Sour Cream Cake With Macerated Berries

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1/3 cup unsalted butter or 1/3 cup margarine
• 1 1/2 cups sugar (1 cup for cake-1/2 cup for berries)
• 2 egg yolks
• 2 1/4 cups flour
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 3/4 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 2 egg whites, beaten until stiff
• 1 pint blueberries, picked over for stems and rinsed
• 1 pint raspberries, rinsed
• 1 pint strawberry, rinsed and sliced
• grand marnier, to taste
• 2 cups sweetened whipped cream
• shaker powdered sugar, garnish
• 3 -4 sprigs fresh mint, garnish

Recipe

• 1 cake:.
• 2 preheat the oven to 375°f.
• 3 butter a 9" springform pan.
• 4 using an electric mixer, fitted with a paddle, cream the butter and 1 cup of sugar together.
• 5 with the machine running add the egg yolks and beat until incorporated.
• 6 sift the flour, soda, baking powder and salt together.
• 7 add the sifted ingredients to the creamed butter in 3 parts, alternating with thirds of the sour cream.
• 8 beat until the batter is smooth.
• 9 add the vanilla.
• 10 fold in the beaten egg whites into the batter.
• 11 pour batter into the prepared pan and place in the oven.
• 12 bake for 25 minutes, or until the center comes out clean.
• 13 remove the cake from oven and cool on a wire rack.
• 14 after the cake has cooled, use a knife to loosen the sides of springform pan.
• 15 remove the springform and slice.
• 16 prepare the berries:.
• 17 in a mixing bowl, combine the remaining sugar with the berries.
• 18 using the back of a fork, lightly mash the berries.
• 19 add the grand marnier to taste.
• 20 to serve, place a slice of cake in the center of each plate.
• 21 spoon some of the macerated berries over piece of cake.
• 22 garnish the slice with whipped cream, powdered sugar and mint sprigs.