Fresh Nectarine Cake with Blackberries
This is a quick and easy cake with fresh nectarines and blackberries. I like to arrange the fruit in the shape of a flower or some sort of pattern. You can use peaches or blueberries as well.
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- Serves: 1 person
Ingredients
- ½cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 2eggs
- ½cup white sugar
- 1pinch salt
- 1½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1¼ teaspoons baking powder
- 1tablespoon milk, or more as needed
- 3fresh nectarines - peeled, halved, and pitted, or more to taste
- 1(6 ounce) container fresh blackberries, or more to taste
- 1tablespoon confectioners' sugar
Instructions
Step 1
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9-inch springform pan.Step 2
Beat butter in a large bowl with an electric mixer until creamy. Add sugar and salt gradually and mix in well. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.Step 3
Combine flour and baking powder, sift, and quickly beat into the batter on low speed. Thin batter with a little milk if needed. Pour batter into the prepared springform pan. Arrange nectarines and blackberries on top in a decorative pattern.Step 4
Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 45 minutes. Dust with confectioners' sugar and cool on a wire rack for 5 minutes. Run a table knife around the edges to loosen. Invert carefully onto a serving plate or cooling rack. Let cool completely.