Berry Long Cake
- 1 lb berries, left whole if small, sliced if larger (6 cups prepped)
- 12 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons brandy or 2 tablespoons pure vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon softened butter
- 13 cup firmly packed brown sugar
- 14 cup all-purpose flour
- 14 cup diced candied ginger
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature, cut into small cubes
- 1 12 cups all-purpose flour
- 12 cup fine cornmeal
- 12 cup sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon fine sea salt
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into small cubes
- 2 eggs
- 23 cup whole milk
- Center an oven rack and preheat the oven to 375F.
- Grease a 2 1/2 quart square baking dish, or a 9 inch square cake pan, with 1 tablespoon soft butter.
- In a large bowl, toss together the berries with the sugar and the brandy or vanilla.
- Set aside at room temperature while making the rest of the cake.
- To make the topping, combine the sugar, flour, and ginger in a small bowl.
- Blend the butter into the dry ingredients, using either your fingertips or a fork, until the mixture forms crumbs.
- Put the topping in the freezer while you mix the cake batter.
- To make the cake, combine the flour, cornmeal, sugar, baking powder, ginger, and salt in a large bowl.
- Add the butter and using your fingertips, work it completely into the dry ingredients.
- In a separate bowl, whisk the eggs and milk together and stir them into the dry ingredients until combined.
- Spread the batter into your buttered pan.
- Evenly distribute the sugared berries on top of the batter.
- Scatter the chilled topping over the berries.
- Place the dish in the center of the oven.
- Bake until the berries bubble and the cake is firm (ignoring those places where the crumb topping has melted into the cake, since its hard to tell in those oh-so-buttery spots), 40 to 45 minutes.
- Cool the cake on a wire rack for 30 minutes and serve warm from the dish.
- Well wrapped and stored at room temperature, this cake keeps for up to 2 days.
berries, sugar, brandy, butter, brown sugar, flour, candied ginger, unsalted butter, flour, cornmeal, sugar, baking powder, ground ginger, salt, unsalted butter, eggs, milk
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/berry-long-cake-497899 (may not work)