Recipe | Cornmeal Berry Sheet Cake

   

      June is a popular month for birthdays in our family.  My daughter Stephenie and her husband Steven's birthdays are a day apart.  My son Erich's birthday is also in June.  This year Stephenie requested Pineapple Upside-down cake, Steven requested brownies.  I've made the Pineapple upside down cake and brownies.  Erich's birthday is coming up soon, and he wants a chocolate cake.

      In the meantime, I've been wanting to make this Cornmeal Berry Sheet Cake for months.  I made this yesterday and Erich loves it!  He has had it for breakfast and dessert.  It's easy to make, it's not too sweet.  I added the zest of one lemon to the batter, because we all love lemon desserts in our family.






Cornmeal  Berry Sheet Cake
Adapted from Martha Stewart
                                                                                                                                 Preheat oven 325*F
1 1/2 sticks of butter, room temperature
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup fine yellow cornmeal
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
3/4 teaspoon Kosher salt
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar (I used 1 cup sugar)
3 large eggs
1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
3/4 cup buttermilk
zest of one lemon
18 ounces of fresh berries ( any combination of blueberries, raspberries, blackberries)

Butter 9x13 baking pan.  Line with parchment paper and butter parchment, leaving overhang on long ends of pan.

Whisk together flour, cornmeal, baking powder and salt in large mixing bowl.

Beat together butter and sugar on med-high speed until pale and fluffy, about 2 minutes.  Add eggs one at a time.  Beat in vanilla and lemon zest.  Add flour mixture in 3 batches, alternating with 2 batches of buttermilk until just combined.

Spread batter evenly in prepared pan.
Sprinkle berries over top of batter.

Bake until golden brown and toothpick comes out clean.  About 1 hour.  Let cool completely on wire rack.  Remove cake with parchment paper and cut into 12 pieces.

Enjoy!

                                         Hope everyone is enjoying this lovely time of year.
                                           
                                                              Love,
                                                                     ~Marcie