SALMONBERRY CAKE

Salmonberry Cake image

These wonderful orange berries are also known as cloudberries or bakeapples, and are a staple of the Inupiaq Eskimos of the North Slope of Alaska. Serve with whipped topping or vanilla ice cream.

Provided by inupiaqcook

Categories Desserts Cakes Poke Cake Recipes

Time 1h45m

Yield 24

Number Of Ingredients 6

Ingredients

4 cups salmonberries, divided
¾ cup water, or as needed
1 (16.5 ounce) package white cake mix
3 eggs
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
½ cup white sugar

Steps:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 2 (9-inch) round cake pans.
Press 2 cups of salmonberries through a metal mesh strainer into a bowl using the back of a large spoon; discard contents of strainer. Pour salmonberry pulp and juice (it will be about 1 1/4 cups) from bowl into a 2-cup measuring cup; pour in enough water to bring the pulp and juice to 2 cups. Stir well.
Place cake mix, eggs, vegetable oil, and 1 cup salmonberry mixture in a bowl; blend with an electric mixer on low speed until moistened, about 30 seconds. Beat cake mixture at medium speed for 2 minutes. Fold remaining 1 1/2 cups whole salmonberries into cake mixture; pour evenly into prepared pans.
Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean, about 30 minutes.
While cake is baking, cook remaining 1 cup salmonberry mixture, remaining 1/2 cup whole salmonberries, and sugar in a saucepan over medium high heat, stirring constantly, until mixture begins to simmer; remove from heat.
To assemble: While cake is still warm, gently poke holes all over the top of the cake layers with a fork. Pour half the cooled salmonberry mixture over each cake layer; allow to cool completely. Allow to cool completely.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 126.5 calories, Carbohydrate 21.2 g, Cholesterol 23.3 mg, Fat 3.9 g, Fiber 0.6 g, Protein 1.8 g, SaturatedFat 0.7 g, Sodium 139.6 mg, Sugar 15.4 g