Berry chantilly cake

Chantilly cake is a layer cake filled with berries and chantilly cream (a type of sweetened whipped cream). It is popular in the Southern United States.

One well-known version of berry Chantilly cake was designed by baker Chaya Conrad while working at a Whole Foods in New Orleans in 2005. Over the years, and while working for different bakeries, Conrad has changed the recipe many times. She includes mascarpone cheese in the whipped cream.

A 19th-century variation used a cake made with rice flour, filled it with jam and custard instead of fresh berries, and topped it with chantilly cream. This version was also called trifle cake, after trifle.