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This Kiwi Berry Cake. Is. Good! It was my husbands birthday cake. I know how much he loves fruit in, on and around cake so I made his dreams come true with this stunner. We ate it today and there wasn’t a crumb left behind! My whole family enjoyed it!
The combination of kiwi, strawberries, blueberries and raspberries worked really well, but you can sub any of the fruit with whatever you like and make this cake your own.
The base is a biskvit cake (classic Russian sponge). I’ve found that a 15 ingredient cake batter doesn’t always equate to a better cake. I’m more impressed that this cake has only three ingredients: eggs, flour, sugar.
Don’t get me started on the cream cheese frosting. Oh the frosting…
Ingredients for the Kiwi Berry Cake:
6 large eggs, room temp
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup all-purpose flour *measured correctly
1/2 tsp baking powder
Frosting Ingredients for the Kiwi Berry Cake:
1 cup heavy whipping cream
16 oz cream cheese, softened at room temp
3/4 cup sugar
Toppings/Fillings:
3-4 Kiwi
1 lb Strawberries
1 to 1 1/2 cup Blueberries
1 cup raspberries

How To Make Kiwi Berry Cake:
If you never made a European Sponge Cake, watch the video before you get started:
1.Preheat Oven to 350˚F. Butter and Line the bottoms of two 9″ cake pans with parchment paper (don’t butter the walls of the cake pans)


2. Combine 6 eggs and 1 cup sugar in the bowl of your electric mixer and beat on high speed for 7 minutes or until tripled in volume and fluffy. In a medium bowl, whisk together 1 cup all-purpose flour and 1/2 tsp baking powder and sift it into the whipped eggs in thirds, folding with a spatula between each addition just until all of the flour is incorporated. DO NOT OVER-MIX or your cake won’t rise well.

3. Transfer your dough to your buttered and lined cake pans. Set aside.
4. Bake at 350˚F for 22-25 minutes or until the top is lightly browned. Let the cakes cool down on wire racks, then remove from the pans.

Frosting for the Kiwi Berry Cake:
1. Beat together 16 oz of cream cheese and 3/4 cup sugar until smooth (1 min). Add 1 cup cold heavy whipping cream and beat on high speed until fluffy (3 minutes).

Assembling your Kiwi Berry Cake Cake:
1. Slice your kiwi and strawberries into thin rings/half circles.

2. Once your cakes are fully cooled, carefully cut each layers in half using a sharp serrated knife. Place the bottom layer on a cake stand. Spread a thin layer of frosting over it. Cover with sliced kiwi and strawberries.

3. Spread a thin layer of frosting on the next cake layer and place the frosted side down over your fruit

4. Repeat with the remaining layers and spread frosting over the top and sides. Decorate the top ands sides of the cake with fruit. I placed my larger fruit down first: First Strawberries, then raspberries, followed by blueberries then kiwi. I just placed berries onto the cake until it looked full and pretty. For the bottom border, I cut raspberries in half and alternated the raspberries with blueberries to make a ring around the base of the cake. You can also put kiwi slices around the bottom if you like.


Here’s a peak inside:


I can’t wait to see what you come up with! You could totally turn it into a patriotic cake for the 4th of July!
Kiwi Berry Cake

