Strawberry shortcake with whipped cream frosting

5 from 2 votes

A delicious vanilla cake layered with strawberries and whipping cream

Prep Time15

Cook Time25

Total Time1 5

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American, Japanese

Servings:

Calories: 249kcal

Author: Nisha

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.

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 .

Add sugar and water to bowl. Heat till it is completely dissolved. Cool it to room temperature.

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!