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Blackberry Lime Sour Cream Cake

This blackberry lime sour cream cake is a perfect summer cake with blackberries baked into the moist and tender cake that has lovely hues of lime mixed in.
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time40 minutes
Course: cake, Dessert, treat
Cuisine: cake, Dessert
Keyword: berries, Blackberry, Cake, treat
Servings: 1 8x8 cake

Ingredients

  • Zest of 2 limes or 1/2 teaspoon lime oil
  • 1 1/3 cups sugar
  • 6 tablespoons butter - salted
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/2 cup sour cream
  • 2 tablespoons lime juice
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1 tablespoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup milk
  • 3/4 cup blackberries - chopped
  • 1/2 teaspoon blackberry flavoring optional

Instructions

  • Instructions for the blackberry lime sour cream cake:
  • Preheat oven to 350 F.
  • In a mixing bowl, add lime zest or lime oil, sugar, butter, eggs, sour cream, lime juice and blackberry flavoring (if using) then mix well.
  • Add flour, baking powder, salt and milk then mix well.
  • Gently stir blackberries into batter.
  • Pour into a greased or lined cake pan or lined cupcake tins.
  • Bake cake for ~ 40 minutes or until cake is risen in the center and a toothpick comes out clean.
  • If baking cupcakes: Bake for ~ 18 minutes, press on center of cupcake and if it gently springs back then it is done.
  • Let cake cool completely before frosting.