Strawberry cake
Recently my son turned eleven years. We celebrated this joyful moment with strawberry cake. The cake was very moist and fluffy too. All the kids thoroughly enjoyed it till the last crumb. I’ve used maida, condensed milk, medium fat cream and strawberries as main ingredients. Baking powder, baking soda, strawberry flavour and a pinch of salt are added. I’ve not used any vegetable oil or butter for a change. Wet ingredients are mixed thoroughly with wired whisk. Sifted dry ingredients are mixed with wet ingredients. The prepared cake batter is poured into a loaf pan which contains greased parchment paper. Bake the cake batter in a preheated oven @ 180 degrees for 30 minutes. Allow the baked cake to completely cool down. Frosting is done with strawberry frosting. Here I present scrumptious strawberry cake to relish during birthday parties. Njoy Cooking, Serving n Savoring!
Author: Akshayakumbham
Course: Cakes/Desserts
Cuisine: World
Servings: 8-10
Ingredients:
Maida/all purpose flour: 1 1/2 cups
Condensed milk: 300 ml
Fresh cream(Medium fat): 100 ml
Strawberries(Frozen): 8 nos.
Baking powder: 1 tsp
Baking soda: 1/4 th tsp
Salt: A pinch
Strawberry essence: Half tsp
Method of preparation:
- Keep all the necessary ingredients ready to prepare the cake.
- I’ve used frozen strawberry berries to prepare the cake. So I’ve kept them for thawing for 30 minutes. Rinse well with water before making them into pulp.
- Transfer the strawberries into a mixer grinder.
- Grind the strawberries into a pulp and keep aside.
- Transfer 300 ml of condensed milk into a mixing bowl. Also add 100 ml of fresh cream.
- Whisk vigorously using a wired whisk. Now add strawberry pulp to the condensed milk mixture. Also add strawberry essence to enhance the flavour.
- Mix again using wired whisk.
- Now we have to add dry ingredients to the wet ingredients.
- Meanwhile preheat oven at 180 degrees for ten minutes.
- Sift maida, baking powder, baking soda and a pinch of salt directly into the wet ingredients.
- Gently mix the ingredients with wired whisk. The batter should have pouring consistency.
- Take a loaf pan or cake mould, place the parchment or butter paper and grease with little oil.
- Transfer the cake batter into the loaf pan and gently tap the mould. Also make impressions with fork to get even surface.
- Now place the loaf pan in a preheated oven and bake the batter @180 degrees for 30-35 minutes. {Heat bottom element on througout baking, after sometime heat the top element for few minutes}.
- Insert a toothpick and check whether it’s done or not. If not bake the cake for few more minutes.
- Take the cake out of the oven and allow it to completely cool down.
- Now the cake is ready to serve without frosting. I’ve prepared strawberry frosting also.
Strawberry frosting
Ingredients:
Strawberries(Fresh/frozen): 6 nos.
Soft butter: 3 tbsp
Sugar: Half cup+ 4 tsp [Half cup for frosting and 4 tsp for sugar solution]
Water: One fourth cup(Approximately)
Dried strawberries and cranberries: 2 tbsp(Optional){For garnishing}
Method of preparation:
- The cake should be completely cool down to normal temperature before making frosting. It will take approximately 2-3 hours.
- Take a vessel put 4 tsp of sugar and add one fourth cup of water. Mix thoroughly and heat the sugar solution for one minute. Allow the sugar solution to cool down. Keep aside.
- Take a mixing bowl, put 3 tbsp of soft butter(If it is refrigerated keep out one hour before making the frosting depending on the local climatic conditions).
- Take required amount of sugar in a mixer grinder.
- Grind the sugar to get powdered sugar or icing sugar.
- Transfer the powdered sugar in two or three batches into the soft butter and mix thoroughly.
- Whisk vigorously using a wired whisk(Approximately for ten minutes) till you get smooth texture.
- Now take strawberries and crush using fork.
- Add this also to the butter cream. Also add few drops of strawberry flavour. Again mix vigorously for two minutes. Now the strawberry frosting is ready to go.
- Now take the strawberry cake, slice it into two rectangular pieces(you can cut into whatever shape you prefer). Trim the edges evenly.
- First pour the sugar solution onto the top of the cake evenly so that it absorbs sugar water and stays moist. Now spread the strawberry frosting onto the cake evenly on all sides(Except bottom side).
- Take dried strawberries, cranberries and garnish with them.
- Now the ravishing strawberry cake is ready to grace the occasion.
Please check my other cake recipes too.
Cashew Cake With Condensed Milk
Banana Honey Jam Cake(Eggless)
Tutti Fruitti Semolina Cake(Eggless)
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