Berry Vanilla Cake

I love berries. They not only taste delicious but they look beautiful, even when they're sitting in a plain white bowl. I'm not much of a berry pie fan, but I do find that berries add a freshness to desserts when they're mixed into something like cake or muffin batter. I came up with this berry cake recipe about a month ago, but never got around to posting it. The nice thing about this cake is that it tastes great with something as simple as a glaze; a creamy frosting would take away from the natural flavors the berries offer. (To make the glaze, I mixed a bit of melted butter, powdered sugar, and blackberry jam in a bowl and poured it on top of the cake.) So if you're a big fan of berries, this cake is for you. It's colorful, flavorful, and comes together in a flash :).

3 cups flour
1/2 cup canola oil
3 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 tsp salt 2 cups mixed berries (these can be frozen)
1/4 cup lite sour cream
1 cup nonfat milk
1 1/3 cups sugar
2 eggs
2 tsp baking soda


Since baking soda was involved, I mixed the dry ingredients in one bowl, then the wet in another, and later combined the two. I baked the cake in two round 9" pans, in a 350 degree preheated oven for 20-23 minutes.