Few things lift the spirit like a delicious dessert, and this Strawberry Shortcake with Whipped Cream Frosting is joy on a plate. Also known as Japanese Strawberry Shortcake, this delightful treat has airy sponge layers, fresh strawberries, and whipped cream. What truly sets it apart is its delicate sweetness, just enough to satisfy. If you prefer your desserts light, refreshing, and not overly sugary, this cake might just become your new favorite.
Why do you love this cake?
- A light and not too overly sweet cake just like the Tiramisu with eggs and chocolate cupcake eggless that will appeal to most folks.
- Great celebration cake, just like the delicious Tres Leches cake for any occasion.
- The fresh strawberries in this cake make it taste exceptional.
- The frosting uses a combination of whipping cream and cream cheese that makes it taste unique. The white layered cake used whipping cream in its frosting alone, adding cream cheese to the frosting adds a subtle twist, adding a hint of tanginess and richness, giving the frosting a unique flavor!
Ingredients needed
- Pantry Essentials - Eggs, Granulated Sugar, Butter, Milk
- Cake flour - Helps make a light and soft cake
- For Frosting - Whipping cream, Cream cheese, Icing sugar, Food coloring, Vanilla essence
- Fresh Strawberries, sugar syrup made with sugar and water
How to make a Strawberry shortcake with whipped cream frosting?
Baking the cake
We start with melting butter in a bowl on a double broiler, add milk to it, mix, and keep aside to be used later.
Next, whisk eggs and sugar on a double broiler in another bowl and whisk until they reach 104 degrees. Beat this in a stand mixer until it triples in volume and forms a ribbon-shaped batter on lifting. Add cake flour in two additions and gently mix until well combined.
Take a spoonful of this batter and add it to the butter and milk mixture, and then finally add it back to the entire batter. This process helps prevent the batter from deflating. Transfer to a cake pan and bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes.
Frosting the cake
To make the frosting, whip the cream cheese that is at room temperature. Next, add whipping cream to it, whip it up along with icing sugar, vanilla essence, and food coloring. Frost the cake and add strawberry slices while layering.
- Step 1: Melt butter and milk on a double boiler and keep aside.
- Step 2: Whisk eggs and sugar on a double boiler first, and then transfer to be beaten in a stand mixer. Finally, add the cake flour in addition to make a smooth batter.
- Step 3: Take some batter and add it to the butter and milk mixture prepared in step 1.
- Step 4: Transfer it back to the batter mixture and mix well, taking care not to deflate.
- Step 5: Bake at 350 deg F for 25 minutes.
- Step 6: Take the cake pan out of the oven when done and cool it.
- Step 5: Make frosting by first beating cream cheese, followed by whipping cream, powdered sugar, vanilla essence, and food coloring
- Step 6: Slice the cake, add sugar syrup, and frosting. Add strawberry slices in between layers and on the top, and decorate.
Some useful tips
- Keeping the butter, milk, and eggs at room temperature is an important tip.
- Whisk the eggs and sugar in a double boiler before using the mixer to beat them.
- Baking the cake a day in advance and refrigerating it is a great idea.
- Layer the cake with thinly sliced strawberries marinated in sugar. This is optional, you can just layer with fresh strawberries as they are.
If you love this cake, you may also love other cakes like White Layered cake, Tres Leches cake, or the moist olive oil cake recipe
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Strawberry shortcake with whipped cream frosting
Ingredients
For the cake batter
- 4 large eggs
- ½ cup granulated sugar plus extra 2 tbsp
- 3 tbsp butter
- 2 tbsp milk whole milk preferred but 2% will work ok as well
- 1 cup cake flour
For sugar syrup
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup water
Whipped cream frosting
- 1 ⅓ cup whipping cream chilled
- ½ cup cream cheese softened to room temperature
- ¾ cup icing sugar
- few drops coloring
- 1 tsp vanilla essence
Strawberry layer
- 5 -6 strawberries thinly sliced
- 2 tsp sugar optional
Instructions
Baking the Cake
- Sift cake flour twice and keep it aside.
