Strawberry Shortcake with Star Anise Sauce

Name: Strawberry Shortcake with Star Anise Sauce
Prep time: 2 h 20 min
Cook time: 2 h 20 min
Total time: 2 h 20 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon baking powder; 1 teaspoons baking soda; 237 milliliters buttermilk, at room temperature; 473 milliliters cake flour; 118 milliliters crème fraîche, chilled; 4 larges eggs, at room temperature, separated; 355 milliliters heavy cream, chilled; 0 teaspoons salt; 8 servings Strawberry Star-Anise Sauce; 3 pints strawberries, hulled and quartered; 355 milliliters sugar; 170 grams 1/2 sticks unsalted butter, softened; 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract; 85 grams white chocolate (preferably Valrhona), chopped

Strawberry Shortcake with Star Anise Sauce might be just the dessert you are searching for. This recipe serves 8. One serving contains 762 calories, 11g of protein, and 44g of fat. It will be a hit at your Mother's Day event. If you have baking powder, butter, cake flour, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 2 hours and 20 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 35

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Oven

Butter two 9-inch round cake pans and line the bottoms with parchment paper; butter the parchment paper. Coat the pans with flour, tapping out any excess.

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Butter

All Purpose Flour

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Baking Paper

Melt the white chocolate in a small saucepan set over a pot of barely simmering water, stirring occasionally. In a medium bowl, whisk the flour with the baking powder, baking soda and salt. In a large bowl, using an electric mixer, beat the butter with 1 1/4 cups of the sugar until fluffy, about 2 minutes.

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White Chocolate

Baking Soda

Butter

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Water

Salt

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Hand Mixer

Sauce Pan

Whisk

Bowl

Pot

Add the vanilla, then beat in the egg yolks, 1 at a time. Beat in the melted white chocolate.

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White Chocolate

Egg Yolk

Vanilla

Add the dry ingredients in 2 batches, alternating with the buttermilk.

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Buttermilk

In a medium bowl, beat the egg whites until soft peaks form. Gradually beat in 1/4 cup of the sugar until the whites are glossy and firm. Stir one-third of the beaten egg whites into the batter, then fold in the rest until no white streaks remain. Scrape the batter into the prepared pans and smooth the tops.

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Egg Whites

Sugar

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Bowl

Bake for about 35 minutes, or until springy and golden and a toothpick inserted in the centers comes out clean.

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Toothpicks

Oven

Let the cakes cool in the pans for 10 minutes, then run a knife around the edges and invert them onto a wire rack to cool. Peel off the parchment paper.

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Baking Paper

Wire Rack

Knife

In another bowl, beat the cream and crme frache with the remaining 1 tablespoon of sugar until firm peaks form.

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Cream

Sugar

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Bowl

Place 1 cake layer on a serving plate and spread with half of the whipped cream. Top with half of the strawberries and the second cake layer. Spoon the remaining whipped cream over the cake, swirling it decoratively. Top with the remaining strawberries.

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Whipped Cream