Easy Berry Cake (Red White and Blue Snack Cake) (2024)

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Why I Love This Berry Cake Recipe

If you love baking with berries, easy snack cake recipes, or the irresistibly delicious flavors of a lemon blueberry cake, you’ll adore this simple berry cake as much as I do.

Here are a few more reasons:

• Festive: Perfect for summer gatherings, this cake’s bright colors bring old-fashioned charm to the table!
• Fuss-free baking: This simple, uncomplicated cake recipe is made in a round cake pan (or springform pan) without fussy techniques.
• Fresh berries: This recipe is for you if you love baking with in-season berries like raspberries and blueberries or mixed berries (like in my Mixed Berry Yogurt Muffins).
• Easy to garnish: While I’m using an easy Chantilly Cream (recipe below), you can also serve with a dusting of powdered sugar and a few fresh berries.

It’s also perfect for Memorial Day recipesor4th of July desserts!

Berry Cake Ingredients

This easy cake recipe contains only a few pantry ingredients (ingredient measurements are in the recipe card below). Here is a quick list of what you will need:

• Butter: This recipe works with both salted and unsalted butter. For the best texture results, be sure the butter is softened to room temperature.
• Granulated sugar
• Large eggs
• All-purpose flour: Gluten-free 1:1 flour will also work in this berry cake
• Baking powder and salt
• Lemon: Both the lemon zest and lemon juice will be used
• Milk: Dairy or nondairy
• Vanilla extract
• Fresh berries: Equal measurements of raspberries and blueberries
• For serving: I like adding whipping cream to the top, which reminds me of my favorite and easy Strawberry Shortcake recipe.

How to Make Fresh Berry Cake

Full recipe instructions are in the recipe card below but here is a brief overview.

Begin by preheating the oven to 350℉ and coating a 9-inch round cake pan (or springform pan) with cooking spray.

Step 1: Combine wet ingredients

Cream the butter, 1 cup sugar, and lemon zest until it’s light and pale in color. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, then mix in the vanilla and lemon juice.

Step 2: Make the batter

Whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl. Then, gradually add the dry ingredients to the butter mixture and stir until combined. Fold in the fresh berries until just combined.

Step 3: Bake the cake

Bake for 35-40 minutes, or until lightly browned and a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out mostly clean. Let the cake cool in the pan before slicing and serving.

Chantilly Cream Garnish

A favorite way to garnish this berry cake is with Chantilly Cream, which is essentially a French term for a lightly sweetened whipped cream with a hint of vanilla. It’s easy to make with a few ingredients. Here’s what you need:

• Heavy whipping cream
• Powdered sugar
• Vanilla extract

Place the cream, powdered sugar and vanilla in a bowl. Using an electric mixer, beat on medium high for 1 and 1/2 minutes or soft peaks (2 minutes for stiff peaks). And then spoon on top of the cake or servings.

Or, you can also use your preferred ready-made whipped topping, like Cool Whip. Add fresh berries to the whipping cream and any edible flowers you have that haven’t been sprayed.

Anytime Snack Cakes You May Also Love

Quick and easy snack cake recipes are perfect to have on hand when you’re craving a sweet and tender cake, have unexpected guests, need to bring the dessert, or to have it on hand for afternoon teatime. Here are some ideas you may want to try:

• Anytime Honey Cake: A naturally sweetened cake that’s ultra tender and perfect throughout the year.
• Anytime Fudgy Picnic Chocolate Cake: This cake is perfect for chocolate lovers! It’s easy to bring to picnics, outdoor gatherings, or anytime you’re in the mood for a fudgy rich chocolate cake that’s easy to make.
• Anytime Maple Banana Snack Cake: I love to make this cake when I’m craving banana bread, or when the only fruit left in the house is bananas. It’s warmly spiced, comforting, and delicious.
• In Season Anytime Cakes: If you love to bake with in-season berries, like this Lemon Blueberry Cake, here are a couple of options. Anytime Rhubarb Cake is delicious in the spring with fresh rhubarb, Apricot and Plum Cake is delicious during the summer stone fruit season, and Anytime Apple Cake is wonderful during late summer and early fall when the apples are ripening on the trees.

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