06/08/2026
starting 🫐🍓berry season🍓🫐 off right with a blackberry cake, made with our organic avocado oil!
this sweet treat is perfect for hosting in the summer months. recipe below:
ingredients:
1 lemon fresh lemon juice, squeezed
2 tsp lemon zest or zest of 1 large lemon
1/2 cup marianne’s avocado oil
2 large eggs
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup greek yogurt or sour cream
1/2 cup buttermilk or whole milk
1 cup white sugar
2 tsp baking powder
pinch of salt
1 cup blackberries
for the whipped topping:
2 cups heavy whipping cream
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1-2 tsp vanilla extract
instructions:
> preheat oven to 375 degrees fahrenheit. line a cake pan with parchment paper or cooking spay and set aside.
> in a large bowl, sift together your dry ingredients (flour, salt, and baking powder).
> in a separate bowl, mix your sugar, marianne’s avocado oil, and lemon zest. then add in the eggs and mix with spatula or a hand mixer until white and fluffy.
> then add in the milk, greek yogurt, and lemon juice. continue to mix until smooth. add the dry ingredients to your wet ingredients in increments of 2 and fold with a spatula until the batter is just combined.
> as soon as you see no more of the flour mixture, stop mixing.
> add the cake batter to the prepared pan and sprinkle the top with a little bit of granulated sugar to create a sweet crust during baking.
> put the pan in your preheated oven and bake for 35-40 minutes or until the toothpick comes out mostly clean.
> remove from oven and let the cake cool. top with heavy whipping cream and fresh blackberries (recipe below) and slice.
> enjoy!
for the whipped topping:
beat the heavy cream on high speed then add in the sugar and vanilla. mix until stiff peaks form and store in the fridge until ready to use.