This post may contain affiliate links. Read my disclosure policy. This Kiwi Berry Cake. Is. Good! It was my husbands birthday cake. I know how much he loves fruit in, on and around cake so I made his dreams come true with this stunner. We ate it today and there wasn’t a crumb left behind! My whole family enjoyed it! The combination of kiwi, strawberries, blueberries and raspberries worked really well, but you can sub any of the fruit with whatever you like and make this cake your own. The base is a biskvit cake (classic Russian sponge). I’ve found that a 15 ingredient cake batter doesn’t always equate to a better cake. I’m more impressed that this cake has only three ingredients: eggs, flour, sugar. Don’t get me started on the cream cheese frosting. Oh the frosting…
Ingredients for the Kiwi Berry Cake:
6 large eggs, room temp 1 cup granulated sugar 1 cup all-purpose flour *measured correctly 1/2 tsp baking powder
Frosting Ingredients for the Kiwi Berry Cake:
1 cup heavy whipping cream 16 oz cream cheese, softened at room temp 3/4 cup sugar
Toppings/Fillings:
3-4 Kiwi 1 lb Strawberries 1 to 1 1/2 cup Blueberries 1 cup raspberries
How To Make Kiwi Berry Cake:
If you never made a European Sponge Cake, watch the video before you get started:
Combine 6 eggs and 1 cup sugar in the bowl of your electric mixer and beat on high speed for 7 minutes or until tripled in volume and fluffy. In a medium bowl, whisk together 1 cup all-purpose flour and 1/2 tsp baking powder and sift it into the whipped eggs in thirds, folding with a spatula between each addition just until all of the flour is incorporated. DO NOT OVER-MIX or your cake won’t rise well.
Transfer your dough to your buttered and lined cake pans. Set aside.
Bake at 350˚F for 22-25 minutes or until the top is lightly browned. Let the cakes cool down on wire racks, then remove from the pans.
Frosting for the Kiwi Berry Cake:
- Beat together 16 oz of cream cheese and 3/4 cup sugar until smooth (1 min). Add 1 cup cold heavy whipping cream and beat on high speed until fluffy (3 minutes).
Assembling your Kiwi Berry Cake Cake:
Slice your kiwi and strawberries into thin rings/half circles.
Once your cakes are fully cooled, carefully cut each layers in half using a sharp serrated knife. Place the bottom layer on a cake stand. Spread a thin layer of frosting over it. Cover with sliced kiwi and strawberries.
Spread a thin layer of frosting on the next cake layer and place the frosted side down over your fruit
Repeat with the remaining layers and spread frosting over the top and sides. Decorate the top ands sides of the cake with fruit. I placed my larger fruit down first: First Strawberries, then raspberries, followed by blueberries then kiwi. I just placed berries onto the cake until it looked full and pretty. For the bottom border, I cut raspberries in half and alternated the raspberries with blueberries to make a ring around the base of the cake. You can also put kiwi slices around the bottom if you like.
Here’s a peak inside:
I can’t wait to see what you come up with! You could totally turn it into a patriotic cake for the 4th of July!
