Berry Cake
The most delicious triple berry cake filled with a dreamy and light mascarpone whipped cream frosting.
- Prep time
- 20 min
- Cook time
- 35 min
- Yield
- 12 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 3 cups Baker’s Corner All-Purpose Flour ( 360g)
- 2 cups almond flour (192g, sifted )
- 1.5 heaping tbsp Baker’s Corner Baking Powder
- 1/2 tsp kosher salt
- 2 cups Friendly Farms Sour Cream (480ml, room temperature)
- 3/4 cup SimplyNature Organic Wildflower Honey (180ml)
- ¼ cup Specially Selected 100% Pure Maple Syrup (60ml)
- 1/2 cup SimplyNature Organic Coconut Oil, melted and cooled (120ml)
- 4 Goldhen Cage Free Large Eggs
- 2 tsp Stonemill Pure Vanilla Extract
- 1 tbsp vanilla bean paste
- 1 tbsp lemon zest
- 2 cups strawberries (16oz, chopped, reserve 5 for top.)
- 2 cups blackberries (16oz, reserve 5 for top)
- 2 cups blueberries (16oz)
- 18 oz mascarpone cheese ( 540ml, room temperature)
- 3 cups Countryside Creamery Heavy Whipping Cream (720ml)
- 1 cup Baker's Corner Confectioner's Sugar (145g)
- 3 tbsp Stonemill Pure Vanilla Extract
Instructions
- 1
INSTRUCTIONS
- 2
Preheat oven to 350F. Butter and flour three 8-inch pans. Add damp cake strips.
- 3
Zest a lemon and set aside. Melt the coconut oil. Let it cool and set aside. Add the maple and honey to a small bowl. Heat for a few seconds in the microwave.
- 4
Lighten and leaven or sift the flour. Sift the other dry ingredients together in a large bowl and whisk together. Give the sifted mixture a whisk. Make sure all the lumps are gone.
- 5
Add the wet ingredients into a medium bowl and mix. Make sure to distribute the honey mixture well.
- 6
Add the wet ingredients into the dry and mix well. Add lemon zest.
- 7
Pour the batter into the cake pans and distribute evenly. I like to use a kitchen scale for precision.
- 8
Bake for 35 minutes or until the centers are done.
- 9
For the Frosting:
- 10
Add the cream and confectioner's sugar to a stand mixer fitted with a whisk
- 11
Whip the cream until it just starts to thicken
- 12
Add the mascarpone and beat on low, bringing the speed up to high as the mascarpone is incorporated into the cream. Add the vanilla.
- 13
Beat until the mixture holds firm peaks. Overbeating can lead to a grainy texture.
- 14
For the Assembly:
- 15
Add the filling to the first layer then cover with berries. Add more cream on top and smooth out. Add the second cake layer, and repeat steps then add third layer, cover with frosting and smooth out.
- 16
Push berries into the filling on the side of the cake then smooth out with an offset spatula.
- 17
Hull the strawberries.
- 18
Pipe dollops of cream on the top edge with a large star tip. Top each dollop with blackberries and strawberries.