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Italian Olive Oil Cake with a Fruit Filling & Mascarpone Frosting

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Prep Time 1 hour
Cook Time 24 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine Italian
Servings 8

Ingredients
  

Cake

  • 1 ⅓ cup extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 ⅓ cup sour cream
  • 3 cup flour
  • 5 eggs
  • 1 ½ cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 2 teaspoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • zest from 3 lemons

Filling

  • 8 oz blackberries cut in half
  • 6 oz lemon curd (recipe linked)

Frosting

  • 24 oz mascarpone cheese
  • 1 cup butter
  • 5 cups confectioners sugar
  • 2 tablespoon lemon juice

Instructions
 

Cake

  • In a large bowl whisk together your oil, sour cream, eggs, sugar, and lemon zest. Add your flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
  • Prepare four 8 inch round cake pans with parchment paper. Divide your batter evenly between these four pans.
  • Bake your cakes at 350 degrees for 25 minutes.
  • Let your cakes cool completely.
  • Trim the tops of your cake layers off to make the tops completely straight and level.

Frosting

  • In the bowl of a stand mixer, add your room temperature mascarpone cheese and butter and whip on high until soft and airy.
  • Add your sugar and lemon juice and stir on low until combined.

Assemble

  • On a cake stand place your first layer of cake. Layer on about ¼ of your frosting. Layer on about half of your blackberries (make sure they are cut in half).
  • Place your second layer on top of that. Pipe on a border of icing around the outer edge of the cake. In the center of the border spread on all of your lemon curd. At this point place your cake in the fridge for at least an hour to let the curd and frosting set.
  • Place your third cake layer on top. Spread on about another ¼ of your frosting. Place the remaining blackberries on-top of that.
  • Place your fourth cake layer on top.
  • Place a skewer in the center of your cake to help it stand up and cool straight. Place your cake in the fridge for at least 4 hours to set up.
  • Use the remaining frosting to frost the outside of your cake. Place cake back in the fridge to set up. Place any remaining blackberries on the top for decoration.
  • Serve and enjoy!
Keyword italian olive oil cake
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