Three Berry Butter Cake
- 1 stick (1/2 cup) unsalted butter
- 1/4 cup heavy cream
- 3 large eggs at room temperature
- 1 1/4 cups granulated sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons finely grated fresh lemon zest
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 1/2 cups cake flour (not self-rising)
- 6 cups mixed berries (1 3/4 ponds) such as raspberries, blackberries, and blueberries
- 2 tablespoons confectioners sugar
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- Grease a 13- by 9- by 2-inch metal baking pan, then line bottom with wax paper and grease paper.
- Heat butter with cream in a small saucepan over low heat until melted, then cool.
- Beat eggs, granulated sugar, and salt with an electric mixer on high speed until mixture is thick, pale, and forms a ribbon when beaters are lifted, about 5 minutes with a standing mixer or about 12 minutes with a handheld.
- Add zest, baking powder, and vanilla and mix on low speed until blended.
- Add 1 1/4 cups flour and half of butter mixture and mix on low speed until blended.
- Mix in remaining butter and 1 1/4 cups flour in same manner.
- Increase speed to medium and beat 1 minute with a standing mixer or 2 minutes with a handheld, or until batter is thick and sticky.
- Add berries and carefully fold in with a rubber spatula until barely combined.
- (Raspberries will begin to fall apart, and batter will look slightly pink.)
- Spoon batter into baking pan, gently smoothing top.
- Bake in middle of oven until springy to the touch and a tester inserted into center comes out clean, 45 to 50 minutes.
- Cool completely in pan on a rack.
- Run a knife around edge of cake, then invert rack over cake and flip cake onto it.
- Remove wax paper and reinvert onto a platter.
- Just before serving, dust with confectioners sugar.
butter, heavy cream, eggs, sugar, salt, lemon zest, baking powder, vanilla, cake flour, mixed berries, confectioners sugar
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/three-berry-butter-cake-103684 (may not work)