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BakingJames’s home kitchenJune 7, 2009

Quick Buttermilk Raspberry Cake with Lemon Zest

This is an easy tender cake topped with a nice sugary crunch. You can use raspberries or any fresh juicy berry from your local market. You can substitute fresh buttermilk with Saco powdered buttermilk – following the Saco instructions just add the powder (2…

Raspbery cake slice

What you'll need

Ingredients

  • 1 cup all purpose flour
  • ½ tsp. baking powder
  • ½ tsp. baking soda
  • ¼ tsp. salt
  • ¾ tsp. grated lemon zest
  • ½ stick unsalted butter, softened
  • 2/3 cup sugar
  • ½ tsp. vanilla
  • 1 egg
  • ½ cup buttermilk
  • 1 cup fresh raspberries,(5 oz.)
  • 1 ½ tablespoons turbinado sugar (or regular granulated sugar)

The method

Directions

  1. 01

    Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Butter and flour a 9-inch round cake pan

  2. 02

    Whisk flour, baking powder, soda, salt and zest in a small bowl.

  3. 03

    Beat butter and 2/3 cup sugar at medium high speed for 2 minutes until light and fluffy. Beat in vanilla, then beat in egg.

  4. 04

    At low speed, mix in dry ingredients in 3 batches, alternating with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Mix until just combined.

  5. 05

    Spoon batter in cake pan, smoothing top. Scatter raspberries over top and sprinkle with 1 ½ tablespoons of sugar.

  6. 06

    Bake 22-28 minutes or until tester comes out clean. Cool in pan for 10 minutes the turn out onto rack to cool until warm, about 15 minut es. Invert onto plate and serve.

    Raspberry cake uncooked
    Raspberry cake baked
    Saco buttermilk

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