Fresh Berry Cream Cake Food

FRESH BERRY CHANTILLY CAKE

Steps:

• Grease two 9-inch pans. Line the bottom with parchment paper. Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F.
• In a large mixing bowl, use a hand mixer to cream the butter and sugar together, 2 minutes, until creamy. Beat in vanilla extract.
• Use a fork to combine the milk, eggs, and vegetable oil together in a bowl or 2 cup liquid measuring cup. Set aside. In another mixing bowl stir together cake flour, baking powder, and salt.
• Add 1/3 of the dry ingredients to the butter mixture and mix in until just combined. Add in half of the milk mixture and combine. Add in another 1/3 of the dry ingredients until combined followed by the remainder of the milk mixture. Add in the remainder of the dry ingredients and mix with the hand mixer until just combined, using a rubber spatula to scrape the sides and bottom to make sure everything is mixed in.
• Divide the batter evenly between the two prepared pans. Bake at 350 for 25 to 30 minutes. Let sit in pans for 5 minutes and then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
• In a large mixing bowl, beat heavy cream with vanilla extract until stiff peaks form.
• In a separate mixing bowl, cream together cream cheese and mascarpone until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Beat in powdered sugar until combined and smooth.
• Fold whipped cream and cream cheese mixture together using a rubber spatula. Fold until just combined. Refrigerate until ready to assemble cake.
• Place mixed berries into a medium sized mixing bowl. Add in lemon zest and juice and toss to combine.
• In a microwave safe bowl, stir together jam with water. Microwave until melted, about 30 seconds.
• Slice each vanilla cake layer in half to create four layers.
• Spread 1/3 of the jam filling onto the bottom cake layer. Top with an even layer of chantilly cream and then place 2/3 cup of fresh berries on top of the cream.
• Continue layering with cake, jam, chantilly cream, and berries. Top final layer with remaining chantilly cream and frost the outside. Optional garnish the top with additional berries.

BERRY SOUR CREAM CAKE

Steps:

• Cream together butter and sugar. Add eggs, sour cream and vanilla extract; mix well. Combine flour, baking powder and baking soda; gradually add to butter mixture.
• Spread into a greased 13" by 9" by 2" baking dish. Sprinkle with raspberries and blueberries.
• Bake in a 325* oven for 40 - 45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• For Glaze: In a mixing bowl, beat sugar, butter, vanilla extract and enough milk to achieve a drizzling consistencey. Drizzle over warm cake. Cook on a wire rack.

BERRY CREAM CAKE

Steps:

• Make Berry Sauce: Bring all sauce ingredients just to a boil in a 1 1/2 to 2 quart heavy saucepan over high heat, stirring occasionally, then reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, stirring occasionally, 15 minutes.
• Transfer to a shallow bowl and cool to romm temperature stirring occasionally, about 30 minutes.
• Chill, covered, until cold about two hours.
• Make Almond Layers:.
• Put oven racks in upper and lower thirds of oven and preheat to 350°F.
• Butter cake pans and line bottom of each with a round of parchment or was paper, then butter paper.
• Pulse almonds with 1/4 cup sugar in a food processor until finely ground.
• Beat together eggs and remaining 1 1/4 cups sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer at high speed until pale, fluffy, and tripled in volume, about 6-8 minutes.
• Beat in vanilla and salt until combined well.
• Stir together ground almonds and melted butter (1 1/4 sticks).
• Fold one third of egg mixture into almond mixture to lighten, then fold in remainder, gently but thoroughly.
• Divide batter among pans (batter should be about 1/2 inch deep).
• Put 2 pans in lower third of oven and 1 pan in upper third (do not put directly above lower pans).
• Bake, switching position of pans (from lower to upper and vice versa) halfway through baking, until a golden crust forms on top and cake begins to pull away from sides of pans ( cake will rise, them collapse slightly) 18 to 25 minutes total.
• Cool in pans on racks 10 minutes, then run a small knife around edge of each pan and carefully invert onto racks.
• Cool completely about 15 minutes.
• Carefully peel off parchment.
• Make Mascarpone Cream.
• Stir together all mascarpone cream ingredients with a rubber spatula until smooth.
• Chill, covered.
• Assemble Cake.
• Center 1 almond layer on cake plate.
• Spoon 1/2 cup berry sauce onto center of layer. Spread evenly, leaving a 1/2 inch border around edge of cake.
• Spoon 3/4 cup mascarpone cream on top of berry sauce layer and smooth top (berry sauce will swirl into mascarpone cream).
• Repeat procedure with remaining almond layers, berry sauce, and mascarpone cream, ending with mascarpone cream ( for a total of three layers).
• Chill cake while making frosting.
• Frost Cake.
• Beat cream with sugar, vanilla, and salt in a large bowl using an electric mixer with cleaned beater at high speed until it just hold stiff peaks.
• Frost cake with whipped cream smoothing top and sides (there will be generous amount) then chill, uncovered, 1 hour.
• Just before serving, sift cocoa powder over top of cake using a sieve.
• Cook's Notes: Almond layer can be made ahead and cooled completely, then wrapped well in plastic wrap and chilled 3 days or frozen up to 1 month.
• Frosted cake can be made 1 day ahead (without cocoa powder) and chilled covered loosely with plastic wrap.