You've probably seen some anime where the character goes to a beautiful pastry shop and chooses a white cake filled with strawberries. This is one of the most appreciated cakes by the Japanese and has an extremely light and refreshing flavor.
This cake should be served chilled and goes with both cold and hot drinks, especially black tea. Although the best seller is strawberry, you can add other fruits, such as apple, melon, manga or even persimmon (many Japanese cookbooks recommend persimmon for the winter).
This cake, as it is a refrigerator cake, is valid for 3 days, as the fruit may start to deteriorate after that time. This cake is made in 3 steps, just wait for the doughs and syrups to cool to assemble the cake, so it doesn't run the risk of spoiling quickly.
The cake can also be made with other ingredients like nest milk. In fact, this cake is so common around the world that there are thousands of versions of this recipe with strawberry cake inside and out.
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Strawberry cake recipe
Yields a 20 cm cake with a height of 10 cm
Sponge cake;
- Preheat the oven to 180°C
- Grease a 20cm pan with butter and place parchment paper on the bottom.
Ingredients
- 120g sifted wheat flour
- 40g melted butter/or margarine
- 4 large eggs or 5 small eggs (yolks and whites separated)
- 120g refined sugar
- 2 tablespoons of milk
Instructions on how to make
In a mixer, place the egg whites and beat them until they start to foam. When that happens, add the sugar gradually. The egg whites will form a meringue.
Then, with the mixer still running, add the egg yolks one by one. Then the butter and the milk. Stop beating in the mixer.
With a spoon, gently add the flour. Place in the mold and bake for about 15 to 20 minutes (check if it is lightly golden and baked in the middle using a fork) Make 2 cake batters and set aside.
For the syrup
- 1 cup of water;
- 1/2 cup of sugar;
- 1 (soup) of vanilla essence/ or liqueur/ or cognac;
Instructions on how to make
In a small saucepan, mix the sugar and water. Bring to a boil for 5 minutes. Turn off the heat. Add the essence or liquor. Expect to cool to use.
For the filling and topping
2 boxes of whipped cream industrialized frozen whipped (whip as per package)
500g of chopped strawberries
Cake assembly
- Cut the cake layers in half.
- Using a spoon, spread the syrup over all cake batters;
- Put whipped cream and chopped strawberries. Make until the layers are over;
- Finally, cover with whipped cream and decorate with strawberries to taste;
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