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A lemon berry cake layered with a delicious lemon curd cream cheese filling topped with fresh berries. A perfect summer dessert.
Layered Berry Cake
Berry season is my favorite season here in the Pacific Northwest. Nothing beats a fresh strawberry straight out of the garden. Strawberry Shortcake is always a popular dessert and today’s recipe is a more delicious version of strawberry shortcake.
The cake is flavored with almond and has a denser texture but is still tender and moist. It is layered with an amazing lemon curd cream cheese frosting and full of fresh berries.
How to Make Lemon Berry Cake
- Prepare an 8 inch cake pan. Spray and flour the pan and line the bottom with wax paper or parchment paper for easier removal.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Combine flour, baking powder and salt in a bowl.
- Beat butter in mixer until light and fluffy.
- Add in sugar and beat for another 3-4 minutes.
- Add eggs, one at a time. Scrape down the sides and add in flour mixture alternating with milk. Add in extract. Mix until just incorporated.
- Pour into prepared cake pan.
- Bake for about 40 or until toothpick comes out clean.
- Allow cake to cool in pan for 10 minutes and then remove to a cooling rack to cool completely. Remove paper from bottom of cake.
Lemon Curd Cream Cheese Frosting
While the cake cools mix up your yummy frosting. It is a combination of lemon curd, cream cheese and whipping cream.
- Beat softened cream cheese and butter together in mixer until smooth.
- Add in sugar and lemon curd. You can make homemade lemon curd using my recipe or buy store bought lemon curd.
- Beat cream in a separate bowl until peaks form.
- Fold whipped cream into cream cheese mixture.
- Cut cake in half.
- Spread half of the frosting mixture over the bottom layer.
- Add half of your berries
- Add the second layer of cake on top and cover top of cake with remaining frosting.
- Top with remaining berries
- Put the cake in the refrigerator for an hour or so to allow the frosting to set up a bit. Then you are ready to cut yourself a nice big piece.
Maybe if your family and friend are lucky you will share a piece with them.
How Long Will Layered Berry Cake Last?
You will want to keep any leftovers refrigerated. Because of the fresh fruit the cake will only last a couple of days so eat it fast!
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Lemon Berry Cake
Ingredients
Cake
- 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 3/4 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup butter softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup whole milk
- 1 1/2 tsp almond extract can also use vanilla
Frosting
- 1 8 oz. package cream cheese room temperature
- 1/2 cup butter room temperature
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1/2 cup lemon curd
- 1/2 cup whipping cream
- 2 cups berries sliced strawberries, raspberries, raspberries
Instructions
Cake
- Heat oven to 350 degrees. Spray and flour an 8 inch cake pan. Line bottom with wax paper.
- Combine flour, baking powder and salt in a bowl.
- Beat butter in mixer until light and fluffy.
- Add in sugar and beat for another 3-4 minutes.
- Add eggs, one at a time. Scrape down the sides and add in flour mixture alternating with milk. Mix until just incorporated.
- Put into prepared cake pan and bake about 40 or until toothpick comes out clean.
Frosting
- Beat cream cheese and butter together in mixer. Beat until smooth.
- Add in sugar and lemon curd.
- Beat cream in a separate bowl until peaks form.
- Fold whipped cream into cream cheese mixture.
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Amanda says
Hi Leigh Anne,
This looks delicious!!!
Is your wood table background just scrapbook paper? Genius! I’m trying to figure out how bloggers have so many different backgrounds for their pictures and I’m thinking I realized the secret. Thanks for sharing this recipe!
Leigh Anne says
That one is a piece of vinyl – I have several with different wood looks to them. They are great because they just roll up to store.
Amanda says
Great to know. Thanks for your quick reply! I’ll have to look into that.
Theresa says
I made this today to take to church. It tasted wonderful and I’ve already been asked to make it again. I made it exactly like the recipe. Next time I will put the frosting in the fridge and let it set some before putting it on the cake. The frosting was too soft. When I placed the second layer on top, everything squished out the bottom and it made it look messy. Very good cake though.
Leigh Anne says
So glad you enjoyed the cake – good idea on refrigerating the frosting if it is too soft.
six sisters says
This dessert looks so delicious! Strawberry shortcake is a favorite summer dessert! Thanks for joining us for “Strut Your Stuff Saturday”. We hope you’ll be back soon! We loved having you. -The Sisters