Lemon Picnic Cake With Berries Recipes

LEMON PICNIC CAKE WITH BERRIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour 12-cup Bundt or 10-inch angel food cake (tube) pan; set aside.
• Beat egg whites at high speed in small bowl, scraping bowl often, just until stiff peaks form. Set aside.
• Combine 2 cups sugar and butter in large bowl. Beat at medium speed, scraping bowl often, until creamy. Add egg yolks; continue beating until creamy. Beat at low speed, gradually adding flour and baking powder alternately with milk to butter mixture, until well mixed. Add lemon juice, 2 teaspoons lemon zest and vanilla; continue beating until well mixed. Gently stir in egg whites.
• Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake 50-65 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Meanwhile, combine all glaze ingredients except berries in 1-quart saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, 3-4 minutes or until sugar is dissolved. Poke holes in top of cake with toothpick; pour glaze over cake. Cool 15 minutes; remove from pan. Cool completely. Serve with fresh berries.

LEMON CURD WITH BERRIES

Steps:

• Bring lemon zest, lemon juice, and 1/4 cup sugar to a bare simmer in a large heavy saucepan over medium heat, whisking to dissolve sugar, then remove from heat.
• Whisk eggs, salt, and 1/2 cup sugar in a large bowl until light and thick, about 1 minute. Whisking constantly, gradually pour about one-quarter of hot lemon mixture into egg mixture, then, whisking constantly, incorporate egg mixture into remaining lemon mixture in saucepan. Cook over medium heat, whisking constantly, until lemon curd is opaque and thick enough to hold the marks of the whisk, about 2 minutes.
• Scrape lemon curd into a blender. With motor on medium speed, add butter a piece at a time, waiting until each piece is fully incorporated before adding the next, until the butter is emulsified and curd is light and thick.
• Transfer lemon curd to a large nonreactive bowl and cover with plastic wrap, pressing directly against surface so a skin doesn't form. Chill until cold, at least 2 hours.
• Toss berries and remaining 1-2 Tbsp. sugar in another large bowl. Let sit until some juices have accumulated, 25-30 minutes. Spoon curd into bowls and top with berries and their juices.
• Do Ahead
• Lemon curd can be made 2 days ahead. Keep chilled.

LEMON SUN CAKES WITH BERRIES AND CREAM

Steps:

• Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 350°F. Generously butter molds and put on a baking sheet.
• Whisk together flour, baking powder, zest, and salt.
• Beat together butter and sugar with an electric mixer at high speed until pale and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Beat in egg and vanilla until just incorporated. Add milk and beat until just combined (mixture will appear curdled). Reduce speed to low, then add flour mixture in 3 batches, beating until just combined after each addition.
• Divide batter among molds, filling each mold about two-thirds full. Bake until edges of cakes are golden and a wooden pick inserted in center of a cake comes out clean, about 25 minutes. Cool cakes in molds on a rack 5 minutes, then turn out onto rack and cool completely.
• While cakes cool, pulse 1/2 cup each of raspberries, blueberries, blackberries, and strawberries (all together) with 2 tablespoons superfine sugar in a food processor until fruit is just crushed. Chill, covered, up to 2 hours.
• Beat cream with remaining tablespoon superfine sugar using cleaned beaters at medium-high speed until it just forms soft peaks. Chill, covered, until ready to serve (but no longer than 2 hours).
• Arrange cakes upside down on 6 plates and top each with 2 rounded tablespoons whipped cream and 1 rounded tablespoon crushed berries. Scatter remaining whole berries over top and serve remaining crushed berries on the side.

BLUEBERRY LEMON PICNIC CAKE

Steps:

• In a large mixing bowl, beat the butter until creamy.
• Gradually beat in the sugar, beating until the consistency of thick whipped cream.
• Beat in the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Stir together the flour, baking powder, salt and nutmeg.
• Stir into the creamed mixture alternately with the milk.
• Stir in the lemon rind and vanilla.
• Fold in the blueberries.
• Spread in a greased 9" x 13" cake pan.
• Bake in a 350 degree F oven for 40 to 45 minutes or until golden and the cake tester inserted in the centre come out clean.
• Let stand in the pan for 5 minutes.
• If making the glaze, stir together the sugar and lemon juice.
• Let it stand for 20 minutes.
• Spoon over the warm cake and spread evenly.
• Let cool completely in the pan on a rack.

