I love adding Summer Fruit to desserts. This Pound Cake definitely got an upgrade with Vanilla Icing with Strawberries and Cherries. It was a perfect dessert for our Fourth of July.
I baked this cake in a loaf pan, so I used just half of a pound cake recipe. It’s perfect if you’re not baking for a lot of people.
You can also use any type of fruit to top it with. Blueberries, blackberries and raspberries would be great as well.
Cake:
1 1/2 sticks of butter, softened
1 1/4 cup sugar
3 large eggs
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla
1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 cup heavy cream
Icing:
1 cup powdered sugar
1-2 tbsp heavy cream
Halved Strawberries
Cherries
Cake:
Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a loaf pan and set aside.
In a stand mixer, cream butter and sugar. Add eggs, salt, vanilla. Mix until incorporated. Add flour and heavy cream. Mix again. Pour into loaf pan. Bake 50-60 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean when inserted into the middle. Cool on a wire rack.
Glaze:
Mix powdered sugar and cream. Add more cream as needed. Spoon on top of cooked cake. Top with fruit.
