Senin, 26 April 2010

Entertaining Appetizer - Strawberry Cakes

Snow May Still Be On The Ground, Purpose Spring is Right Around the Corner. What better way to Celebrate the Change of season Than With A home-baked strawberry cake?

While strawberry season runs June Traditionally-through mid-August, thesis days, thanks to Improve in horticultural techniques, you can find ripe strawberries in the Produce section of your favorite supermarket as early as April. And if you're craving spring in February, you can use frozen strawberries. The Cake Will Be just as delicious.

Purpose put that box of Jello Back on the shelf! You will not need it, and you will not artificial food coloring Either Need. This is strawberry cake as It Was Meant to Be - melt-in-your-mouth luscious and 100% natural.

Ingredients:
-3 / 4 cup strawberry puree (recipe below)
-1 / 4 cup milk
Large egg whites -6
-1 Tbsp vanilla extract
-2 1 / 4 cup cake flour, Sifted
-1 3 / 4 cup sugar
-4 Tsp baking powder
-1 Tsp salt
Tbsp Unsalted butter -12 (1 1 / 2 sticks)

Yields: Two 8 inch cake layers

An Hour Before you begin, take the strawberry puree, milk, and eggs out of your refrigerator so They Are at room temperature When you blend em. Half an hour later ", take out the butter - it Should not Be at room temperature, goal It Will Need To Be" Softened. "

Preheat your Oven to 350. Two Line 8 inch circular cake sides with aluminum foil, spray with baking spray (do not overdo!) And Lightly dust with flour.

Separate your egg whites. Then blend the strawberry puree, milk, egg whites and vanilla with a fork in a small bowl.

In the mixing bowl of a stand mixer, sift together the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Attach the bowl to the mixer, begin beating And Then slowly in the butter. The mixture should "look like Resulting crumbs.

Add the strawberry puree blend to the mixing bowl, a little at a time. Beat the mixture at medium speed Resulting for a minute Until Everything is blended. Scrape down the sides of the bowl, Then Another mix for 30 seconds.

To the mixture Into the cake pans, dividing Evenly and smoothing the tops. Approximately Bake for 25 minutes - Time Will vary DEPENDING upon your altitude and how your oven heats Evenly. The best way to tell if your cake baked IS Is Always the old toothpick trick - Stick a toothpick Into the center of the cake and if it Comes out clean, you're good.

The cakes Will Need to cool for ten minutes Before You turn 'em over onto your cake rack. And They Should Be at room temperature (Another Two Hours) Before you frost 'em.

Strawberry Puree:

Three boxes of ripe strawberries or 24 oz of frozen strawberries

Yield: 1 and 1 / 4 cups strawberry puree.

If you're using frozen strawberries, You Will Need to defrost Them Before You use 'em, making sure to remove all the excess liquid That You Can.

Fresh strawberries Will Need To Be washed, hulled, sliced and Sprinkled with Two teaspoons of sugar. Let them sit at room temperature for Two Hour Before you use 'em.

After the strawberries are prepped, just pop 'em Into a food processor or blender and hit "puree."

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