Easy strawberry and whipped cream cake
Quick and easy cake recipe with whipped cream and strawberries. Perfect for different occasions.
Ingredients
Simple whipped cream and strawberry cake
- 220 ml milk
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 2 eggs at room temperature
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 lemon (only the zest)
- 110 g melted butter
- 280 g all-purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon of salt
- 2,5 teaspoons of baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda
- 160 g of sugar
The cream
- 200 ml of cold whipping cream
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 30 g powdered sugar
- fresh strawberries
- flowers for decoration optional
Instructions
Simple cream and strawberry cake preparation
- For this recipe, all the ingredients except the whipping cream must be at room temperature.
- Whisk milk with lemon juice and set aside for 10 minutes to curdle.
- In a bowl, mix warm melted butter with eggs. Add vanilla extract and lemon zest. Now add curdled milk and mix.
- In a bowl, sift the flour with salt, baking powder and baking soda. Add sugar and mix it in.
- Add the flour mixture into the eggs and incorporate with a whisk. The dough will be quite thick. Put the dough aside to let it rest in the while preparing the pan. Cut out a circle of parchment paper and cover the bottom of the 18 cm wide round pan. Grease and lightly dust with flour the sides. Pour the mixture into the pan and start preheating the oven.
- Bake your cake in the preheated oven at 170 ° C for 50 – 55 minutes. Check the cooking with the toothpick inserted in the center of the cake after 30 minutes of baking. Once ready, take the pan from the oven and let it cool for 5 minutes. Turn the pan over and free the cake from the mould and baking paper. Let it cool completely.
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Whipped cream preparation
- In a tall jug whip your cold whipping cream. When the cream begins to thicken, gradually add the powdered sugar and vanilla extract. Fully incorporate into the whipped cream. Refrigerate until needed.
The filling and decoration
- Divide the cake in half. Level the top if necessary. If you like, wet two layers of cake with simple sugar syrup or use a lemon juice mixed with water and sugar.
- Over the first disc of cake with a spatula add a dose of whipped cream. Now add the fresh sliced or whole strawberries.
- Cover with more cream and finish with the second cake part. Add the rest of the Chantilly cream and decorate as desired with chopped strawberries, other types of fruit or seasonal flowers such as daisies and violets.
Notes
The nutritional values are generated automatically for indicative purposes only and are therefore not completely accurate.
Nutrition
Serving: 1panCalories: 111kcal
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