Summer Berry Topped Cake

A summer berry topped cake – A simple, two-layer yellow cake with my favorite creamy butter cream cheese frosting. Topped with blueberries and raspberries and a few sprigs of lemon thyme.

And today, I’m sharing a summer dessert, and I can’t help but think I should have started a whole summer food series.

A Berry Topped Cake

This summer berry-topped cake is a delightful treat with layers of flavor. It’s a simple two-layer yellow cake, generously frosted and finished with fresh store-bought berries and fragrant home-grown lemon thyme. Except for baking the cake, it all only took about 15 minutes to make.

I have a little confession… this is a simple box cake. An easy solution to a fast dessert. This summer berry topped cake is a freshly baked cake. With freshly made not from a can on the shelf frosting and topped with fresh fruit. 

A Rustic – Naked Cake

To frost this cake, I started with the top, smoothing out the frosting to keep the edges simple and slightly bare being a little stingy with the so sweet and tasty frosting. Once the cake is slightly frosted, you’ll have the beginning of your rustic – naked, cake. For the buttercream cream cheese frosting, see here. You might ask, what makes a rustic-naked cake? Exposed or semi-naked frosting with natural textures and uneven finishes. Toppings include fresh fruits, flowers, or herbs as decoration. All to give the cake a simple, homemade appearance.

Berries

Now let’s add the berries—only fresh berries, not frozen—so they don’t melt and make your cake soggy.

Summer Berry Topped Cake Features…

The summer berry topped cake features its naked layers of goodness of light buttercream coating and visible cake layers with minimal decoration of berries and herbs. This style of cake works best when you stop trying to make everything perfect and instead focus on natural textures and fresh elements.