Strawberry Cream Cake

Name: Strawberry Cream Cake
Total time: 7200 s
Yield: 4-6 servings
Cuisine: Pakistani
Ingredients: 1 1/4 cup All-purpose flour/maida; 3/4 cup oil; 1 cup sugar(to taste); 2 eggs; 8-10 strawberries; 2 tsp baking powder; 1/4 tsp salt; 1 tsp vanilla essence; 1 cup fresh cream; 2 tbsp powdered sugar; 1/4 cup sugar; 1/4 cup water; Few drops lemon juice

Nazia Qureshi @nazia_qureshi

Karachi, Pakistan

#salgirahmubarak
March marks arrival of spring,March dedicates to women of world,March celebrates Cookpad birthday and March is my birth month along with two most important men of my life!!! My father & my husband.fresh cream cakes are not much liked in our house so I have never put my hands on fresh cream yet this time I overcome my dilemma of cream cakes & made first ever fresh cream strawberry cake for cookpad salgirah celebration together with all of us.as my first attemt frosting is shaky but Iam pleased with my efforts & did a little nozzle work too.hopefully I will improve my skills till then my husband got this virtually though😊

Nazia Qureshi @nazia_qureshi

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Ingredients

2 hr

4-6 servings

Sponge cake
1 1/4 cupAll-purpose flour/maida
3/4 cupoil
1 cupsugar(to taste)
2eggs
8-10strawberries
2 tspbaking powder
1/4 tspsalt
1 tspvanilla essence
For cream
1 cupfresh cream
2 tbsppowdered sugar
Sugar syrup
1/4 cupsugar
1/4 cupwater
Few drops lemon juice

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Steps

2 hr

1

Wash strawberries,chop off top. Add sugar,eggs,oil in blender & blend well.add chop strawberries & blend to smooth paste.
2

Sift flour & salt together.add baking powder mix well.divide theflour in half.add half blended mixture in flour & fold properly.then add rest of the flour + rest of the mixture & blend to smooth consistency.add essence.you can add red colour if you like.I have not added,strawberry itself gives out colour.
3

Preheat oven at 180°c for 10 min.Grease a round tin.place butter paper at bottom.pour the batter in tin.keep it smooth.bump the tin at surface 1-2 times to remove airbubbles.bake at 200°c for 25 min.check it by inserting toothpick. If it comes clean the cake is ready.if not then give 5-10 min more.when done take out from oven & let it cool completely.
4

For frosting.keep the bowl,whips and cream chilled in fridge.I use whipy whip cream.pour cream in chilled bowl.whip it at medium speed.add powdered sugar & essence if you like.whip till soft peaks of cream formed without dripping.
5

When cake is cooled,slice it in half. Apply few spoons sugar syrup at one half to keep it moist.place a spoon ful of cream at cake & spread it evenly.place few strawberry slices as well.place the other half of cake over.pour sugar syrup & apply cream.smoothen the cream with knife or spatula to the best
6

Place over strawberry slices.pour left over cream in piping bag & do nozzle pattern at cake.sprinkle chocolate shavings at top of cake
7

Fresh cream strawberry cake is ready to serve.enjoy with your loved ones
8

Sugar syrup for cake is a water & sugar combination cooked together with a ratio of 1:1.any flavour or essence can be added in syrup as well.it can be made & store in fridge.

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Nazia Qureshi @nazia_qureshi

on March 15, 2021 07:39

Karachi, Pakistan

A "Superb Ambassador" at Cookpad, Alhumdulillah! Crafting food, and presenting it beautifully, is my passion. I've worked with magazines and channels for publishing wonderful recipes, and I'm a part of a successful youtube channel. Happy Cooking, Happy Sharing! https://youtu.be/d9ub-HiYu1k