Simple Berry Cake

How to prepare simple berry cake

1. Separate the eggs.
2. Melt the butter over low heat and let it cool. Heat the milk until just warm.
3. Wash the berries and let them drain in a colander.
4. In a bowl, beat the egg yolks, sugar (ground), salt, and water with a mixer. Mix until you get a pale yellow cream (about 2-3 minutes).
5. Continue mixing and pour the melted butter in a thin stream (this will take about 1 minute). The mixture will now have the consistency of sour cream.
6. Then add the flour in 4 batches, mixing with a whisk until combined. The mixture will become thicker.
8. Add the milk, at first in a thin stream until the mixture thins, then you can add it all. Now the mixture will be extremely liquid, but don't panic, that's okay.
9. In a separate bowl, beat the egg whites together with the vinegar until you have stiff peaks that hold on the whisk.
10. Add the foam to the batter in 3-4 batches, folding gently with a whisk from top to bottom. Mix only until you no longer see "lumps" of foam and you just see slight white streaks through the batter. This step is important - don't over-mix. The foam tends to sit on top of the liquid batter, but that's okay.
11. Grease a pan (20 x 30-32 cm; at least 6 cm tall) with butter. I put parchment paper underneath and greased that with butter too.
12. Mix the drained berries with the sugar and lemon zest. Spread evenly on the bottom of the pan. Dust with a little cornstarch on top.
14. Pour the batter over the berries. Level with the back of a spoon.
15. Bake at 160°C for 1 hour.
16. Let cool completely (about 2-3 hours), then it can be cut.

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