Boysenberry Cake Recipes

EASY BOYSENBERRY COBBLER

Steps:

• Place butter in an 8x8" pan and place in a 350 degree oven to melt.
• Combine flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in a bowl. Combine milk and lemon juice and pour into the flour mixutre. Stir lightly until no dry spots remain. Remove pan from oven once butter has melted and pour the batter into the melted butter. Do not stir.
• Arrange berries on top of batter, continuing to be careful not to stir the butter into the batter. Top with the turbinado sugar.
• Bake 40-50 minutes until the top is golden and the berries are bubbling from the top. Serve warm with whipped cream or ice cream.

HOMEMADE BOYSENBERRY COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking pan with cooking spray.
• Beat white sugar, 1 1/2 sticks butter, eggs, and vanilla extract in a bowl with electric mixer until fluffy. Add 4 cups flour, milk, and baking powder; mix until batter is thoroughly combined.
• Pour half the batter into baking pan. Spread half the boysenberry preserves over batter; pour the rest of the batter into pan and spread remaining preserves on top.
• Mix 2 cups plus 2 tablespoons brown sugar and 1 1/3 cup flour in a bowl; cut in 2 sticks butter with a fork until mixture resembles coarse crumbles. Sprinkle crumbles over the preserves until covered.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 55 to 60 minutes. Cool before cutting.

BOYSENBERRY CAKE

Steps:

• In a bowl combine flour salt and baking powder.Cream the shortening and 1 cup of the sugar in a mixing bowl. Add the flour mixture to the shortening mixture alternately with the milk , beat until smooth. Grease a 13x9 pan and spread in the batter. Cover the batter with the 2 cups boysenberries. Cover the berries with the remaining 1 cup sugar and dot with butter. Pour 1 cup hot water over the berries. Bake at 325 degrees for about 1 hour.

APPLE-BOYSENBERRY CAKE

Steps:

• Combine first 5 ingredients in heavy large saucepan. Stir over medium heat until sugar dissolves and syrup comes to simmer. Using slotted spoon, transfer berries to small bowl. Add half of apple slices to simmering syrup and cook until tender and just translucent, stirring occasionally, about 12 minutes. Using slotted spoon, transfer apples to sieve set over large bowl. Press apples to extract excess syrup. Reserve syrup. Transfer apples to another bowl. Repeat cooking and draining with remaining apples.
• Return berries and drained syrup to same saucepan. Boil syrup until thickened and reduced to 1 2/3 cups, about 5 minutes. Transfer boysenberry sauce to small bowl. Cover and refrigerate.
• Position rack in center of oven and preheat to 350°F. Coat 9-inch-diameter springform pan with 2 3/4-inch-high sides with margarine. Crumble cake onto large baking sheet. Bake until crumbs are dry and just beginning to color, about 15 minutes. Cool. Maintain oven temperature. Finely grind crumbled cake in processor.
• Sprinkle 1/3 of cake crumbs in bottom of prepared pan. Sprinkle 2/3 cup almonds over. Sprinkle 1/3 of macaroons over. Top with half of apple slices. Mix apricot preserves and brandy in small bowl. Spread half of apricot mixture over apples. Repeat layering with half of remaining crumbs, almonds, macaroons and margarine. Press top firmly to compact cake.
• Place cake on baking sheet. Bake until top is golden and cake just begins to shrink from sides of pan, covering loosely with foil for last 15 minutes if browning too quickly, about 45 minutes. Transfer cake to rack. Press top firmly to compact cake. Cool cake in pan on rack. Cover and chill overnight. (Can be prepared 2 days ahead.)
• Run small sharp knife around sides of pan to loosen cake. Release pan sides. Whip cream and 3 tablespoons sugar to firm peaks. Spread cream over top and sides of cake. Press additional almond slices onto sides of cake. Refrigerate at least 1 hour and up to 4 hours.
• Cut cake into wedges. Spoon reserved boysenberry sauce over.