LEMON-BERRY CAKE

Steps:

• Beat milk, dry pudding mix and lemon peel in medium bowl with wire whisk until well blended. Gently stir in half of the whipped topping. Refrigerate 5 min. or until thickened.
• Cut cake horizontally into three layers. Place bottom cake layer on serving plate; top with 1-1/4 cups of the pudding mixture and middle cake layer. Cover with remaining pudding mixture and top cake layer.
• Frost side and top of cake with remaining whipped topping; top with berries. Refrigerate at least 1 hour. Store leftovers in refrigerator.

LEMON BERRY CAKE

Steps:

• Prepare cake batter according to package directions. Stir in lemon zest. Pour into a lightly greased 13x9-in. baking dish. Sprinkle with blueberries. In a small bowl, whisk gelatin and water until gelatin is dissolved. Slowly pour over batter. , Bake at 350° for 33-38 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of cake layer comes out with moist crumbs (cake will set upon cooling). Cool slightly on a wire rack. Dust with confectioners' sugar. Serve warm with whipped cream if desired. Store in the refrigerator.

LEMON-BERRY PUDDING CAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Process 2 1/2 ounces blackberries (12 to 15 berries), 1 tablespoon lemon juice, and 3 tablespoons sugar in a food processor or blender until smooth. Pass mixture through a fine sieve into a small bowl; discard solids. Set sauce aside.
• Butter inner top inch of six 6-ounce ramekins; set aside. Whisk together egg yolks and 3/4 cup sugar in a medium bowl. Whisk in flour and milk in two batches each, beginning with the flour. Whisk in remaining 1/2 cup lemon juice, the salt, and the melted butter, and set aside.
• Put egg whites in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the whisk attachment; beat on medium-high speed until very frothy, about 1 1/2 minutes. With mixer running, add remaining 1/4 cup sugar in a slow, steady stream; beat until whites hold stiff (but not dry) peaks, about 2 minutes. Whisk half the whites into reserved lemon mixture until combined; gently fold in remaining whites with a rubber spatula.
• Place the ramekins in a high-sided roasting pan or baking dish, and divide the batter among ramekins, filling each almost to the top. Spoon a few drops of berry sauce onto cakes, and use a toothpick or skewer to swirl sauce into batter. Transfer to oven; pour boiling water into pan, a bit more than halfway up sides of ramekins.
• Bake until cakes are set and the tops are just starting to turn golden brown, 35 to 40 minutes. With tongs, transfer the ramekins from pan to a wire rack, and let cool 15 minutes.
• Meanwhile, beat creme fraiche in a clean mixing bowl until it holds soft peaks. Serve cakes warm with creme fraiche and remaining blackberries.

PICNIC BERRY SHORTCAKES

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, mix sugar and cornstarch. Stir in water. Add 1 cup strawberries; mash mixture. Bring to a boil; cook and stir until thickened, 1-2 minutes. Remove from heat; stir in lime zest. Transfer to a small bowl; refrigerate, covered, until chilled., Cut sponge cakes crosswise in half; trim the cakes to fit in the bottoms of 4 wide-mouth half-pint canning jars. In a small bowl, mix blueberries and remaining strawberries; spoon over cakes. Top with sauce. If desired, serve with whipped topping.

LEMON PICNIC CAKE WITH BERRIES

Steps:

• heat oven to 350*F.
• in small mixer bowl beat egg white at high speed, scraping bowl often, just until stiff peaks form. set aside.
• in large mixer bowl combine 2 cups sugar and butter, beat at low speed, scraping bowl often until light and fluffy.
• add egg yolks, continue beating until creamy.
• in small bowl stir together flour and baking powder. gradually add flour mixture alternately with milk and butter mixture while beating at low speed.
• add lemon peel, lemon juice and vanilla.
• by hand fold egg whites into cake batter.
• pour into greased and floured 10" tube or bundt pan.
• bake for 50 to 65 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
• in 1 qt saucepan stir together all glaze ingredients, except berries.
• cook over medium heat stirring occasioanlly until sugar is dissolved.
• with wooden pick poke holes in top of cake, pour glaze over cake.
• cool 15 minutes, remove from pan (if desired leave cake in pan to transport).
• serve with fresh berries.