Buttermilk Cake with Mascarpone Cream and Sherried Berries
Posted: 08/29/2010 Filed under: Food + Drink, Photography, Recipes | Tags: berries, buttermilk cake, dessert, Gourmet, mascarpone, mascarpone cream, pronounce, recipe, sherried berries, summer 2 Comments »
Last weekend, we made this cake for friends and liked it so much that this weekend, we made it again, for more friends!
It is simple, satisfying, and not too sweet — a brilliant end to a late summer meal. The light cake, ripe berries, and rich mascarpone filling are a perfect marriage of flavors. I photographed this dessert sans berries, but its beauty and deliciousness are only further enhanced by their addition.
The recipe is from Gourmet (July 2008) and is available here. The cake is very tender, and the detachable bottom of a tart pan is a helpful tool for lifting, moving, and stacking the layers after they have been split.
A side note for those who find themselves wondering (as I did, as I wrote this post): mascarpone is pronounced mas-car-POH-neh.
My, we’re on quite an Italian kick in this household these days, aren’t we? A very good thing, to my mind!
Yummy! Wonderful cake. Thanks for the link to the recipe, Laurie. Wasn’t it just a beautiful weekend past?
Yes — beautiful! You can just *feel* summer easing off, and autumn preparing to take its place. I try not to rush the seasons, but I’d welcome autumn’s arrival anytime now. =) Hope your semester is off to a great start!