Strawberry Shortcut Cake

Name: Strawberry Shortcut Cake
Prep time: 55 min
Cook time: 55 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon baking powder; 1 Tbsp confectioners sugar; 1 large egg, beaten; 237 milliliters all-purpose flour; 177 milliliters granulated sugar; 1 Tbsp granulated sugar; 237 milliliters heavy cream; 1 teaspoons fine salt; 2 pints strawberries; 4 Tbsps unsalted butter, melted; 1 teaspoons pure vanilla extract; 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract; 118 milliliters whole milk

You can never have too many dessert recipes, so give Strawberry Shortcut Cake a try. Watching your figure? This vegetarian recipe has 350 calories, 4g of protein, and 18g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 8. It will be a hit at your Mother's Day event. A mixture of flour, heavy cream, egg, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 55 minutes.

Instructions

For the cake: Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Butter an 8-inch round cake pan, line it with parchment paper, butter the paper, and dust the pan lightly with flour.

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Butter

All Purpose Flour

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Baking Paper

Cake Form

Oven

Whisk the flour with the granulated sugar, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl. Lightly whisk in the butter, egg, milk, and vanilla, just until smooth.

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Granulated Sugar

Baking Powder

Vanilla

Butter

All Purpose Flour

Milk

Salt

Egg

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Whisk

Bowl

Pour the batter into the prepared cake pan and bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 25 minutes. Cool on a rack for 10 minutes, then turn it out of the pan, flip upright, and cool completely on the rack.

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Toothpicks

Oven

Cake Form

For the strawberries and cream: Set aside 1 pint of the best-looking whole berries for topping the cake. Hull and thinly slice the rest of the berries and toss with the granulated sugar. Set aside. Whip the cream with the confectioners' sugar and vanilla to soft peaks. Refrigerate until ready to use.

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Powdered Sugar

Granulated Sugar

Strawberries

Berries

Vanilla

Cream

Cut the cake in half horizontally with a serrated knife.

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Serrated Knife

Place the bottom layer cut side up on a cake stand or serving plate.

Drizzle the juices from the sliced berries over the cut sides of both halves. Fold a couple tablespoons of the whipped cream into the sliced berries and spread over the bottom layer. Top with the other piece of cake, cut side down.

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Whipped Cream

Berries

Spread

Spread the remaining whipped cream on the top of the cake and top the cake with the whole berries.

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Whipped Cream

Berries

Spread

Cutting a cake into layers is easy as saw-spin-separate: Begin to saw the cake in half horizontally. Just before you reach the middle of the cake, give it a quarter turn. Continue to saw almost to the center, then give it another quarter turn and saw again until you reach your original point of entry. Saw completely through the cake's center and separate the layers.