Fresh
Berry
Cake
A family favorite
by Chef Tom
Tom’s Organic Berry Short Cake
Whipped Tofu Cream
This is the most requested birthday cake in our
family! Make Whipped Tofu Cream Frosting first.
• 1lb of firm tofu
While frosting is cooling make Basic Vanilla Cake.
• 2 Tlbs vegetable oil

• ½ lemon squeezed
Basic V

anilla Cake
• ½ cup maple syrup

• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1½ cups whole wheat pastry flour
• 1 pinch sea salt
• 2 cups white pastry flour
• ½ cup soy milk
• 1 Tlbs baking powder (rounded)
• 4 Tlbs white unbleached flour
• 1 tsp baking soda

• 1 cup vanilla soymilk
Tofu Cream
• 1 cup maple syrup (or your
Blend all the ingredients except for the
choice of sweetener)
flour until smooth. Add white flour and
• ½ cup vegetable oil
blend until smooth again. Pour blended
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
ingredients into a pot and heat on me-
• ¼ tsp sea salt
dium heat, stirring constantly with a
• ½ lemon, juiced (about 1 tablespoon)
wooden spoon or a whisk, a whisk will
• 2 oiled 9 inch cake pans
prevent lumping, until boiling. Cook for a
few more minutes more stirring until thick.
1. Mix the first four dry ingredients
Shut off, remove from heat and let cool.
together in large bowl with spoon.
Stir occasionally until cool or it will skin
2. In four cup measuring cup or bowl combine
over on top. You can refrigerate it
remaining ingredients and whisk until foamy or
to cool faster.
stir vigorously until foamy.
Putting It All Together
3. Pour wet ingredients into dry ingredients, mix
well with spoon and then whisk to remove some
When cakes are cool, place one cake
of the lumps. Some lumps are OK.
onto serving platter and frost top with
4. Pour half the batter into each oiled cake pans.
one third of the Whipped Tofu Cream
Bake in 350 degree oven for 35 minutes, let cool
Frosting or Tofu Cream. Add second
5 or 10 minutes than remove from cake pans by
cake on top of frosted bottom layer
putting a flat plate on top of cake and turn cake
and frost the top and sides (using a
pan with plate over. Slowly lift cake pan off and
rubber spatula) of cake. Decorate with
cool before adding topping.
fresh (or partly thawed frozen) organic
strawberries, blueberries and red
raspberries.
Chef T

om has been busy collecting recipes for
his first cookbook. This recipe has been the
most requested dessert from his family. ©
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