Strawberry Cake Recipe - Victoriananursery

Strawberry Cake

A strawberry cake is perfect for any occasion. When fresh strawberries are in season, be sure and make this cake.Since no baking is required for this cake, even the kids can prepare it easily. Wouldn’t this make a great Mother’s Day cake for the kids to make?

Peggy says, "My train of thought is that it is likely a young person will be making a dessert for Mom on Mother’s Day. Time is usually in short supply and young folks are just learning their way around the kitchen. So, this is my very simple to make. If you want to, you can make your own pound cake."

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Strawberry Cake

• 1 (11-ounce size) Sara Lee frozen pound cake
• 16 ounces of fresh Strawberries
• 1 pint container of whipping cream, divided
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 3 ounces white chocolate
• 2 ounces semi-sweet chocolate

Optional:
Mint sprigs
Edible Flowers
Preferred liqueurs for variations

The first thing you need to do is to thoroughly read the recipe and double check the ingredients to make sure that you have all of the items you will need for your dessert.

NOTE: Please keep the whipping cream chilled in the refrigerator until needed.

Notice in the picture that there are a few different types of chocolate. You do not need to use them all, just a white chocolate and a dark chocolate for the best flavor but choose the best brands that you can afford.

For this project, I used the Bakers brand of chocolate because it is a product that most folks can purchase at the local grocery.

If you pick up the larger size of Pound Cake at the market, you might need more whipping cream. I believe that you will have enough berries, and you could make a little more semi-sweet Chocolate Ganache.

Pick out 12 to 15 berries to slice and cut their green tops off. I like to cut a medium size strawberry into 4 slices each. Set aside for a few minutes.

Slice the Pound cake into 3 equal slices, the length of the cake. I like to cut the cake when it is partly frozen. It is easier to cut that way.

Notice the top of the cake in the picture. This often happens so don’t worry. I just gently slice of the high edges of the flaw. The chocolate that we pour over the cake later will cover up any problems.

Set your items aside.

To whip the whipping cream, you will need a large metal or glass bowl. I have found that sometimes the cream will not whip in plastic bowls, it goes straight to butter. That’s nice too, but we don’t want that today.

You also need a hand mixer.

Pour 1 1/4 cups of the chilled cream into the bowl and start whipping. When it starts to thicken, stop the mixer, add the sugar and continue whipping to soft peaks.

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Strawberry Cake Recipe