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Easy Butter Cake With Berries

It’s time for a Red, White and Blue Cake for the 4th of July! This cake is super easy to make and so delicious! Fresh whipped cream and Mascarpone cheese, fresh blueberries, blackberries, strawberries cover an easy and moist butter cake.

 

Easy Butter Cake with Berries

 

My family hovered around me as I decorated the cake~well decorated is a strong word, as I plopped the whipped cream and spread it all over the cake, diligently adding  berries on the cake. They were like wolves and I started to panic, cutting the cake and serving them as fast as possible….well not exactly, but it was stressful! They inhaled every last piece as I shoved my elbow at a rib to get a picture!! You would think that I have never baked a cake before…… guess it’s a compliment! They love my cakes!

Easy Butter Cake with Nerries

Easy Butter Cake With Berries
Yield: 1 cake

Easy Butter Cake With Berries

Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 40 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour

Like the best strawberry shortcake you have ever had!

Ingredients

  • For the cake:
  • 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for coating the pan
  • 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/4 plus 1/8 teaspoon salt
  • 8 tablespoons unsalted butter (1 stick), softened, plus more for coating the pan
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 2 large eggs, at room temperature
  • 1/2 cup whole milk
  • For the filling:
  • 1/2 cup mascarpone cheese, at room temperature
  • 1 cup heavy cream
  • 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
  • To assemble:
  • 1 1/2 pounds mixed berries, washed (if you’re using strawberries, they’ll also need to be hulled and quartered)

Instructions

  1. For the cake:
  2. Heat the oven to 350°F and arrange a rack in the middle. Coat an 8-inch round cake pan with butter and flour, tap out the excess flour, and set the pan aside. Combine measured flour, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl and whisk until evenly combined; set aside.
  3. Place measured butter in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment and beat on medium high until light in color and fluffy, about 3 to 5 minutes. Add sugar and continue to beat on medium high until white in color and the texture of wet sand, about 3 minutes more.
  4. Add eggs one at a time, letting each incorporate fully before adding the next. Stop the mixer and scrape down the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula. With the mixer on low, add half of the flour mixture. Mix just until incorporated, then add milk and continue mixing until smooth. Add the rest of the flour mixture, mixing just until incorporated, about 2 minutes more.
  5. Scrape the batter into the prepared cake pan. Bake until a cake tester inserted into the center comes out clean, about 40 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool, about 15 minutes. Run a knife around the perimeter of the cake and turn out onto the rack, right side up, to cool completely. Meanwhile, make the filling.
  6. For the filling:
  7. Place mascarpone in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a whisk attachment and whip on medium speed until smooth, about 1 minute. Add cream, sugar, and almond extract, increase speed to medium high, and whip until ingredients are combined and firm peaks form, about 15 seconds more. Cover and refrigerate until ready to use.
  8. To assemble:
  9. Slice cake in half horizontally using a serrated knife. Divide filling evenly between the cut side and the top of the cake. Divide berries evenly over the filling. Stack cakes on top of each other and serve.

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Elizabeth

Monday 29th of June 2015

Oooh this sounds positively indulgent! I don't think I'd be able to stop at one helping!!

nettiemoore11

Monday 29th of June 2015

Thank you Elizabeth, my kids had a hard time stopping LOL! Nettie

Cydnee

Monday 29th of June 2015

Butter Cake with Berries looks delicious. Definitely on my upcoming desserts to make. So yummy ❤️!

nettiemoore11

Monday 29th of June 2015

Thank you Cyd! Let me know what you think when you bake one! Nettie

Lorinda-The Rowdy Baker

Monday 29th of June 2015

Ooooh, I love this! It looks a lot like a berry shortcake, only BETTER! Great recipe.

nettiemoore11

Monday 29th of June 2015

Thank you Lorinda! We love berry shortcakes, double decker! Nettie

Cindy @ Hun... What's for Dinner?

Monday 29th of June 2015

This cake looks fantastic Nettie! I love the addition of mascarpone in the whipped cream. YUM!

nettiemoore11

Monday 29th of June 2015

Thank you Loo! It was a popular cake! Nettie

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