These Summer Cake Jars are a seriously impressive dessert, but incredibly easy to make! It starts by crumbling up vanilla cake, homemade whipped cream with a dash of almond, and fresh blueberries and strawberries for a festive and delicious dessert!
If you love easy cake recipes, be sure to check out my Raspberry Cake Jars, Avocado Oil Chocolate Cake, or my Chocolate Cherry Whipped Cream Cake.
Why You'll Love This Recipe
With the Fourth of July approaching, these Summer Cake Jars will make the perfect dessert! They are incredibly easy to make, but they have a real wow factor because they are individual jars. These cake jars are so easy, you can make them in any kind of jar. I used 8 ounce straight sided jars. You could use a mason jar or any other kind of glass jar or even glasses if you're going to serve them right away, they don't need lids.
These are also a great dessert for the Fourth of July, because you can make them ahead of time and keep them in the fridge. This is when the lid for the jar would come in handy. I made a simple yellow cake with almond flavored whipped cream, strawberries, and blueberries. You can use different kinds of in season fruit to change it up and to serve these all summer long and not just on the Fourth of July! Try kiwis, bananas, peaches, blackberries, raspberries and more! Whatever combination you make, it will be delicious!
Ingredients for Summer Cake Jars
Costco Kirkland Organic Cane Sugar
Simply Organic Vanilla Extract
Organic Valley Heavy Whipping Cream
Frontier Co-Op Organic Almond Extract
Organic Blueberries
Organic Strawberries
Why Organic
Why use organic ingredients in this recipe? You all know I’m a huge organic advocate, and I bet you may be thinking sometimes, Why would I even bother to use organic ingredients in something that is so sweet and indulgent? But, that is the exact reason why you should use organic ingredients! Sweet things need to have flavor in order to be good, otherwise they are just sweet and they don’t taste like much else. Organic ingredients are more pure than conventional ones, therefore they actually have more flavor than the non organic options. Say it with me, organic means more flavor! And not just more flavor but a more true and pure flavor. And organic ingredients are much healthier for you to eat in general as they do not contain GMOs or anything artificial. Plus, you are being environmentally friendly when you choose organic ingredients!
So, I highly recommend that you buy the best organic ingredients for this recipe! You can also shop my Amazon Storefront for all my favorite organic ingredients here. Tip – hover over each ingredient to see the name. And if you want to learn more about organic foods and the difference, read my post here on Food Labels and What They Mean.
This recipe for Summer Cake Jars can be made with any fresh fruit from summer. But, make them festive for the Forth of July with strawberries, blueberries, or raspberries.
Ingredients
- Batter
1/2 cup (113 grams) organic salted butter, softened
170 grams (3/4 cup) organic cane sugar
1 teaspoon organic vanilla extract
2 organic large eggs, room temperature
1/2 cup organic heavy whipping cream, room temperature
1/4 cup organic sour cream, room temperature
170 grams (1 cup plus 3 tablespoons) cake flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt
- Whipped Cream
2 cups organic heavy whipping cream
2 teaspoons organic cane sugar
1 teaspoon organic almond extract
- Toppings
organic fresh strawberries (about 12 strawberries)
organic fresh blueberries (about 6 ounces)
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line three 6-inch cake pans with parchment paper.
- To make the batter: In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, add the butter, cane sugar, and vanilla extract. Mix on low until combined and there are no butter chunks.
- Add the eggs, heavy whipping cream, and sour cream and mix on low until combined.
- In a separate bowl, add the cake flour, baking powder, and sea salt and whisk together. Add to the butter mixture and mix on low until combined.
- Transfer the batter to the prepared pans and disperse evenly.
- Bake for 20 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. No need for cakes to be perfectly flat because we’re going to break it all up anyways!
- Once the cakes have cooled, remove them from the cake pans and crumble up into pieces into a large bowl. Set aside.
- Slice the strawberries, set aside.
- To make the whipped cream: In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, add the heavy whipping cream, cane sugar, and almond extract. Whisk starting on low, then gradually increasing the speed to high until you are at full speed. Whisk until stiff peaks form and the whipped cream does fall off the whisk. Transfer to a piping bag with Ateco decorating tip #846.
- In each jar, add some crumbled cake, then add whipped cream, then add strawberries or blueberries or both! Repeat again for a second layer. Top with a blueberry. Repeat with all the jars.
- Store in the fridge for up to 3 days.
Notes
- Gluten Free – Replace the cake flour with 170 grams (1 cup plus 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon) organic gluten free flour blend.
- High Altitude – Bake at 350°F for 17 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
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