The best recipes for charlotte with berries: 8 chic recipes

Charlotte, in fact, is an ordinary sponge cake with filling. Therefore, instead of apples, you can safely use any fruits and berries. You can take, for example, cherries, plums or raspberries and currants, or you can even mix and match some interesting options. In general, it all depends on your mood and what products you have on hand. By the way, berries for charlotte are suitable both fresh and frozen, and even wilted. Charlotte with berries turns out incredibly tasty, tender and very aromatic. Be sure to try it.

Charlotte with apple and berry filling

What do you need:

• a quarter kilogram of flour (BC);
• 3 eggs;
• a quarter kilogram of sugar;
• a little salt;
• 2 pinches of vanilla sugar;
• a handful of berries;
• 3 sour apples;
• a little oil.

How to cook:

1. Apple fruits are peeled and cut into slices, after which they are sprinkled with lemon juice to avoid darkening.
2. To prepare the dough, eggs are beaten with salt, regular and vanilla sugar. Next, flour is poured into this mixture, and the dough is kneaded with a spoon.
3. The charlotte mold is treated with oil, apple slices and washed berries are laid out on its bottom.
4. Next, the dough is carefully poured on top.
5. The dessert needs to be baked for just over half an hour in the oven, the temperature of which is set to 180 degrees.
6. The pie is cooled before serving. As a decoration, its top is filled with powdered sugar or it is supplemented with several berries.

If you are using frozen berries, squeeze them well before placing them in the baking dish.

Charlotte with berries: traditional recipe

What do you need:

• a couple of handfuls of pitted cherries;
• a glass of high-quality flour;
• 4 medium eggs;
• 150 g granulated sugar;
• a third package of butter;
• package of vanilla sugar;
• teaspoon of soda.

How to cook:

1. In a fairly large container, eggs that have been pre-cooled are beaten. Add sugar to the mixture and beat it again. It is necessary to ensure that the crystals of both vanilla and regular sugar are completely dissolved in the egg.
2. Oil is placed in the same container, flour and soda are gradually sifted. The entire mixture should acquire a homogeneous consistency.
3. The oven pan is processed with a small piece of butter, and the oven is heated to 200 degrees.
4. A third of the dough is poured into the prepared form.
5. Then the cherries are evenly laid out and sprinkled with a little sugar.
6. The rest of the batter is carefully poured over the berries.
7. The future dessert is baked in the oven for half an hour. After the cake is in the oven, the temperature must be reduced to 160 degrees.

To prevent the cake from leaking, you can first roll the cherries in flour before adding them to the dough.

Charlotte with apples and berries: recipe for a slow cooker

What do you need:

• 4 large eggs;
• a little less than a glass of sugar;
• 1 cup flour;
• a couple of tablespoons of starch;
• one and a half glasses of berries;
• a couple of apples;
• a little butter.

How to cook:

1. Beat the eggs in a separate container along with sugar. To achieve fluffy foam, use a mixer. While beating, the egg mixture will increase in size by about 4 times.
2. Flour and starch are poured into it. Mix everything with careful movements so as not to spoil the splendor of the eggs.
3. Pre-washed berries and chopped apple fruits are poured into the dough and mixed with a spoon.
4. The multicooker bowl is carefully treated with oil and flour, and then the dough mixed with berries and apples is placed into it.
5. The dessert is baked in the “Baking” mode for an hour.
6. After cooking, remove the charlotte onto a plate and let it cool.

4.Strawberry charlotte - an instant delicacy

What I love about charlotte is its speed of preparation and variety.

Why don’t they bake it with anything! With apricots, apples, cherries, cherries, blackberries - with any berries and fruits!

A simple recipe, but so many possibilities for the manifestation of fantasies! Today we will prepare strawberry charlotte.

I discovered this dessert spontaneously. This year I froze a lot of strawberries and decided to sprinkle them into the batter - it turned out fantastic! You can also cook with fresh berries.

Products:

• 1 – lemon
• 500 g – wheat flour
• 700-800 g – strawberries
• 400 g – sugar (less possible)
• 5-6 – eggs
• 1 sachet of baking powder
• 2 tbsp. spoons – refined vegetable oil
• 5 g – salt

How to prepare charlotte:

Thaw frozen berries or wash fresh ones.

We cut large strawberries, small ones can be left whole.

Beat the eggs and sugar with a mixer until fluffy.

Pour vegetable oil into the egg mixture and mix.

Then, without ceasing to knead, gradually add baking powder and flour, add salt.

The mass should be homogeneous, without lumps.

Finely grate the lemon zest.

Add the zest and prepared berries to the dough.

Knead everything with gentle circular movements, from bottom to top.

Line a round pan with a split bottom with parchment paper and grease it with a little oil.

Spread the dough and level the surface with a spoon.

Place in the oven preheated to 185 degrees and bake until done - about 25-30 minutes.

Cool, cut into portions, and serve.

