Honey Berry Cake
Honey Berry Cake is a simple cake sweetened with honey, and features the fresh and bright flavor of berries- all in one easy to make dessert!
Simple, homey cakes are always a winner to me. Cakes that do not require a stand mixer, or an elaborate prep allows me to whip up a dessert any minute, without all the fuss.
This Honey Berry Cake is one of those recipes. A cake that is made with simple ingredients, and it comes with a bonus: it is 100% sweetened with honey. Yes, no granulated sugar here. So with the tandem of liquid honey and the naturally sweet berries, the flavors in this cake are deeply sweet, bright and fresh without being too sugary.
This recipe is derived from blog readers favorite, Easy Berry Cake. I swapped honey for the sugar for my collaboration with Dutchman’s Gold sugar swap challenge as you may have seen here. The resulting cake was divine, just perfectly sweet and really moist and delicate. So now, I am sharing the recipe with you.
First, Pointers!
- The frozen berries do not need to be thawed. However, I had to cut the strawberries so there are no noticeable big pieces of berries in the cake- everything is just about the same size.
- You can use a metal baking dish instead of a glass. You may want to line it with parchment paper for ease of serving.
- I used liquid honey. And if your honey has solidified, you can quickly warm it to thick fluid consistency.
Let’s Make Honey Berry Cake
Preheat your oven to 350 F. Grease a 9 inch square glass baking dish with cooking spray. Whisk together the dry ingredients. I used a wire whisk.
Next, beat together milk, egg, and honey until combined. Stir in the melted butter, then the vanilla. Add the dry mix to the wet ingredients and use the wire whisk to beat just until smooth and lump-free. Fold in half of the berries.
Pour the batter into the prepared baking dish. Bake at 350 F for 50 minutes, or until the top of the cake springs back to the touch. Or when a toothpick inserted at the center of the cake comes out clean. The exterior of the cake will be lightly golden.
Honey Berry Cake
Equipment
- 1 9 inch baking dish affiliate link
Ingredients
- 1 ¾ cup (231.15 g) all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp baking soda
- ¼ tsp salt
- ½ cup (113 g) butter melted
- ½ cup (170 g) liquid honey
- 1 large egg at room temperature
- ¾ cup (187 g) milk at room temperature
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1¼ cup mixed frozen berries large pieces chopped as needed to make the pieces evenly sized (see notes)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350℉. Grease a 9 inches glass baking with a cooking spray. In a large bowl, whisk together flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda. Set this aside.
- In another bowl, use a wire whisk to beat together milk, honey, and egg until well combined. Add the butter and vanilla extract and stir to incorporate.
- Gradually add and mix the dry mixture to the wet mixture. Beat with the wire whisk just until combined, and no lumps of flour remain. Fold half of the berries to the batter.
- Pour and scrape batter into the prepared baking dish. Arrange the remaining berries evenly on top. Bake at 350 F for 50 minutes, or until the cake springs back to the touch.
Perfect feel-good dessert|!