Today's recipe is Strawberry shortcake with whipped cream frosting. This delicious dessert is also called Japanese Strawberry shortcake with whipped cream frosting. There's nothing that can cheer most of us like a great dessert. The best part of this cake is that it is not too overly sweet. So if you are fond of lightly sweet cakes, this is a winner! I was looking for a vanilla cake recipe for my twins' birthday and finally narrowed it down to this. My kids are usually generous with compliments on anything that I bake. This turned out good and I got a lot of love, so all the effort did pay off.
Why you'll love this cake?
- A light and not too overly sweet cake that will appeal to most folks.
- Great celebration cake for any occasion.
- The fresh strawberries in this cake make it taste exceptional.
- It uses a combination of whipping cream and cream cheese that makes it taste unique.
How to make Strawberry shortcake with whipped cream frosting?
Baking the cake
Cake flour is used in this recipe. We start with melting butter in a bowl on a double broiler to which milk is added and kept aside. Next eggs and sugar are placed on the double broiler in another bowl and whisked until it reaches 104 degrees and then whisked in a stand mixer. This will triple in volume and form a ribbon-shaped batter on lifting. Add 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. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes.
Frosting the cake
For frosting, cream cheese at room temperature is first whipped . 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.
Some useful tips
- Keeping the butter, milk, and eggs at room temperature is an important tip .
- Heat up the eggs in a double broiler before using the mixer to whisk.
- Baking the cake a day in advance and refrigerating 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 .
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.
- 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 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 to the butter and milk mixture .
- 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!
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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!