Mom and a bunch of her coworkers went out to a retirement dinner for one of the teachers at her school. Barbara (yes, she and mom have the same name and both teach music!) had been teaching at the school for years. Since we live so close to the restaurant, my mom invited everybody back for coffee and dessert. She asked if I would mind baking a cake for the occasion. Not at all!
I then realized I had no idea what kind of cake to make. Chocolate? Cannoli?
The weather has been gorgeous lately and I wanted to embrace that summer feeling so I decided on something light and refreshing. I had some extra mascarpone cheese in the fridge I had to use up and knew I had some frozen berries in the freezer–Bingo!
The Lemon Cake with Mascarpone Cream and Berry Compote Filling was born!
