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Lemon and blackberry cake

Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for lemon and blackberry cake.

  • 40 mins preparation
  • 1 hr cooking
  • Serves 10
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Lemon and blackberry cake
“Sherbet is my favourite cake shop in Perth. Would you publish the recipe for their lemon and blackberry cake?”
Louise Ferris, Subiaco, WA
To request a recipe, write to Fare Exchange, , GPO Box 4088, Sydney, NSW 2001, or email us. All requests should include the restaurant’s name and address or business card, as well as your name and address.

Ingredients

  • 250 gm softened butter
  • 490 gm caster sugar
  • ½ tsp vanilla bean extract
  • 6 eggs
  • 340 gm plain flour
  • 60 gm desiccated coconut (¾ cup)
  • 60 gm shredded coconut, plus extra to serve (¾ cup)
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 135 ml coconut milk
  • 135 ml milk
  • 250 gm blackberries (about 2 punnets)
Lemon syrup
  • 125 ml lemon juice (½ cup)
  • 110 gm caster sugar (½ cup)
  • Finely grated rind of 2 lemons

Method

Main
  • 1
    Preheat oven to 180C. Beat butter and sugar in an electric mixer until pale and creamy, add vanilla, then add eggs one at a time, scraping bowl after each addition and beating well to combine. Combine flour, desiccated and shredded coconut and baking powder in a large bowl. Combine coconut milk and milk in a jug, then stir flour mixture and milk mixture in alternating batches into butter mixture, finishing with flour mixture. Pour into a 26cm-diameter cake tin buttered and lined with baking paper, bake until golden and springs back lightly when pressed with fingertip (45-55 minutes).
  • 2
    Meanwhile, for lemon syrup, stir lemon juice and sugar in a small saucepan over low heat until sugar dissolves, set aside to cool then add lemon rind. Just before serving, add blackberries and pour over cake. Scatter with extra shredded coconut and serve.

Notes

This recipe is from the February 2013 issue of .

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