I had one of the best cakes of my life in Washington DC and this is my attempt to recreate it. The cake in question was Capital Jill’s pistachio blackberry cake and she kindly tipped me off that the base was similar to Natasha Picawitz’s olive oil cake. So, I use that as the base. For the frosting, I started with a homemade pistachio paste which can be made in under 5 minutes with just roasted pistachios, powdered sugar, a little water, and almond extract in a food processor. The pistachio paste really transforms what could otherwise be a basic overly sweet vanilla buttercream into a frosting that tastes complex, nutty, and perfectly salty sweet. I also happen to make a batch of homemade blackberry jam, but a storebought jam would also be perfect. And let me tell you, even though the end result doesn’t exactly resemble the original, I was obsessed with this cake, and so were my friends. The cake is super plush and almost aggressively salty in a good way. And the nutty frosting with the fruity jam makes this feel like such a perfectly balanced cake. You can find the recipe for this on my blog.
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This looks spectacular. Do you have a recipe?
Where can i find your blog? I need that recipe! ❤
Just wanted to give you a quick thank you and send a little love your way.
First, this cake looks amazing and now I want to make it for Easter.
But what I really came here to say is that I LOVE your content. I check your website/instagram anytime I bake anything to see if you’ve done a bake off for it. I know your reviews must take a ton of time, energy and money, but the education I’ve received from them is priceless. I know so much more about baking because of you and my friends and family have you to thank for so many of the delicious bakes I’ve made in the past few years. Thank you thank you thank you 🙏
why is it salty?
This looks amazing. I wish I liked buttercream frosting at all. I was trying to think of substitutes and for some reason I landed on peanut butter. 🤣 So I'll be making a weird peanut butter and jelly cake while you are all going to be making this delicious blackberry cake. 😂❤
I had a cake similar to this on my birthday but it was raspberry instead of blackberry. So delicious 🤤
Recipe: https://www.thepancakeprincess.com/olive-oil-cake-with-pistachio-buttercream/
I’m going to eat this
First I have to make it
Yes, please.
You are beautiful ❤️
Yum 🤤