Personal impressions: the charlotte turned out unexpectedly tasty, aromatic, fluffy, stunningly beautiful! I highly recommend making it.

Don't be afraid to experiment and prepare dessert with other fruits and berries. This recipe is basic. Based on it, you can prepare a whole “fireworks” display of delicious delicacies!

Charlotte with berries poured with kefir in the oven

What do you need:

• a pair of chicken eggs;
• 200 grams of granulated sugar;
• 150 ml thick kefir;
• a teaspoon of baking powder;
• 150 grams of flour;
• 300 grams of berries;
• a little oil;
• a tablespoon of oatmeal.

How to cook:

1. Beat eggs and sugar until they double in size.
2. After that, kefir is poured in, the whole mixture is carefully mixed.
3. Flour and baking powder are added to the kefir base, then the dough is kneaded using a mixer.
4. The oven dish is treated with oil and oatmeal. The dessert is best baked in a ceramic container with a diameter of about 22 centimeters.
5. The oven is preheated to 180 degrees.
6. At this time, berries are placed at the bottom of the mold, which are filled with dough with the addition of kefir on top.
7. This charlotte takes half an hour to bake. And it cools right in the mold.

Preparation

Beat all the eggs into a mixer bowl. Tip: to prevent shells or rotten eggs from getting into the total mass, first drive one at a time into a separate cup. Beat the eggs on medium-high mixer speed for about a minute. Then add a glass of sugar. Continue beating on high speed for exactly 10 minutes.

During this time, you should get a very airy, light egg-sugar mass.

Put the mixer aside, it will no longer be needed. Gradually add flour through a sieve and stir. Tip: Never mix the egg mass with flour with a mixer. This should only be done with a spatula or whisk by hand to obtain an airy biscuit structure.

When the dough is ready, add berries to it. If they are frozen, you don't have to defrost them.

Stir with a spatula and transfer the dough into a springform pan greased with butter. It is also worth putting a circle of parchment on the bottom. Place the dough in the oven, which should be preheated to 180 degrees. Bake the charlotte for 40-50 minutes. Cooking time depends on the diameter of the mold. In this case, the container measures 26 cm.

Check the doneness of the pie using a long wooden skewer. It should remain dry. However, the skewer may be slightly damp due to the berry filling inside. You can also check whether the product is ready by pressing into the center of the sponge cake. If the depressed area returns to its previous form, then the cake is ready.

Remove the pie from the oven. Carefully run a thin knife where the crust meets the pan. Then remove the charlotte and place it on a wire rack to cool.

Using a fine strainer, dust the cake with powdered sugar. Decorate as your imagination dictates, for example, add a sprig of mint or, as is now fashionable, decorate the baked goods with fresh flowers.

The result was a tender, tasty and not dry charlotte with berries. You will definitely like this version of the pie.

This is what the pie looks like in cross section. The dough is very airy and tasty. And thanks to the berries, the charlotte turned out not cloyingly sweet.

On a note

• This recipe uses 300 g of berries. However, the quantity can be increased to 450 g. Then the pie will turn out even juicier.
• Some housewives and even pastry chefs recommend beating the biscuit dough with a mixer, but at low speed (meaning mixing flour and egg mass). They say that the dough will not suffer from low speed. However, if you compare the result of kneading with a mixer and by hand, then the second option, of course, wins. Tested by personal experience!
• We cooked it before, and it turned out very tasty too.
• When baking a biscuit in the oven, it is not recommended to open the door until it is browned. Also, do not slam the door so that the cake does not settle.
• In addition to berries, you can add apples and pears, it will also turn out very tasty.

Charlotte is the softest, airy dessert that is loved and awaited at the table in almost every family. Thanks to added fruits or berries, it acquires a unique, subtle taste. Probably, many families have their own version of charlotte, which is the pride of the housewife. But if you are already tired of the same dessert, you can try making a bright charlotte with the addition of berries, the recipes for which will be discussed step by step below.

Charlotte with fresh raspberries and chocolate: step-by-step recipe

What do you need:

• 1 gram of vanillin;
• a handful of raspberries (it is better if the berries are fresh);
• a teaspoon of baking powder;
• a little blackcurrant;
• a couple of tablespoons of cocoa;
• three quarters of a glass of flour;
• a glass of sugar;
• 4 large eggs.

How to cook:

1. In a deep container, beat the eggs until fluffy.
2. While whipping, gradually add sugar. Continue beating until all the sugar grains disappear.
3. This egg mixture should increase in size by about 4 times.
4. Then add flour mixed with cocoa, vanilla and baking powder to the eggs.
5. The mixture is stirred carefully with a spoon in only one direction so that the eggs do not decrease in volume. This method of kneading allows you to get a fluffy dough.
6. The oven mold is coated with oil.
7. Then half of the washed berries are placed in it.
8. The berries are filled with half of the dough, onto which the berry remains are poured.
9. The entire pie is filled with dough again and placed in the oven (180 degrees) for two-thirds of an hour.
10. The charlotte cools right in the mold, after which it is carefully removed.
11. This recipe allows you to remove the cake from the pan by simply turning it over.