- Grease cake pans on bottom and sides and line with parchment paper .
- Pre-heat oven to 350 deg F and make sure it is heated for 15 to 20 mins longer .
- Make a double broiler by heating up water in a small container and melt the butter ( at room temperature) in a bowl on top of it
- Add milk ( at room temperature) to the butter, whisk, and keep it aside to be used later
- In another large bowl ,add 4 eggs at room temperature and sugar .Whisk well .Transfer the bowl onto the double broiler and keep whisking for about 5 minutes or when it reaches 104 deg F
- Using a stand mixer , beat the egg and sugar mixture on high speed for 2 minutes till it is fluffy.It will turn pale and triple in volume , beat on low and on lifting it should form ribbon folds .
- Add half the flour .Fold gently but thoroughly using a whisk. Rotate the bowl and go downward and over .Fold gently and quickly so it does not deflate.
- Repeat the same after adding the other half of the flour.
- Take a spoonful of this mixture and add it to the butter and milk mixture made in step 5.
- Next the butter milk mixture with flour mixture can be added to the batter and combined well. Pour on to the spatula while mixing .
- Pour into the pan and bake at 350 deg F for 25 minutes.
- Place on counter when done and cool it on the cooling rack .
- Wrap with a plastic wrap and refrigerate if not frosting the same day.
Strawberry layer
- In a bowl add the thinly sliced strawberries and sugar .
Whipped cream frosting
- Refrigerate the mixer whisks and 2 bowls for whisking for at least 3 to 4 hours or overnight
- Add cream cheese in a small bowl at room temperature and beat till it is smooth.Scrape the sides of the bowl as needed .
- Put some ice cubes in a big bowl which will be the lower bowl.Add the whipping cream to the small bowl with cream cheese and make sure it can sit in the big bowl of ice cubes so it remains chilled while whipping.
- Keep beating till it becomes thick .
- Add icing sugar , vanilla essence and food coloring .
- Beat till it forms stiff peaks .We can know that it has reached stiff peaks, when once lifted using a spatula you cannot easily pour it down and sticks to it .
Sugar Syrup
- Add sugar and water to bowl. Heat till it is completely dissolved. Cool it to room temperature.
To Assemble Cake
- Slice the cake in the center evenly to form two cake rounds.
- Sprinkle sugar syrup all over the first cake .Add the whipped cream frosting and spread evenly.
- Arrange strawberries with sugar syrup on the entire layer .Add another layer of whipping cream on top of it.
- Now add sugar syrup to the other cake as well and layer on top of the bottom cake .
- Add whipping cream all over and crumb coat .Refrigerate for 3 to 4 hours .
- You can either frost again or decorate with frosting patterns ,strawberries , blueberries and other sweet decorations of your choice .Enjoy!
Looks so delightful and yummy! I love strawberries!
What a delicious looking strawberry cake!! Love it:)
Thank you very much!
Looks absolutely scrumptious!
Thank you so much Sandhya!
Oh wow, YES YES YESSSS please! This looks amazing. You really are very talented. If I attempted this it would look unrecognisable. Such a fresh one for spring, too.
Stay safe & well ♥
Caz xx
Thank you so much dear Caz for such a wonderful comment! Yes it is perfect for spring with all the colors . You too stay safe and take care!
Oh my gosh yummmm
Thank you so much!
My pleasure 😊
Looks extremely pretty and DELICIOUS Nisha😋
Glad to hear that you like it , it indeed tasted great! Thank you so much!
WOW!!! That looks fabulous!
Thank you Diane , it tasted awesome as well!
Looks top-notch, Nisha. Anything to beat anxiety. Take care. x
Thank you Dippy ,can't agree more dessert is the best resort for comfort !
Wow. Too pretty to eat!
Thank you so much for the kind comments!
Such a beautiful and tasty looking cake!
Thank you so much Ronit, it indeed was yum!
Looks so yum! 🙂
Thanks a lot Richa!