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bursting blueberry lemon layer cake

Bursting Blueberry Lemon Layer Cake…to celebrate the weekend. Three layers of mild and fluffy lemon cake swirled with a mixture of contemporary blueberries and blueberry jam. Each cake layer is frosted generously with whipped blueberry mascarpone buttercream. This cake is mouthwatering and oh so delicious. Every chunk is layered with contemporary berries, suggestions of lemon, candy vanilla, and stuffed with creamy buttercream. This is the right berry-filled cake for any and all occasions. Bonus? It’s easier to make than you’d think, and so very pretty…with slightly any further effort.



INGREDIENTS

  • 1 cup melted coconut oil (can use melted butter or canola oil)
  • 1/2 cup plain greek yogurt
  • 3 big eggs, at room temperature
  • 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
  • 1/4 cup brown sugar, packed
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • 1/2 cup contemporary lemon juice
  • 1 tablespoon lemon zest
  • 3 3/4 cups + 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1 cup fantastic blueberry jam
  • 2 cups contemporary or frozen blueberries (do not thaw utilizing frozen)

BLUEBERRY BUTTERCREAM

  • 3 sticks salted butter, at room temperature
  • 4 ounces mascarpone or cream cheese, at room temperature
  • 3 cups powdered sugar
  • 4-5 tablespoons fantastic blueberry or blackberry jam

INSTRUCTIONS

  • Preheat oven to 350 ranges F. Grease 3 (8-inch) spherical cake pans. Line with parchment paper, then butter/spray with cooking spray.
  • In the bowl of a stand mixer (or use a handheld mixer) beat collectively the coconut oil, yogurt, eggs, sugar, brown sugar, vanilla, buttermilk, lemon juice, and zest. Add 3 3/4 cups flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Mix till just combined. 
  • Toss the blueberries with the rest 1 tablespoon flour and fold them into the batter. Swirl within the blueberry jam, leaving a couple of streaks of jam during the batter, it isn't absolutely incorporated.
  • Pour the batter amongst the 3 cake pans and bake 30-35 minutes, till the tops are only set and not wiggly within the center. Remove and permit cool five minutes, then run a knife circular the rims of the pan and switch the muffins out onto a cooling rack. Cover and permit the muffins cool totally earlier than assembling.
  • To make the buttercream. Add the butter, mascarpone, and powdered sugar to the bowl of a stand mixer. Beat the butter and powdered sugar collectively till the butter is mild and fluffy. Divide the buttercream between 3 bowls. Mix 1-2 tablespoon jam into 1st bowl, then 2-3 tablespoons jam to the 2nd bowl. Leave the 3rd bowl plain.
  • To assemble, region one cake layer on a serving plate or cake stand. Spread the darkest coloured buttercream over the cake. Add the 2nd cake layer and unfold with the lighter coloured buttercream. Add the last cake layer and unfold with the white buttercream. Lightly frost the outdoor of the cake, swirling the other colours together. It's must not appear "perfect". Chill 30 minutes. Serve, or shop within the fridge for as so much as 3 days.  

And right the following I am, again with one other layer cake, merely simply due to the fact they make me glad and I vital a glad cake in my life this week. You do too. Trust me on that.

Just like flowers, quite (and delicious) meals has a method of being capable to totally turn my day around. It’s perhaps variety of tacky to admit, but I even have a love of lovely things. And whilst they occur to be lovely delicious lovely things? Well, that’s just an further bonus that makes meals like cake the BEST.

And I don’t assume lots of you'll argue that, simply due to the fact who doesn’t love cake, you know?

The tale of how this cake got here to be is truly quite simple. In an effort to encompass myself with extra coloration and “pretty” things, I picked up a entire bunch of contemporary berries and ordered method too many edible flowers. When buying the berries and flowers, I truly didn’t have an concept as to what I might make with them. I just knew anything nice might follow.

Almost once the flowers arrived at my doorstep, I began baking this cake. Something concerning the purple-toned dahlias and mild white elderflowers screamed blueberry cake to me. Instead of pondering twice about it, I just began cooking. Less than 2 hours later I was placing the finishing touches on what is now one among my favorites cakes… Yes, I variety of have quite somewhat of favorites.

Start with the cake. It’s a mixture of a fluffy vanilla cake, lemon cake, and blueberry cake. It’s so moist, just perfectly sweet, and has a trace of lemon style throughout. To get a truly fascinating and excessive blueberry flavor, I used a mixture of equally contemporary blueberries and blueberry jam. So yes, that’s double the blueberry action, and yes, this cake could be very heavy on blueberry flavor. Every chunk literally bursts with berries and it’s perhaps one among the many finest issues you'll eat.

overhead near up photograph of Bursting Blueberry Lemon Layer Cake
front on photograph of Bursting Blueberry Lemon Layer Cake with slices cut out
For the buttercream, I had quite somewhat of over the upper ideas. But within the end, I the truth is caught with anything somewhat easier and did a blueberry-mascarpone buttercream. Since I truly vital this cake to be heavy at the blueberry flavor, I didn’t desire the buttercream to compete with the cake, I vital it to compliment.

Enter this mascarpone buttercream swirled with a small quantity of blueberry jam to offer the cake a the truth is quite color. Not going to lie, I did strive an ombre frosted cake. But it didn’t truly exercise routine just as I predicted in my head. Oddly, I’m OK with that, or even odder? I love the imperfect look.

It’s basically pretty…

side angled photograph of Bursting Blueberry Lemon Layer Cake with slices cut out
overhead photograph of Bursting Blueberry Lemon Layer Cake with slices cut
Which brings me to the finest facet about this cake. It’s the truth is quite simple to make, and quite too.

No unique ingredients, nothing fancy, just pantry staples, and a entire love of blueberries. If you've got entry to edible flowers, these are for sure welcome, but not needed.

I recognize quite somewhat of people, myself included, can rigidity to create a cake that’s frosted perfectly. But what’s huge about this blueberry cake is that it have to appear like a swirly, messy, unperfect cake. Just rejoice swirling at the buttercream and don’t fear too quite somewhat concerning the method it looks. Promise, within the end, the cake may be lovely no subject what.

overhead photograph of Bursting Blueberry Lemon Layer Cake slices
side angled photograph of Bursting Blueberry Lemon Layer Cake slices with chunk taken out
And most importantly?

overhead photograph of Bursting Blueberry Lemon Layer Cake slices
There usually aren't sufficient phrases to describe how nice this cake is, but just recognize that each one forkful is stuffed with contemporary berries and candy jam. Each layer is moist, hinted with lemon, and layered with candy buttercream.

It’s precisely what you've got to bake this weekend. And with that, let’s take a summer season Friday and fortunately make our option to the kitchen. It’s time for cake.

Thank God!

overhead near up photograph of Bursting Blueberry Lemon Layer Cake slices
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bursting blueberry lemon layer cake.
3 layers of mild and fluffy lemon cake swirled with a mixture of contemporary blueberries and blueberry jam. Each cake layer is frosted generously with whipped blueberry mascarpone buttercream.

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