Name: Mascarpone-filled cake with sherried berries (visit site)
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: En
Ingredients: 2 cups sifted cake flour (not self-rising), like Swan's Down; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1 stick unsalted butter, softened; 1 cup sugar; 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract; 2 large eggs; 1 cup well-shaken buttermilk; 1/2 cup Fino (dry) Sherry; 1/2 cup sugar; 4 cups mixed berries, cut if large; 8 ounces mascarpone (1 cup); 1 cup chilled heavy cream; 1/4 cup sugar

Ingredients

For the cake:

2 cups sifted cake flour (not self-rising), like Swan's Down
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 stick unsalted butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
2 large eggs
1 cup well-shaken buttermilk

For the berries:

1/2 cup Fino (dry) Sherry
1/2 cup sugar
4 cups mixed berries, cut if large

For the cream:

8 ounces mascarpone (1 cup)
1 cup chilled heavy cream
1/4 cup sugar

Preparation

Preparation15 min

Cook time40 min

For the cake
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees with oven rack in the middle. Butter a 9" round cake pan (2 inches deep). Line the bottom with a round of parchment paper, then butter the parchment.

Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.

Beat together the butter and sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer until pale and fluffy. Beat in vanilla. Add eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. With mixer at low speed, beat in the buttermilk until just combined. Add flour mixture in 3 batches, mixing after each addition until just combined.

Spread batter in cake pan, smoothing top. Rap the pan on the counter several times.
Bake until golden and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 35-40 minutes. Cool in pan on a rack 10 minutes. Run a knife around the edge of cake to loosen, then invert onto a plate. Discard the paper and reinvert cake onto rack to cool completely.
Macerate the berries
Bring Sherry and sugar to a boil in a small heavy saucepan, stirring until sugar has dissolved. Put berries in a bowl and pour hot syrup over them. gently tossing to coat. Let stand at least 15 minutes before serving.
Make cream and assemble cake
Beat mascarpone, cream, and sugar in a large bowl using cleaned beaters until mixture just holds stiff peaks.

Halve cake horizontally with a long serrated knife. Carefully remove top half and reserve. Put bottom half on a plate, then spread evenly with all of the cream and replace top half. Serve with berries. It's Fantastic!