Berry Pound Cakes
- 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened, plus more for pans
- 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup cake flour (not self-rising)
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 1/4 cups granulated sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 3 large eggs, plus 1 large egg white
- 1 cup whole milk
- 1 1/2 cups heavy cream
- 1 tablespoon confectioners sugar
- 1 cup fresh blueberries (about 4 ounces)
- 1 cup fresh raspberries (about 4 ounces)
- Preheat the oven to 350F.
- Butter two 4 1/2 x 8 1/2-inch loaf pans.
- Line with parchment paper, allowing a 1-inch overhang on long sides.
- Butter the parchment; set aside.
- Whisk together flours, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl; set aside.
- Put butter, granulated sugar, and vanilla into the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment; mix on medium speed until pale and fluffy, 3 to 4 minutes.
- Mix in eggs, one at a time.
- Reduce speed to low.
- Add flour mixture in 2 batches, alternating with the milk.
- Divide batter between prepared pans.
- Bake until dark golden and a cake tester inserted into centers comes out clean, 55 to 60 minutes.
- Let cool on a wire rack 15 minutes.
- Lift cakes out; let cool completely on rack.
- Trim tops of cakes to make level.
- The cakes can be stored at room temperature, covered, up to 1 day.
- Put cream and confectioners sugar into the clean bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the whisk attachment; beat on medium-high speed until soft peaks form.
- Transfer whipped cream to a pastry bag fitted with a leaf tip (such as Ateco #113).
- Pipe a ruffled pattern on tops of cakes.
- Pile blueberries in center of 1 cake, and raspberries in center of the other.
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Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/berry-pound-cakes-393086 (may not work)