Nov 22, 2012

Very Merry Berry Cake


How delicious does this look? Seriously, I cannot wait to devour this little beauty. For Thanksgiving this year, I wanted to make something different. Of course, I still made a traditional pumpkin pie, buttermilk pie, and pecan pie, but I just wanted to make something different! I was inspired by a holiday recipe I found in my Southern Living magazine, to whom I give all the credit (sources below). The recipe is simple, definitely beginner level. So, this holiday season, try something different! Dress up your plain white cakes with a festive filling to wow your family and friends, you'll be glad you did! 


Directions

Cake
Prep time: 40 mins | Servings 10 to 12
-------------------------------------------------
1 cup milk                     3 cups cake flour (do not substitute with regular flour)
2 cups sugar                 1 cup butter, softened 
1.5 tsp vanilla extract    1 Tbsp baking powder
5 egg whites

Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease 3 (8-inch) round cake pans; line bottoms with parchment paper, and grease and flour paper. Whisk together milk and vanilla. Beat butter at medium speed with a heavy-duty electric stand mixer until creamy; gradually add sugar, beating until light and fluffy. Sift together cake flour and baking powder; add to butter mixture alternately with milk mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Beat at low speed just until blended after each addition. In a separate bowl, beat egg whites at medium speed until stiff peaks form; gently fold into batter with a rubber spatula. Pour batter into prepared pans. Bake at 350° for 20 to 23 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans on wire racks for about 15 - 20 minutes. Remove from pans and place on wire racks to cool. Discard parchment paper. Cool completely (about 45 minutes) before icing.

Filling
Prep Time: 15 mins | Total Time: 6 hours
-------------------------------------------------
1 cup fresh cranberries          1 cup fresh raspberries
1/2 cup sugar                        3 Tbsp water
2 Tbsp cornstarch                 1 Tbsp cold water
2 Tbsp butter, softened         1 cup chopped fresh strawberries

Combine cranberries, raspberries, sugar and 3 Tbsp water and cook  in a medium saucepan over medium-low heat, stirring often, for 3 to 4 minutes or until cranberries begin to pop. After cranberries begin to pop, gently mash the cranberries with your spoon. Whisk together cornstarch and 1 Tbsp cold water until smooth. While stirring, slowly add to cranberry mixture and cook, stirring constantly, for 1 minute. Stir in strawberries and butter until butter is melted. Cool to room temperature (about 30 minutes). Cover and chill for about 6 hours.

Frosting
Prep Time: 10 minutes | Makes 4.5 cups
-------------------------------------------------
1 cup butter, softened          1/4 tsp salt
6 to 7 Tbsp milk                  1 (32 oz) package powdered sugar
1 Tbsp vanilla extract

Beat butter and salt at medium speed with an electric mixer for 1 to 2 minutes or until creamy. Gradually add powdered sugar alternately with 6 Tbsp milk, beating at low speed until blended and smooth after each addition. Stir in vanilla. If desired, beat in remaining 1 Tbsp milk, 1 tsp at a time, until frosting reaches desired consistency.










Source:
Mrs. Billett's White Cake
Merry Berry Filling
Buttercream Frosting

11 comments :

  1. This looks too yummy! I'd love for you to share it at my Twirl & Take a Bow party at www.houseontheway.com. It's every Tuesday.
    Have a great week!
    Leslie

    ReplyDelete
  2. This looks delicious. I think it would be fun to take to a Christmas party. The filling would make it perfect!

    ReplyDelete
  3. Audra,

    The cake looks yummy!

    Vanessa

    ReplyDelete
  4. This cake is unbelievable... great images. Following you everywhere!

    ReplyDelete
  5. Yum! This looks fabulous!

    ReplyDelete
  6. Wow, great pictures! Thanks for sharing your recipe!

    Katie
    www.funhomethings.com

    ReplyDelete
  7. That is so lovely! javascript:WIDGETBOX.subscriber.Main.setIsSubscriber(0,false)

    ReplyDelete
  8. oops- I have no idea why that is there!!

    ReplyDelete
  9. Made this last year for my mils dec birthday. Huge success. Had my 4 & 2 year old help. Mil hinted about it again this year! Thanks so much for the recipe!

    ReplyDelete
  10. I was a HIV-AIDS patient and I got it from cheating on my wife. It was sort of a payback but a week later I was told by a friend that the person who I cheated with had the HIV-AIDS virus and did not tell me. I was so stupid by not using a condom I thought since he was an old school friend he was trustworthy. But I was wrong. I cried and cried. Two days later, I got a phone call from my friend and he told me about a person who is known by another friend, who can help me. I could not let my wife know what I was going through. I finally got his email address: oseremenspelltemple@gmail.com and I emailed this man my story and he replied me immediately saying i should be calm and told me that everything will be OK. I could not come to terms with what I was hearing but then I concluded it did not matter because I was so broken I just needed help. I was going out of my mind literally. I was confused with what he was telling me, but I listened. He told me about some materials i need to buy that he needed to cast the spell and I said OK. I bought the materials to him, I sent down my picture to him and my positive result sheet and he replied me that i am going to be negative under 3days. I message Him every 2hours for 2day and I knew he thought that I was crazy but I did care I needed a shoulder. Behold, the third day he messaged me i should go for a test that i will be negative. My marriage could be broken because of a stupid mistake and my life was on the line. I remembered when I was going to get the results of my re-test I called him up again and told him that I was going to get my results today and his reply was “so" and that everything will be as he explained. I knew then that he was getting tired of me calling him, maybe I was wrong. Well I got my results and the first person I called was him - again. As he said hello I started to cry and cry. I could not believe it. I was given a second chance in life.This man is a great spiritual HIV/AIDS healer, his healing spell on aids healing is very powerful .please brothers and sister, contact Dr Ose oseremenspelltemple@gmail.com
    whatsapp +2348136482342

    ReplyDelete
  11. Well, if there were fewer essays, then I would write them myself, but there are too many of them, which is why essay writing service helps me, where any essay will be done competently and efficiently, and you will be satisfied because the Essay Writing Service, which will save you from problems

    ReplyDelete

Comments make me {Happy!}