Julia makes one of her all time favorite desserts, a mixed berry cake with lemon whipped cream.
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OMG is super yummy , with the soft chilled cream on top ,no matter its December ,I will cook it before new year ❤❤❤Thank you dear chef for a wonderful 🍰,Happy Holidays in advance 🌷🌷🌷💜💜🙏🙏
We saw that kitchen aid bark back that editor isn't slick!
looks fun
Try with fresh cranberries (frozen is ok). My mom used to make this simple cake with cranberries as we're in cranberry country😎
Any considerations to make when using Swans Down cake flour instead of AP?
For disabled unable to get recipe from audio:
# Berry Cake:
xxx berries (Betty Crocker’s similar cake used 1 ½ cups)
7.5 oz (1 ½ c) all-purpose flour
1 ½ tsp baking powder
½ tsp salt
1 stick (½ c) softened unsalted butter
¾ c granulated sugar (1 of 3)
2 whole eggs
1 egg white
1 tsp vanilla extract
⅓ c milk
2 Tbsp granulated sugar (2 of 3)
1 ½ Tbsp granulated sugar (3 of 3)
# Lemon Whipped Cream:
1 tsp lemon zest (can eyeball it)
1 tsp lemon juice
1 cup heavy whipping cream
# Berry Cake:
Prepare a 9” springform pan by spraying the inside with a baking spray of vegetable oil and flour (such as Baker’s Joy).
If berries are particularly large, cut them into pieces about the size of a raspberry.
Whisk together dry ingredients and set aside.
Cream together butter and sugar; about three minutes in a stand mixer with a paddle attachment or until fluffy and lightened in color.*
Scrape down the bowl. On low-medium speed add eggs one at a time.
Add vanilla. At this point the batter should look a little curdled. That’s normal.
Alternate adding the dry mixture (by thirds) with the milk (by halves). That is ⅓ of the dry mixture, ½ of the milk, ⅓ dry, ½ milk, and the rest of the dry. Finish by hand with a rubber spatula to make sure all is incorporated without over mixing.
Gently fold in berries.
Scrape the batter into the prepared springform pan and smooth the top surface with the spatula. The cake will self-level while baking so it needn’t be perfect.
Sprinkle the top with 2 Tbsp granulated sugar.
Bake at 350°F for about 45 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the center comes out clean.
Remove from oven and cool on a wire rack.
# Lemon Whipped Cream:
Combine zest, juice, and cold cream in a chilled bowl. Cold cream whips faster.
This small quantity can be whipped by hand to make cleanup easier. Whisk back and forth, not in a circle or other motion, to get maximum efficiency when whipping by hand. Julia says she’s timed herself and can easily do this in 45 seconds. When mostly there, add 1 ½ Tbsp sugar. Whip to soft peaks.
To unmold cake run a paring knife around the outside of the cake to loosen it from the sides of the cake pan, being careful not to damage any non-stick surface. Pop off the sides of the pan. Use a long, thin spatula to loosen the bottom of the pan and transfer the cake to a serving plate.
* Chef Jeffrey of Old School Soul Food says to test by rubbing the mixture between your fingers to feel for grains of sugar. No (or very little) grit means the sugar is dissolved and it’s ready.
Just made this tonight. Very delicious! I'm not a baker by any stretch but this was way easy and SO GOOD!!
Julia…I love learning from you because you make it so easy! I appreciate how you can make such delicious dishes without bringing out every kitchen appliance….truly a talent. Please, make more videos with Julia.
Has anyone doubled this recipe?
I would love a discussion on how to swap out butter for oil in these quickbread-like 'easy' cakes.
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This looks delicious . I’d like to try it with peaches
People really have to be told how to whisk?
I love Julia At Home, what a great series. Julia always radiates summertime vibes, and makes cooking look effortless.
Homemade whipped cream has ruined me at family functions! The stuff in a can grosses me out now.
Thank you. This looks so delicious, and pretty. Your instructions are perfect, thanks again.
This looks wonderful…but it’s not true that you can get the recipe for free (meaning without starting a free trial) and exactly why I don’t even try any longer
Once again, go to the recipe and you hit a PAYWALL. AND again for this reason I will be BOYCOTTING Atk. You people are too greedy.
This is a quick bread, not a cake.
I will be making this in the next month or sooner.👍🏾
When she creamed the butter on high speed and freaked herself out.
This Easy Berry Cake with Lemon Whipped cream recipe looks so delicious.
Looks so good!!! One could just incorporate a bunch of lemon zest straight into the cake. Yes? With the berries?
Looked just right on the fruit to batter ratio 🙂 Looks yummy!!
Love watching you!
I always say that hand whipping cream is my best party trick…..people are so amazed by it for some reason.
I love summer berries and cake this is a winner!!
I wish more stores would sell a berry mix. Fruit has been so expensive. Paying for each kind would make this really expensive.
Look good cool
Peace
Fantastic video! Can’t wait to make this ☺️
I like how I may print the recipe from the description which makes it easy for us to replicate. Thank you for your attention to detail.
Lovely! Bakers, I have a question: I use agave syrup for sugar. So, would I have to adjust my dry ingredient’s measurements due to the extra liquid (syrup) ingredient? I made a homemade cake a week ago but it was very dense. I enjoyed it, but it was truly a dense almost old fashioned type of tea cake. Thanks (in advance) for offering your points!
Looks very delicious 🤤
I wish they'd really switch to grams over ounces. I'm amazed they don't get complaints of people messing up other recipes that provide gram measurements because they forgot to set their scale back to grams.
Always amazed by how much product you always leave in mixing bowls.
What weight is a stick of butter ?
I wonder if this cake would work in a bundt pan.
Can we reverse cream method this recipe? (Dry ingredients & butter first to coat, then add liquids, like in atk's pecan strudel coffee cake.) But we're also told to follow the order of ingredients in a baking recipe.
Can this whipped topping hold alittle lemon juice also ?
I like easy!
Love ur teaching techniques & this is beauty, perfect pick me up after some winter blahs – YaY
I feel like I'm going to incorporate lemon zest in the cake, top with turbenado sugar and use creme anglaise instead of whipped cream.
Do you think the cake could be made in a regular cake pan? Cost and space to store is an issue. Thanks for an enticing recipe.
Very very very very very………..good
THANK you
God bless you
Brasil
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i like this cake for its deliciousness and simplicity. i'm always using a fresh berry mix for a cobbler. also good is your blueberry cornmeal cake.
I'm enjoying the at home videos. A mix of a scientist in her lab and an artist in his studio. My 84 yr old dad has ordered blueberry scones so that is my baking project to begin this week.
We make this often and there's never any leftovers. Never used strawberries with the other berries, but maybe next time? We add a little lemon zest to the batter, then serve with a topping of marscapone cheese mixed with more lemon zest, some juice and some powdered sugar. Not too sweet, it's perfect!
I can’t wait to try it. Looks delicious and easy. And I love you plates with the lips/kiss on them.
Looks very good. Will be trying this soon.
I love simple snacking cakes like this. Unfortunately this one is butter based, which means it needs refrigeration. I would love it if ATK would always include a "storage" recommendation so we would know what to do with leftovers.
I like how quick and simple this recipe is to make.