Ingredients
Cake Ingredients:
- 6 large eggs, room temp
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
Frosting Ingredients:
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream
- 16 oz cream cheese, softened at room temp
- 3/4 cup sugar
Toppings/Fillings:
- 3-4 Kiwi
- 1 lb Strawberries
- 1 to 1 1/2 cup Blueberries
- 1 cup raspberries
Instructions
- Preheat Oven to 350˚F. Line the bottoms of two 9" cake pans with parchment paper (don't butter the walls of the cake pans).
- Combine 6 eggs and 1 cup sugar in the bowl of your electric mixer and beat on high speed for 7 minutes or until tripled in volume and fluffy. In a medium bowl, whisk together 1 cup all-purpose flour and 1/2 tsp baking powder and sift it into the whipped eggs in thirds, folding with a spatula between each addition just until all of the flour is incorporated. DO NOT OVER-MIX or your cake won't rise well.
- Transfer your dough to your buttered and lined cake pans. Set aside.
- Bake at 350˚F for 22-25 minutes or until the top is lightly browned. Let the cakes cool down on wire racks, then remove from the pans.
Frosting:
- Beat together 2 packages of cream cheese and 3/4 cup sugar until smooth (1 min).
- Add 1 cup cold heavy whipping cream and beat on high speed until fluffy (3 minutes).
Assembling your Biskvit Cake:
- Slice your kiwi and strawberries into thin rings/half circles.
- Once your cakes are fully cooled, carefully cut each layers in half using a sharp serrated knife. Place the bottom layer on a cake stand. Spread a thin layer of frosting over it. Cover with sliced kiwi and strawberries.
- Spread a thin layer of frosting on the next cake layer and place the frosted side down over your fruit.
- Repeat with the remaining layers and spread frosting over the top and sides. Decorate the top ands sides of the cake with fruit. I placed my larger fruit down first: First Strawberries, then raspberries, followed by blueberries then kiwi. I just placed berries onto the cake until it looked full and pretty. For the bottom border, I cut raspberries in half and alternated the raspberries with blueberries to make a ring around the base of the cake. You can also put kiwi slices around the bottom if you like.




