tester comes out clean when placed in the center. Set aside to cool.
For the icing: In a small saucepan, stir blackberries and sugar until a thick syrup forms, about 20 minutes. Set aside to cool.
When cool, puree berry syrup until very smooth. In an electric mixer, combine berry syrup and butter. Whip until well combined. Add powdered sugar and milk alternately, until icing is thick, creamy and a pretty, pale purple color.
When cake layers are completely cool, ice each layer and carefully assemble. Decorate with whole berries, mint leaves and extra icing. Sprinkle with a bit of purple sugar, if desired.