Even though my kiddos are back in school, it's still summertime, which means plenty of inexpensive berries at the grocery store. At our house we go through about 5-pints of berries each week at a minimum, we love them all! I love baking with berries too, like the Berry Buttermilk Cake I'm sharing with you today. This is a light, fluffy, and slightly tangy cake perfect for enjoying with a cup of coffee (it's fruit so it can be breakfast!)
I love this recipe because it whips together quickly, but it also bakes up so beautifully, it's perfect for taking to gatherings or making when you're entertaining. It looks so elegant with the different colored berries and the crystallized sugar sprinkled over the top. If you want to make it extra special, it's delicious warm topped with vanilla ice cream or cool with whipped cream. {swoon}
(For those on tracking SmartPoints on Weight Watchers Freestyle like me, this one is a splurge at 13 points. But it's so delicious it's worth it every now and then!)
If this berry buttermilk cake is right up your alley, you'll also love these other berry creations I've shared:
- Blueberry Cake
- Strawberry Chocolate Chip Cake
- Strawberry Muffins
- Strawberry Cream Cheese Danish
- Blackberry Strawberry Traditional Cobbler
- Strawberry Cream Puff Cake
If you try this recipe, please comment and rate it below, I love hearing from you!
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Berry Buttermilk Cake Recipe
- Prep Time: 10 min
- Cook Time: 40 min
- Total Time: 50 minutes
- Yield: 9 1x
- Category: dessert
- Method: baking
- Cuisine: American
Description
Light and tangy buttermilk cake full of juicy blueberries and strawberries. This is the perfect summer recipe, eat it for dessert or even breakfast!
Ingredients
- ½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened
- zest of 1 lemon
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ¾ cup fresh buttermilk
- 1 pint blueberries
- 1 pint strawberries, quartered
- additional 2 teaspoons sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350ºF. Spray a 9 inch square baking dish with nonstick spray.
- In a mixer, combine butter, lemon zest, and sugar. Mix until fluffy.
- Add eggs and vanilla extract, mix on medium until combined.
- In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking powder, and salt. Add half the mixture to the butter mixture.
- Add half of the buttermilk and mix, add remaining dry mixutre and buttermilk and mix until uniform. Do not overmix.
- Fold in blueberries and strawberries gently.
- Pour batter into the prepared pan and sprinkle with 2 teaspoons sugar.
- Bake for 45 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
- Cool 20 minutes before cutting and serving.
Notes
Each serving is 13 Weight Watchers Freestyle SmartPoints.
Keywords: blueberry, strawberry, buttermilk, cake
Melissa says
Delicious!
★★★★★