Chantilly Cake Recipe

Chantilly Cake brings easy and delicious elegance to the dessert table! With layers of vanilla cake, mascarpone frosting and fresh berries, this cake is always a huge hit. It tastes just like the smash hit Berry Chantilly Cake from Whole Foods!

Reasons to Make This Recipe

• The combo of fresh blueberries, strawberries and raspberries is as eye catching as it is tasty!
• Whipped mascarpone frosting adds the perfect creaminess to compliment juicy berries and delicate cake.
• This tastes just like the Whole Foods Berry Chantilly Cake. Making it at home gives you more delicious cake for your buck!

Whole Foods Chantilly Berry Cake

Everyone’s been talking about that popular Chantilly cake Whole Foods makes. It catches my eye every time I walk by the bakery section.The juicy berry flavor and a mascarpone whipped cream frosting make it hard to stop at one bite.

Lately I’ve had one thing on my mind:  making a copycat Chantilly Berry cake.

The happy result is this amazingly delicious Chantilly cake recipe. It tastes just like the ones from Publix and Whole Foods only better. For the price of one slice of those cakes you can make an entire homemade Chantilly Berry Cake!

What Is Chantilly Cake

Chantilly Cake has different meanings in different regions. In Hawaii, it’s more similar to a German Chocolate Cake, with chocolate layer cakes and a thick coconut frosting.

In the South, Chantilly Cake is made from round white cakes layered with whipped cream frosting and fresh fruit (usually berries). It’s a heavenly combination of delicate airy cake, rich cream and juicy sweetness! This version includes mascarpone cheese and cream cheese in the frosting for even more rich flavor.

Mascarpone Cheese

What is mascarpone?

If you aren’t familiar with mascarpone, it’s smooth and spreadable fresh cream cheese with a delicately sweet flavor. It has a melt in your mouth quality that is irresistible! Typical American cream cheese tends to be much firmer with a more sour flavor.

What can I substitute for mascarpone?

While I highly recommend using mascarpone as it really makes this cake, if needed you can replace it with additional cream cheese, it just won’t be quite as rich and smooth. You can also use a combination of half cream cheese and half drained ricotta cheese.

Where do you buy mascarpone cheese?

Usually you can find mascarpone near the deli aisle, not with the cream cheese. Or if your grocery has a speciality cheese section, look there. A common brand is BelGioioso. Here is a photo so you know what to look for.

As show-stopping as this cake looks and tastes, it’s not hard to make! Just bake the cake, whip up the frosting and assemble.

How To Make Chantilly Cake

To make this delicious cake, start by mixing up your cake batter then baking in round cake pans. Next a simple syrup is prepared, which will be poured over the cake after baking.

After that the frosting is mixed with an electric mixer until smooth and creamy. Finally the cake is assembled and berries are added. You’ll find the full printable recipe at the bottom of this post.

Tips

• The cheeses for the frosting need to be soft/room temperature.
• Let the heavy cream mix until it thickens like shaving cream.
• You can add a teaspoon of flavor extract to the simple syrup, such as vanilla, raspberry, or strawberry extract if you want extra flavor.
• For a true white color cake and frosting, use clear vanilla extract.

More Cake Recipes You’ll Love

Can’t get enough berry filled recipes? You’ll adore these delicious desserts.

• Mini Strawberry Cheesecakes
• Lemon Blueberry Pound Cake
• Strawberry Shortcake
• Mixed Berry Crumble Bars
• Blueberry Buckle
• Mini Strawberry Cheesecakes 
• Ambrosia Fruit Salad

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