Big things are happening around the blogosphere! People are getting married, like Garrett, Andrew (this past weekend) and me (next weekend!). There are tons of fab food blog based cookbooks coming out! (more on that next week) And my friends are having babies!!!
Today I’m so excited to celebrate the lovely Jenny Flake from Picky Palate because she’s having a little baby boy in just a few weeks!! A bunch of fabulous, gorgeous and fun food bloggers and I, whipped up all these tasty treats to celebrate Jenny today! I’m so excited to be a part of this awesome group of food bloggers! The only thing better would be is if we could actually all be together in real life and get to share each others treats together. Although, that would so not work for my 5-days-till-my-wedding countdown cleanse.
Jenny is one of the sweetest people in the world and I couldn’t be happier for her! She’s also the queen of fun desserts so I wanted to whip up something sweet and special for her baby shower! And since it has fruit in it, it basically still counts on the wedding cleanse diet right?!?
A few weeks back, Heather Cristo posted this delectable looking recipe for Raspberry Buttermilk Cake and I was literally drooling as I looked through the pictures. I knew I had to make it for myself and this was the most perfect opportunity!
So, with a little inspiration from Heather, and a big congratulations for Jenny, here’s the most soft and delicious buttermilk cake recipe!
Blueberry Buttermilk Cake
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
- 1 tsp lemon extract
- 1 1/3 cup cake flour
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp kosher salt
- 1 cup blackberries
- 2 tbsp powdered sugar for dusting
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F.
- Prepare a 9 inch round cake pan with baking spray and a round piece of parchment paper.
- In a large mixer, cream together the butter and sugar for 2-3 minutes until light and fluffy.
- Add the eggs, one at a time, until fully combined. Add the buttermilk and lemon extract and mix on low until just incorporated.
- In another small bowl, sift together the cake flour, baking powder and salt. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix until you have a smooth batter.
- Using a spatula, gently fold in the blackberries.
- Pour the cake batter into the prepared baking pan and baking for 30 minutes.
- Remove the cake from the oven and let cool for at least 10 minutes before dusting with powdered sugar. Serve warm or at room temperature.
Looks like my kind of cake!! Mmmm…..we LOVE blackberries in this house.
So, yeah… I think you should take a slice and I’ll keep the rest. I can’t think of a better thing to celebrate this occasion than with this lovely cake.
Gaby!!! What a gorgeous cake, thanks for making my morning with all of the sweet words and delicious recipes you all made!! Love you all!! Best of luck with your wedding, maybe my little guy will come on the same day as your wedding, lol!
xoxoxo
Gorgeous cake, Gabby! I love blackberries too… they remind me of summer, home, and just taste so good. I’ll be (pinning) and trying your cake!
Love this cake!
So lovely! Seems like it would be such a beautiful texture!
(Methinks you have a typo in the recipe header… “Blueberry?”)
Yum! That looks sooooo delicious. What a perfect dessert to end Summer with!
This cake looks amazing!
I have been craving blackberries like CRAZY!! This cake sounds perfect 🙂
This is definitely my kind of cake! Blackberries are probably my favourite fruit in the world. So I can imagine just how brilliant this tastes. And it’s for such a great occasion so that makes it even better!
I love baking with blackberries. Lovely dish!
Seeeeeexy cake! Feed me.
Blueberry- Blackberry- Raspberry… can work with all. Love this simple and delicious looking cake!
What a delectable recipe and picture. You can’t do that to me so early in the morning. Weddings, babies, so much love and excitement in the air!
Ooo…I LOVE blackberries! This looks so perfect…for a shower or ANY day!
What a gorgeous cake, Gaby! Those blackberries….mmmm, they are just calling my name!
i love all the berries!! so delicious!
Blackberries are the bomb-diggety! This looks Ah-Maze-Ing!!
I am in berry heaven, and this looks simply divine. I have all kinds of berries today, so this is on my to-do list! Thank you!
I could literally eat that whole cake… like a pillow heaven… Mmmmmm
What a beautiful cake, Gaby! I love it!!
Gorgeous cake!
I just need to get my hands on some blackberries and then I’m making this cake – it looks fabulous (and Heather Christo is a pretty amazing source for inspiration.:-).
I love anything blackberry!! and this cake sounds divine!!
What a gorgeous cake! It’s the kind that Snow White might bake with the help of her woodland creature friends and leave to cool on her window sill!
I cannot believe your wedding is this weekend!!! Oh my goodness. I am so excited for you all! I hope that you plan on a two week blog fest of everything wedding… the food, the fashion, the family and friends! We want to see it all girl!
Love buttermilk cakes! So easy and scrumptious! Congrats on your wedding!
Such a beautiful cake to honor Jenny!! So glad you could join in the fun 🙂
I could totally see how this would not work in conjunction with a cleanse 🙂 Looks delicious. I’ll have your piece!
Gorgeous, gorgeous gorgeous!! I think it def counts as wedding cleanse food.
YAY for weddings and babies!! And this cake, it sound amazing!
This cake is so simple and delicious looking. Love it!
Oooh – this looks so fresh and delicious! And what a happy occasion to celebrate!! 🙂
Listen – How easy is this cake!! I am definitely going to try this one out!! Thanks!
great site
Looks delicious! Cant wait for next weekend!!
Hmmm. Blackberries!
This is a delicious recipe and can be very versatile with the fruits that you use. I made it with blueberries and lemon zest. The next time I make it I will put the blueberries in a little flour and shake off the access prior to folding them into the batter that way they won’t drop to the bottom Very moist and tasty.
Perhaps you were a Southerner in a past life, lady? This buttermilk cake would taste mighty fine in Georgia!
I was scrolling through your recent posts and had to check this one out- looks divine! My brother’s engagement party is this weekend and I’m thinking of making this, but with raspberries and adding dark chocolate chips…will let you know!