How to make a delicious strawberry cake?
In those days that we are at home sharing with the family, it is always necessary to prepare a delicious dessert to surprise our loved ones, and what better way than to make a strawberry cake.
With this recipe you can easily prepare, accompanied by your little ones, a delicious cake, to sweeten the afternoons and accompany with a cup of coffee, or milk. Take notes of the ingredients and get to work.
Strawberry Shortcake: Quick and easy to make
The preparation of this cake is simple, you just have to have the following ingredients on hand:
½ cup of pastry cream.
3 cups of flour.
½ teaspoon of baking powder.
½ cup of sugar.
2 sticks of unsalted butter, previously cut.
Two beaten eggs.
1 pinch of salt.
½ tablespoon of vanilla.
5 cups of strawberries previously sliced, and cleaned.
Vanilla icing.
3 tablespoons of icing sugar.
Preparation mode:
You must start by pre-heating the oven to 180 degrees.
Now, the next step is to take a bowl from the pan, or a deep container, there you must add the flour mixture, with three tablespoons of sugar and the baking powder. In addition to the pinch of salt, the pieces of unsalted butter are added, small pieces to avoid lumps.
Then, with a fork you must mix and add the ¾ cream, the eggs and the vanilla. All this must be mixed over the flour. When the ingredients are already wet, you can start beating.
Add the dough and form a circle, then in a baking tray you must add two tablespoons of cream, and one tablespoon of sugar. You should bake until it looks completely golden.
Let it cool, and with an electric mixer beat the cream with the sugar, to the point of nougat, until peaks form.
After this step, macerate the strawberries with the quarter cup of sugar, for one hour.
Once the cake is cold, you must cut it in half and add the cream with the sliced strawberries. You cover it with the other side of the cake, and on top you must add the vanilla bitumen, with the macerated strawberries.
With these steps, you will already have a delicious strawberry cake to share with the family.