Berry Sheet Cake

Berry Sheet Cake

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Rating: 5 out of 5.

A super simple, delicious recipe with loads of flavor. This berry sheet cake is easy to whip up last minute, but will be a crowd-pleaser!

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Today is my Grandpa’s 80th Birthday! We had a birthday party this past weekend, and my mom asked me to make the cake, naturally. A fun fact about my grandpa is that he is allergic to chocolate! How he lives, I have no idea, and since my go-to cake is typically this chocolate cake recipe, I had to get creative. I made one carrot cake, and I wanted to make another for those of us (me) that don’t particularly enjoy carrot cake. I stumbled upon this berry sheet cake recipe in some of my grandma’s recipes, the very recipes that my grandpa gave me, so I had to give it a try. Having a recipe blog, many of these things I am making for the first time. That can be a tricky business, especially making something for a gathering, you just never know how some of these old recipes are going to turn out. Luckily this cake was a big hit! not only was it easy to make, but it is delicious! It is a dense cake, but very moist, and I loved topping the berry sheet cake with cream cheese frosting, and in the frosting, I added some mashed berries to give it that delightful pink color!

“Madison, what do you mean by berries” This cake is wonderful because it doesn’t specify the type of berries to use. If I have learned anything about old recipes, is that people are incredibly vague when writing recipes. I used the triple berry blend of raspberries, blackberries, and blueberries, but feel free to use just one berry or any combination your heart desires! If you use strawberries, they will likely need to be chopped pretty finely, or even blended.

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Recipe Tips & Tricks

This is a very thick batter! Don’t be alarmed, it is almost muffin consistency making it a pretty dense cake. But rest assured, it will be a very moist and flavorful cake, it also took some spreading to get it all over the 9×13 pan!

if you use frozen berries, be sure to defrost them! If not, the juice from the water in the berries will make it so the cake doesn’t cook properly. I put my frozen berries in the microwave, then drained the excess juice before adding them to the batter.

You can frost this cake with whatever frosting you’d like, my favorite is my cream cheese frosting, and I added a handful of berries to give it the beautiful pink color! The not-too-sweet frosting brings balance to the sweetness of the cake and berries!

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Berry Sheet Cake

Easy to make berry cake!

Ingredients

• ½ cup Butter or Shortening
• 1 cup Sugar
• 1 Egg
• ½ tsp Salt
• 2 tsp Nutmeg
• ½ cup Milk
• 2 ½ cups Flour
• 3 Tbs Baking powder
• 2 cups Berries

Frosting

• ½ package cream cheese (room temp)
• ½ cup butter (room temp)
• 3 cups powdered sugar
• 1 Tbs vanilla
• ¼ cup berries (mashed)

Instructions 

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar together, then add in the egg and beat!
• Sift and add in the flour, baking powder, salt, and nutmeg.
• Add in the milk, and mix.
• Fold in the berry mixture, then pour into a greased 9×13 pan
• Bake at 350° for 35-40 minutes, or until a toothpic comes up clean

Frosting

• Whip the cream cheese and butter together. Add the powdered sugar and vanilla. Feel free to add more powdered sugar if you want a thicker frosting. Add the berries and mix until combined

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