Moist Double Berry Coffee Cake is the perfect dessert for a brunch or tea. The recipe is easy and the fresh berries make this cake unmistakably homemade. A favorite of my family.
Article brought to you in collaboration with McCormick. Recipe and opinions are my own.
When I think back of the desserts my mother made during my childhood, most of them prominently featured vanilla, McCormick vanilla extract to be exact. She made sugar cookies, cream puffs, rice & tapioca puddings and often coffee cake... while my brother & I greedily watched.
My paternal grandmother was also quite the baker, and her little hand scrawled cookbook is a bit of a family heirloom now. One of the recipes she was known for was her own blueberry buttermilk cake. This Vanilla Iced Double Berry Coffee Cake is sort of an homage to both women, as well as my daughter's love of blackberries.
Making Double Berry Coffee Cake
As I didn't happen to have the aforementioned recipes on hand, I took used a blueberry coffee cake recipe from Cooking Light as a starting point. I swapped out the baking powder in the recipe for a combination of baking soda and cream of tartar, reduced the butter just a tad & topped it off with a simple vanilla icing to counter the slight tartness of the blackberries.
The results were moist without being soggy and the sweetness was spot on for my taste anyway. As this cake does not have the sometimes dry and bland middle of some coffee cakes, it is great with or without coffee. It would certainly make a great choice for a Mother's Day brunch.
If you are a big fan of berries, try my Blueberry Mojito , Blackberry Greek Yogurt Bark or Berries and Cream Croissant Breakfast Casserole Recipe too!
Vanilla Iced Double Berry Coffee Cake Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ⅛ teaspoon creme of tartar
- ¼ teaspoon Kosher salt
- ¾ cup sugar
- ⅓ cup butter softened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 large egg
- 1 ⅓ cup low fat buttermilk
- 4 oz. fresh blueberries
- 4 oz. fresh blackberries
- shortening or cooking spray to coat pan
Vanilla Glaze
- 2 tbs milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup confectionery sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease or coat with cooking spray 9" cake pan. Flour the pan.
- Sift together dry ingredients.
- Add butter, vanilla, egg and buttermilk. Mix well.
- Pour ½ the batter into the pan. Distribute ½ the blueberries and ½ the blackberries over the batter. Add and spread out the remaining batter, then top with remaining berries.
- Bake for approximately 45 minutes, just until pick pulls clean from center.
- Allow to cool a few minutes, then remove to rack to cool further.
- Mix the glaze ingredients until smooth. Drizzle over cake, then serve.
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Penelope Guzman says
Mmm, that looks incredible!
Colleen says
Oh this looks amazing YUM!
Donna says
Wow, that looks divine! I want a slice right now!
Ty says
I'm on a diet but that looks absolutely fantastic!
Marcie W. says
This coffee cake looks amazing and is perfect for fresh berry season.
kim says
The best thing my mom made as a child was a italian cookie called Todall we would generally only have them at christmas but the primary flavor in this cookie is Anise. And since the recipe was handed down from generation to generation my mom was always going by a pinch of this and a pinch of that and some years the cookies would come out perfect and sometimes she would put way to much Anise Extract in them but they are my favorite and a great memory! #flavorstory
Raijean says
That looks so delicious! I want a piece now.
Beeb Ashcroft says
I can't believe how incredible this cake looks! I LOVE coffee cake, it's one of my faves, especially to make when I have company. This would knock their socks off!
April Hammond says
Thats looks so yummy! I love McCormick spices and ingredients.
Deb says
My mom is an awesome pie baker as was my grandma. I remember grandma making the BEST lemon meringue pies. No matter how hard I try I cant recreate the same taste. I think some of it is a memory flavor and since grandma isnt here the flavor just isnt the same. I still keep trying though. Some day I will master her pie. Btw, McCormick is always in the kitchen cabinet. It's what grandma and mom used when teaching me to bake and it's a tradition I continue. #FlavorStory
Shannon Gosney says
Wow - this looks and sounds amazing! Way to go!
Laura@Baking in Pyjamas says
Visiting from Saturday Night Live. I love simple cakes like this with yummy glazes, this look really good. I co-host Sweet and Savoury Sunday and would for you to stop by and share these and other recipes with us. Have a great day!
Miz Helen says
Your Vanilla Iced Double Berry Coffee Cake looks so moist and delicious,I can't wait to make this recipe. Thanks so much for sharing your awesome post with Full Plate Thursday and hope you have a great week!
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Miz Helen
deana c says
My favorite flavor for as long as I can remember is cinnamon. Love to add it to so many things. I especially like to add it to my coffee grounds when brewing coffee. #flavorstory
Michele C says
My grandmother use to make the most amazing apricot pies before she passed away. Unfortunately, she didn't pass down her recipe to anyone. I've never had another apricot pie that even remotely came close to hers. It was such a special time to sit down, watch her create the pies from scratch (using apricots from her own tree!), and being able to "taste test" her goodies! #flavorstory
Diane Baum says
Perfect timing to find this recipe, as I just bought 3 pints of berries this afternoon.
Debra Hall says
peach coobler ##flavorstory
Lorena Keech says
My father made amazing penuche, a wonderful brown sugar candy that I have never been able to replicate. #flavorstory
alyce poalillo says
#flavorstory-I was raised German so have carried many of these flavors into my cooking as an adult but I love Italian food so I cook a lot of this. I have tried recently to add other flavor profiles from Mexican and South American to my cooking. This coffee cake looks awesome!
Hesper Fry says
My grandma used to make the most wonderful pumpkin bread. I always use McCormick spices and it tastes great everytime! #flavorstory
Peggy Rydzewski says
#lovethecake.
Karrie Millheim says
I try different spices to give regular meals and boost #flavorstory
Jennifer Reed says
My own unique flavor story is a recipe we make for the holidays every year that is a beef brisket with a rich beef, red wine vinegar, and mushroom gravy that is just divine. #flavorstory
tina reynolds says
This looks so good. Would be a hit with my three kids
Rebecca Lock says
My kids each have a special treat that they like me to make and I enjoy making those special treats for them. #flavorstory