Berry Buttermilk Cake

I found some buttermilk at the supermarket, so looked for some recipes to use it.

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Recipe adapted from Epicurious

https://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/raspberry-buttermilk-cake-353616

Servings: 6-8

ACTIVE TIME: 15 min

TOTAL TIME: 1 hr

Ingredients:

• 1 cup all-purpose flour

• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder

• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda

• 1/4 teaspoon salt

• 1/2 stick (57g) unsalted butter, softened

• 2/3 cup plus 1 1/2 tablespoons sugar, divided

• 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

• 1 large egg

• 1/2 cup (240ml) well-shaken buttermilk

• 1 cup fresh or frozen berries (about 5 oz or 140g)

Preparation:

1. Preheat oven to 400F/205C with rack in middle. Butter and flour a 9-inch (23cm) round cake pan.

2. Whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.

3. Beat butter and 2/3 cup sugar with an electric mixer at medium-high speed until pale and fluffy, about 2 minutes, then beat in vanilla. Add egg and beat well.

4. At low speed, mix in flour mixture in 3 batches, alternating with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour, and mixing until just combined.

5. Spoon batter into cake pan, smoothing top. Scatter raspberries evenly over top and sprinkle with remaining 1 1/2 tablespoons sugar.

6. Bake until cake is golden and a wooden pick inserted into center comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes. Cool in pan 10 minutes, then turn out onto a rack and cool to warm, 10 to 15 minutes more. Invert onto a plate.

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What an easy and delicious cake to make, I ACTUALLY end up making a second one as the first one was eaten up so quickly. if you do not have buttermilk, an easy SUBSTITUTE is using regular milk then adding a drop of apple cider vinegar. let it sit for a few minutes until it starts to bubble before adding it to the mix. as i did not have fresh berries i used a frozen berry mix that i had in the freezer which worked out very nice. however i think i might use a 8 inch pan or 20 cm pan next time so that the cake is slightly thicker.

the cake base is simple enough that you can add basically any other ingredients to it, next time i might add some lemon zest and even some spices like cinnamon or nutmeg. this cake can obviously be eaten by itself or served with a scoop of ice cream or cream. you could even sprinkle a bit of powdered sugar on top. this will definitely be my go to recipe for an easy yet delicious cake that i would need to whip up quickly.