Hi Natasha, in this cake you add the eggs and sugar at once, but in the other biskvit you beat the eggs then gradually add the sugar. Is there a difference? Thanks!
Hi Lana, it makes a very small difference but lately I have been adding it gradually and the cake seems to rise just a little bit better that way.
I made this cake twice already from your recipe and I absolutely love it. For the next time, I wanted to soak it in syrup just to see a difference. Do you have any syrups ideas that you can recommend that I can put on top of layers before frosting it? Thank you for your time😊
Natasha, a simple syrup would be very good with this. One cup warm water, 2 Tbsp sugar, 1 to 2 Tbsp fresh lemon juice. Let me know how it works out 😃.
hi natasha, if i was to make a 11 inch rounds, how would i adjust the recipe? double it or do 1+1/2 of the recipe?
I’d probably do 1 1/2 of the recipe for 11-inch rounds.
i made this cake last christmas day.it was very nice.my employer’s family they thought its from a cakeshop 😀 .Thank you very much for sharing your recipe.I hope you can share a red velvet recipe to us 🙂
That’s wonderful! Thank you for such a great review 🙂
Hi Natash,
I baked this cake few times before except this time I added colored frosting on the inside of the cake. We are expecting another baby so we’re gathering with our family tomorrow after church & my hubby will cut the cake, which will reveal our baby’s gender 🙂 This is one of my favorite cakes because I LOVE fruit & sponge cake!!! Thank you so much for sharing all your wonderful recipes!
How exciting Alla! Congratulations and God bless your pregnancy and baby! 🙂
Thank you to Natashas kitchen for teaching me how to do cakes… I was always being scared of making cakes, now it is my another hobby of making cakes. Thank you so much. Your step by step directions are very helpful… and course this cake is always hit in our parties.
That’s so great! Thank you for sharing that with me 🙂
Hey, if I were to bake this sponge cake in a round 6″X3″ pan, how much sugar, flour, eggs would I need? and how much longer would I bake it for ? I’d really appreciate your response. thanks 😀
I think you could do the entire thing in the one pan and then just cut the layers in half. You may need to add 3 to 5 minutes of baking time.
My husband doesnt really like cake so I was looking for a cake with lots of fruit. I found this recepie about a month ago. I just made it and he loved it. My kids also want this cake for their next birthday. The instructions are easy to follow. THANK YOU
Thank you Amanda for a great review and you are welcome :).
I just made this for my sister’s birthday! Looks amazing. The instructions were en pointe. Awesome! Think I just found a new favourite website 😉
I’m so happy to hear that! Happy birthday to your sister and if you posted a picture online somewhere, I’d love to see it! 🙂
Natasha! This cake is delicious! I already lost count of how much times I made it, and no one ever gets tired of it.;) Thank you so much!
Annie, thank you for the great review and you’re very welcome 🙂
HI Natasha, I made this cake and it was delicious.Everyone loved it.I will definitely make it again!Thank you so mush for recipe.
Thank you for the great review Inna and you are welcome :).
Would using gluten free all purpose flour mess up this cake, making it collapse?
Hi Eve, to be honest, I haven’t tried gluten free flour for this sponge cake so I’m not sure. I do think it’s worth a test. Let me know if you try it and what brand of flour you’re using. My sister is gluten free and I’m curious about gluten free options with this cake.
Will this cake travel after being finished for an hr? or am I better off assembling it when I get there?
If it’s traveling in an air conditioned car out of the sun, it should be ok. You could do it either way, make it and travel or assemble when you get there.
I believe this recipe works, but I guess there is a learning curve for me when it comes to Russian baking! I’m usually a 15-ingredient cake person, and I figured after 10+ years in Russia I should finally try a biskvit! The first try failed and the second try is in the oven now. I couldn’t get the flour lumps out and I was afraid to keep mixing. The batter seemed like flour lumps swimming in egg. I usually do okay with folding in flour with things like brownies, but this is a little different. Hopefully with the fruit and cream it won’t be too noticeable! I’m not saying your recipe is bad, just that it’s a whole new technique for me! I need to learn more.
HI Elizabeth, did you sift the flour in? That definitely helps with flour lumps. I hope that helps! 🙂
I’m embarrassed to say this, but I tried it again, being sure to sift the flour, took it out too early, and it was a complete flop (literally). But I was talking to my Russian friends and they all said they use the 3-ingredient recipe. I had just enough ingredients to try a different cake base, and then the filling and frosting worked out great!
I’m glad it worked out! Yes, taking it out too early can cause it to deflate.
I made this cake today for my husband and he loved it!!!! I love your recipes, so simple yet so tasty!! Carry on
Thank you for the great review Anna, I’m glad you loved it :).
Hi Natasha,
Thanks for posting this recipe! I just made the cake this afternoon and, although it definitely tastes good, I found that (even following your wonderful directions to a T) the sponge cake is kind of dense, almost hard-ish, and not quite spongy/moist enough. Also, when I took the two cakes out of their respective 9″ pans, they weren’t thick/high enough to really cut in half. So I just made the cake with one fruit layer in the middle (and the other one on top, of course). Also, would you recommend refrigerating the icing so it goes on thicker? I couldn’t get a nice, thick cover like yours…
Any recommendations? I really appreciate it!
Cecile
Hi Cecile, usually if the cake is dense, it’s either because the eggs could have used a little more beating or it was overmixed when adding the flour. The cake heavilly relies on the volume of the eggs to rise properly. I hope that helps! About the frosting, yes you can refrigerate it to thicken it up slightly, but try beating it a little longer first. Thanks Cecile! 🙂
Perusing your blog for baby shower ideas and this cake is definitely in the running!
I hope you and all your party guests love it! 🙂
My husbands favorite cake! i love it! so easy and delicious. I seriously have no idea what i would have done if i never discovered your website! i got married a year ago and only knew how to make the basics: potatoes and borsh! lol i found your website a month before i got married and it saved me! i feel like a pro chef now lol thank you so much!
Awww that’s such a sweet comment. I’m all smiles. Thank you so much for sharing your story with me 🙂
Delicious and easy to make… Thank you so much for this recipes. Waiting more recipes as easy and as tasty as this one. I made already few times for different parties and everyone liked it. May Lord bless you.
That’s so great! Thank you for the awesome review and God bless you also 🙂
Natasha, I have made this cake thrice now — once used the exact recipe and in the next 2 instances made eggless vanilla cakes with the same frosting and fruits. This has been such a hit with everyone who has tried it. The kids love it when I use berries of their choice.
Thanks for sharing the recipe.
I’m so happy you love the recipe! Thanks so much for sharing that with me 🙂
Natasha! Thanks a lot for the awesome recipe. I didn’t know what kind of cake to make for my bday boy and saw this one:) thanks again:) I made it and we will eat it today with our families:)
Wish I could add the picture of it so u could see it;)
I would love to see it! I wish there was a way to upload here too, but for now there isn’t. If you post it on FB or Instagram, do let me know. Happy Birthday to the Birthday Boy! 🙂
Yea. I don’t have FB or Instagram.
Thank you:)
You could always email it to me if you want. I always get excited to see friends re-creating the recipes. natashaskitchen @yahoo.com (no spaces) 😉