Berry Pound Cake with Whipped Cream

By cnash

These dense, buttery pound cakes are topped with stars and stripes of lightly sweetened whipped cream and fresh berries.

Ingredients

• 1.00 cup(s) (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened, plus more for pans
• 2.75 cup(s) all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup(s) cake flour (not self-rising)
• 1.00 tablespoon(s) baking powder
• 1.00 teaspoon(s) salt
• 2.25 cup(s) granulated sugar
• 1.50 teaspoon(s) pure vanilla extract
• 3.00 large eggs
• 1 large egg white
• 1.00 cup(s) whole milk
• 1.50 cup(s) heavy cream
• 1.00 tablespoon(s) confectioners' sugar
• 1.00 cup(s) (about 4 ounces) fresh blueberries
• 1.00 cup(s) (about 4 ounces) fresh raspberries

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter two 8 1/2-by-4 1/2-inch loaf pans. Line with parchment paper, allowing a 1-inch overhang on long sides. Butter 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, 1 at a time. Reduce speed to low. Add flour mixture in 2 batches, alternating with the milk.

Divide batter evenly 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 level. 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.