Maggie’s Menu: Two Berry Cake
- Posted by magpie
- On May 13, 2016
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- berry, blueberries, breakfast, Cake, dessert, fruit, gluten free, raspberries, Recipe, summer, summer recipe, two berry cake, vegetarian
Message from Maggie: I created this two berry cake by altering this three berry cake from Epicurious.
Ingredients:
- 1 stick (1/2 cup) unsalted butter
- 1/4 cup heavy cream
- 3 large eggs at room temperature
- 1 1/4 cups granulated sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons finely grated fresh lemon zest
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 1/2 cups cake flour (not self-rising)
- 6 cups mixed berries (1 3/4 ponds) such as raspberries, blackberries, and blueberries (Note: I used raspberries and blueberries)
- 2 tablespoons confectioners sugar
Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease a 13- by 9- by 2-inch metal baking pan, then line bottom with wax paper and grease paper.
- Heat butter with cream in a small saucepan over low heat until melted, then cool.
- Beat eggs, granulated sugar, and salt with an electric mixer on high speed until mixture is thick, pale, and forms a ribbon when beaters are lifted, about 5 minutes with a standing mixer or about 12 minutes with a handheld.
- Add zest, baking powder, and vanilla and mix on low speed until blended.
- Add 1 1/4 cups flour and half of butter mixture and mix on low speed until blended.
- Mix in remaining butter and 1 1/4 cups flour in same manner. Increase speed to medium and beat 1 minute with a standing mixer or 2 minutes with a handheld, or until batter is thick and sticky.
- Add berries and carefully fold in with a rubber spatula until barely combined. (Raspberries will begin to fall apart, and batter will look slightly pink.)
- Spoon batter into baking pan, gently smoothing top.
- Bake in middle of oven until springy to the touch and a tester inserted into center comes out clean, 45 to 50 minutes.
- Cool completely in pan on a rack.
- Run a knife around edge of cake, then invert rack over cake and flip cake onto it.
- Remove wax paper and reinvert onto a platter.
- Just before serving, dust with confectioners sugar.
Allergens:
- This recipe is vegetarian.
- This recipe can be made gluten free with gluten free flour.
Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease a 13- by 9- by 2-inch glass baking pan and grease pan.
- Heat butter with cream in a small saucepan over low heat until melted, then cool.
- Beat eggs, granulated sugar, and salt with an electric mixer on high speed until mixture is thick, pale, and forms a ribbon when beaters are lifted, about 5 minutes with a standing mixer or about 12 minutes with a handheld.
- Add zest, baking powder, and vanilla and mix on low speed until blended.
- Add 1 1/4 cups flour and half of butter mixture and mix on low speed until blended.
- Mix in remaining butter and 1 1/4 cups flour in same manner. Increase speed to medium and beat 1 minute with a standing mixer or 2 minutes with a handheld, or until batter is thick and sticky.
- Add berries and carefully fold in with a rubber spatula until barely combined. (Raspberries will begin to fall apart, and batter will look slightly pink.)
- Spoon batter into baking pan, gently smoothing top.
- Bake in middle of oven until springy to the touch and a tester inserted into center comes out clean, 45 to 50 minutes.
- Cool completely in pan on a rack.
- Run a knife around edge of cake, then invert rack over cake and flip cake onto it.
- Remove wax paper and reinvert onto a platter.
- Just before serving, dust with confectioners sugar.
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