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.

Jar of homemade blackberry sauce next to antique spoon filled with more blackberry sauce.

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.

spoonful of blackberry sauce being held over saucepan.

saucepan of blackberry sauce fresh off the stove.

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.

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

close up of first slice of blackberry shortcake cake being removed from the cake.

Bowl of homemade vanilla ice cream topped with warm blackberry sauce.

Can I make this blackberry sauce with other berries?

Yes. Mixed berry sauce is delicious too. You can also try it with blueberries, strawberries, raspberries and more.

Piece of dragonfruit impossible pie topped with blackberry sauce on white plate.

slice of creamy cheesecake with blackberry sauce.

I hope you make a batch soon. I am sure you will come up with so many tasty ways to use it!

4.68 from 64 ratings

Author: Carlee

Servings: Servings

Prep: 5

Cook: 15

Total: 20

Ingredients

Instructions

Place 3 cups blackberries, 2 Tablespoons lemon juice and ½ cup granulated 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 1 Tablespoon cornstarch and 2 Tablespoons water and add to boiling berries. Cook until thickened.
Remove from heat and cool. Store in the refrigerator until ready to use.

Notes

This recipe works with fresh or frozen blackberries. You can also use a mix of berries if you prefer.