Name: Cullisse Cake with Honeyberries
Yield: Serves 10
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: grated zest of 2 lemons; 4 large eggs, at room temperature; a good pinch of salt; the seeds of 1 vanilla pod, or 1 tsp pure vanilla extract; grated zest of 2 oranges; 180 g unsalted butter, melted; 115 ml Cullisse Highland Rapeseed Oil; 600 g fresh (or if using frozen, defrosted) honeyberries, or fresh blueberries; 1½ tsp baking powder; 155 ml milk; 400 g plain flour; 270 g caster sugar

Preparation info

Serves
10

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

A Taste of the Highlands

By Ghillie Basan

Published 2021

About

This is ‘The Cullisse Cake’ that Robert produces when he is hosting tasting events as it showcases two of his products: rapeseed oil and home-grown honeyberries. Cultivating honeyberries is a new project for Robert and is proving successful as they are native to cooler climates such as Russia, parts of Japan and eastern Europe. Honeyberries are from the same family as the blooming honeysuckle but they