Chocolate Blackberry Layer Cake 🎂🍫🍇
Ingredients:
Chocolate Cake Layers:
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups granulated sugar
¾ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
2¼ tsp baking soda
½ tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
3 large eggs
½ cup vegetable oil
½ cup buttermilk
2 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup hot water
Blackberry Compote:
3 cups blackberries
¼ cup sugar
1 tbsp lemon juice
Blackberry Swiss Meringue Buttercream:
5 egg whites
1¼ cups granulated sugar
1½ cups unsalted butter, softened
3 tbsp blackberry compote
Chocolate Ganache:
2 oz dark chocolate, chopped
2 oz heavy cream
Instructions:
Make the Compote:
In a saucepan over medium heat, cook the blackberries with sugar and lemon juice. Stir and mash occasionally until thickened. Strain and cool.
Bake the Cake:
Preheat oven to 325°F. Grease and line three 8-inch pans.
In a bowl, whisk flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
In a separate bowl, combine eggs, oil, buttermilk, and vanilla. Add wet to dry and whisk. Stir in hot water.
Divide batter and bake 25–30 minutes. Cool completely.
Prepare the Buttercream:
Heat egg whites and sugar over a double boiler until sugar dissolves.
Transfer to a mixer and beat until stiff peaks form and the mixture cools. Add butter gradually, then mix in blackberry compote.
Assemble:
Layer cake with buttercream and a spoonful of compote between each.
Frost the cake, then chill for 15 minutes.
Ganache:
Heat cream, pour over chocolate, wait 1 minute, stir until glossy.
Drizzle over the top of the cake.
Decorate:
Garnish with whole blackberries and chocolate shavings if desired.
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