If you have an awkward shape and it is difficult to remove the cake after cooking, cover the shape with parchment so that the edges stick out. Once the dessert is ready, all you need to do is pull the edges of the paper and the cake will be taken out.

Ingredients

To bake berry charlotte at home, take the ingredients from the list. The shape can be of any configuration, in my recipe it is a square with a side of 20 cm.

In season, choose berries from a new harvest, and in winter, cook from frozen or canned stocks. The easiest way is to use dried fruits and dried berries. They do not provide moisture and the crumb dries and grows evenly. If, like me, you have a frozen mixture, do not thaw it, use the frozen one - just sprinkle it thickly with flour before shaping the pie.

If you are planning another tea party, a children's party or family gatherings, a recipe for charlotte with berries or fruits is always relevant.

Charlotte with cranberries

What do you need:

• three eggs;
• a glass of granulated sugar;
• a glass of flour;
• a couple of green sour apples;
• a glass of cranberries.

How to cook:

1. The eggs are beaten with sugar in the same way as in the traditional recipe.
2. Flour is poured into them and also beaten.
3. The dough is filled with finely chopped apples and washed cranberries.
4. Everything is thoroughly mixed.
5. The baking dish is processed with butter, and then the dessert base is poured into it.
6. The pie goes into the oven at 180 degrees for 40 minutes.

Rum charlotte with frozen berries

It is not difficult to prepare charlotte with the addition of frozen berries, and you can use any frozen berries that you can find in the winter.

To prepare a sweet dish for tea, you should prepare the following products in advance:

• sugar – 180 g;
• flour – 200 g;
• 80 gr. butter;
• 4 eggs;
• rum – 2 tablespoons (can be replaced with cognac);
• cream – 40 ml (20% fat);
• 400 g of any frozen berries (can be assorted);
• a pinch of salt, a teaspoon of powder for loosening the dough.

The charlotte should be prepared following the sequence of steps:

1. The berries are taken out of the freezer and left for several minutes, without allowing them to completely defrost (no juice should be released from the berries).
2. Place the butter over low heat to melt.
3. Grind the eggs with sugar, when the mixture turns white, add rum (cognac) and mix thoroughly.
4. Add melted butter to the mixture, knead, add flour in small portions.
5. Cream is added to the finished mixture and mixed until it reaches the consistency of thin sour cream.
6. Add the berries, very quickly mixing them into the dough, transfer the mixture to a baking sheet and immediately put it in the oven, preheated to 180 degrees.
7. Bake for 40 minutes. Before serving, pour syrup or sprinkle with powdered sugar.

It is important to ensure that the berries do not release their juice until they are added to the dough. Otherwise, in charlotte they will be dry and almost tasteless.

Recipe 2. With kefir

Charlotte with kefir according to this recipe turns out light and sour. You can take any berries, the same variety or completely different ones.

Advice! Currants and apples go well together in charlotte. It is not recommended to mix cherries with anything else, as they have a rich taste and will overpower all others.

Charlotte with frozen berries will turn out no less tasty than with fresh ones.

Ingredients:

• half a liter jar of berries;
• 180 g of kefir (you can take homemade yogurt or cream);
• three quarters of a glass of sugar;
• 1 egg;
• 1 tbsp. mayonnaise (optional);
• half a teaspoon of soda;
• vegetable oil (for greasing the mold);
• one and a half cups of flour.

Advice! If apples are used for the filling, their taste will be emphasized and complemented by cinnamon. You can add it to the dough, sprinkle it on the apples before baking or after the pie is removed from the oven.

Step by step recipe:

1. Turn on the oven and place the dish in which you will bake the charlotte. The dough must be poured into a hot pan.
2. Mix kefir with egg, mayonnaise (optional) and soda.
3. Add the sifted flour in small portions, while stirring at the same time. You can add cinnamon or vanillin. The dough should be quite liquid.
4. If you add apples, peel them, remove the core and cut them into cubes. Currant berries can be added whole; gooseberries and cherries must be cut due to their large size.
5. Remove the pan from the oven, grease it with vegetable oil and pour the dough with berries into it.
6. Place the pie in the oven and bake at 180-190° C for about 20 minutes. After 15 minutes, open the oven and use a toothpick to check the readiness of the charlotte: if after piercing the dough does not stick to it, the sponge cake is baked.
7. Sprinkle the finished charlotte with powdered sugar or brush it with glaze, as in the photo.

Preparing the glaze:

1. Take half a glass of powdered sugar and add one and a half tablespoons of water to it.
2. Stirring constantly, heat the future glaze to 40° C (if you touch the mixture with your finger, it should be quite hot, but tolerable).
3. Brush the charlotte with glaze.