Turn fresh or frozen blackberry into a delicious sauce to top cakes, ice cream, cheesecake and more! This sauce has a great balance of sweet and tart and comes together easily with very few ingredients.

This easy to make blackberry sauce has that great balance of sweet and tart. There is a hint of lemon, plenty of berries. It cooks up quickly with very little effort and is perfect drizzled over so many things. It is great for making blackberry shortcake as well!

This sauce works great with fresh berries as well as frozen. We get gallons of blackberries off our bushes each year.
We use a bunch during the summer and freeze the rest for sweet treats during the year. I used some frozen berries to make the sauce for Donna’s cheesecake and fresh berries when I made it for the blackberry shortcake cake.

It would also be great over some vanilla ice cream or some pancakes.

Easy Blackberry Sauce

Turn fresh or frozen blackberry into a delicious sauce to top cakes, ice cream, cheesecake and more! This sauce has a great balance of sweet and tart and comes together easily with very few ingredients.
Ingredients
- 3 cups blackberries
- 2 Tablespoons lemon juice
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 Tablespoon cornstarch
- 2 Tablespoons water
Instructions
- Place blackberries, lemon juice and sugar in a large saucepan.
- Cook over medium heat, stirring frequently until it comes to a boil.
- Continue to boil and stir for 10 minutes.
- If you desire a thicker sauce, make a slurry of the cornstarch and water and add to boiling berries. Cook until thickened.
- Remove from heat and cool. Store in the refrigerator until ready to use.
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Nutrition Information:
Yield:
12Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 51Total Fat: 0gSaturated Fat: 0gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 0gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 1mgCarbohydrates: 13gFiber: 2gSugar: 10gProtein: 1g
All nutritional information is estimated and will depend on the exact ingredients you use.

Judy Castanola
Tuesday 24th of August 2021
So simple. Sooo delicious! Made with fresh blackberries Warm over ice cream. Yummy.
Carlee
Tuesday 24th of August 2021
I am so glad you enjoyed it!
Family Around the Table
Saturday 22nd of June 2019
The timing of this is perfect! My son has a new love for all things blackberry!
Carlee
Wednesday 26th of June 2019
This will be perfect for him then!
Karen @ mummy do it
Wednesday 2nd of September 2015
This looks so delicious and so easy! Think I'll be making this the next time we have pancakes. Thanks for sharing with the #BlogFair.
Carlee
Thursday 3rd of September 2015
It is delicious over pancakes, that will be perfect!
Unknown
Thursday 27th of August 2015
This looks so good! When we were young we had blackberries too, I remember making jam with my mom and gran. They are so good!
Carlee
Thursday 27th of August 2015
Memories of cooking with mom and gran are the best!
I love being able to make delicious treats from produce that is grown right in our backyard. My son's current favorite book is If You Give a Moose a Muffin and the kid's mom in that book makes blackberry jam. I couldn't help but think of that when you mentioned the jam. Maybe the little guy and I need to make some blackberry jam together too!
Ruth
Thursday 20th of August 2015
Wow! That sauce looks amazing. My husband used to work for a chef who used to prepare a similar sauce but with blueberries. Then, he used it as a hamburger garnish.
Carlee
Thursday 20th of August 2015
ooooh, yum! I will have to try that!