Blackberry Lavender Four Layer Cake with White Chocolate Buttercream
Serves: Twelve | Prep: 30 min | Cook: 25 min
Ingredients:
Four Layer Cake:
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 Tbsp baking powder
1 1/2 cups milk
1/2 cup butter, room temperatutre
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 eggs
Blackberry Lavender Jam:
3 cups blackberries
1/4 cup honey
1 tbsp freshly squeezed lemon juice
1 tsp lavender extract or 1 1/2 tsp dried lavender
White Chocolate Buttercream:
8 oz white chocolate, roughly chopped
1 cup butter, room temperature
1 cup powdered/icing sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
Directions:
Preheat oven 375F/190C. Grease two cake tins and line with baking paper.
In a mixing bowl with a paddle attachment mix flour, sugar, and baking powder together. Add milk, butter, and vanilla. Beat on low speed until combined. Gradually increase speed to high and mix for 2 minutes. Add eggs, mix 2 minutes more. Pour mixture evenly into the prepared tins. Bake, 25-30 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cakes come out clean. Cool in pans, 10 minutes, before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely. Once cooled cut the cakes in half lengthwise using a serrated knife.
Make the jam by adding blackberries, honey, lemon juice and lavender to a saucepan. Bring to the boil and mash berries with a masher or fork. Continue to cook, 5-8 minutes, until jam thickens. Remove from the heat, let cool. The jam will thicken slightly while it cools. Reserve 1 Tbsp of jam.
To make the buttercream place white chocolate in a double boiler over medium low heat, melt, stirring occasionally, until smooth. Let cool slightly.
In a mixer with a paddle attachment cream butter. With mixer on low slowly add the melted white chocolate, mix until combined. Add sugar and vanilla, gradually increasing the speed to medium, scrapping the bowl as needed. Mix, 5-7 minutes, until the buttercream is light and fluffy.
To assemble the cake place one cake layer onto a cake stand. Spread with 1/3 of the jam mixture and about 1/4 cup buttercream. Repeat with the remaining 3 cake layers. With the remaining frosting frost, the outside of the cake and swirl with tablespoon of reserved jam.
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