Blackberry Lime Shortcake Cake
I thought it'd be appropriate to wrap up this week with a cake. (It's Friday after all, and I'm down for any reason to celebrate. How about you?) So, with visions of spring and summer already dancing in my head, today I'm serving up Blackberry Lime Shortcake Cake.
What's a "shortcake cake" you may ask? Well, it's all the things you love about shortcake served in cake form. Like this...
Make sense?
Not only does it look beautiful, but I find it so easy to serve this way. Normally, you need to prepare individual shortcakes just before serving. With a shortcake cake, all you do is slice, serve, and enjoy!
Although the recipe may sound a bit complicated, you'll find it's easy to make. First, prepare your shortcake. What's nice about this method is that you bake the entire shortcake in one pan instead of having to roll out and cut individual circles of cake.
While the cake bakes, you can put together the blackberry lime filling. If you've never had blackberry and lime together, you are in for a treat. The flavors play off each other deliciously. Plus, if this winter is dragging you down like it is me, the flavor pairing may give the taste of summer you need.
In addition to blackberries and lime, I amped up the traditional whipped cream element of shortcake by adding cream cheese. (A little cream cheese never hurts, right?) Not only does it bring a tangy richness to the flavor, but it also gives the filling body that helps support the cake when assembling.
With all the elements prepared, you just need to assemble them. Slice the cake in half horizontally and evenly spoon a layer of filling and some blackberries on the bottom half. Then place the top half back on. For a decorative detail, I piped more of the filling onto the top of the cake and garnished that with blackberries and lime zest curls. So cute!
This serves nine, so I added the topping and garnishes in such a way that each cut piece would be as pretty as the next.
I don't know about you, but as I write this post, I'm craving a slice of this Blackberry Lime Shortcake Cake. When I was finished photographing this, I had to fight the urge to pick up the whole cake sandwich style and devour it in its entirety. It's that good!
As always, enjoy your baking. I hope you also have something fun planned for the weekend!
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