Mini Strawberry Buckle Cake Food

STRAWBERRY BUCKLE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream sugar and butter until light and fluffy.
• Blend in eggs and vanilla, then milk.
• In separate bowl sift together dry ingredients.
• Stir into wet mixture.
• Fold in strawberries.
• Spread in greased, floured, 9x9 inch baking pan.
• Topping:.
• Cream butter and sugar.
• Blend in flour and cinnamon.
• Sprinkle over batter.
• Dash with nutmeg.
• Bake in 375°F oven for 30-35 minutes.
• Serve warm with cream.

SUMMER STRAWBERRY BUCKLE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease and lightly flour a 9-inch baking pan.
• Beat 3/4 cup sugar and 1/4 cup butter in a large bowl using an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Blend in egg and vanilla extract until combined. Add milk and beat well.
• Sift cake flour, baking powder, and salt together in a separate bowl. Stir into the sugar-butter mixture. Fold in strawberries. Spread batter into the prepared pan.
• Beat brown sugar and butter together in another bowl until creamy. Blend in flour, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Sprinkle topping over the batter.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, 30 to 35 minutes.

MINI STRAWBERRY PRINCESS CAKES

Steps:

• For the princess cakes: Place an oven rack in the middle position. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a quarter-sheet pan and line with parchment paper. Set aside.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together the flours, salt, baking powder and baking soda.
• In a separate large bowl, use an electric or stand mixer to beat the butter with the granulated sugar until light and fluffy, 3 to 5 minutes. Add the egg, vanilla and almond extract and beat well. Add a third of the dry ingredients to the butter mixture and mix until just combined. Add a third of the buttermilk. Repeat with another third of each, and then the final third, mixing until just combined.
• Spread the batter out evenly in the quarter-sheet pan and bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Begin checking for doneness at 18 minutes.
• Let the cake cool fully in the pan (the cake can be made in advance and frozen).
• For the whipped cream: In a large bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer, combine the heavy cream, powdered sugar and salt. Beat to stiff peaks. Spoon the whipped cream into a large pastry bag fitted with a large round tip. Refrigerate until ready to use.
• Use a 2-inch biscuit cutter to cut the cake into 15 circles. Spread the top of each cake circle with a thin layer of jam. Top each with a small mound of whipped cream.
• Freeze the cakes for 1 hour while you prepare the marzipan.
• For the marzipan: Separate the marzipan into a 12-ounce ball and two 3-ounce balls.
• Knead purple food coloring into the 12-ounce ball until the desired color is reached. Wrap in plastic to keep from drying out.
• Knead dusty rose food coloring into a 3-ounce ball until the desired color is reached. Wrap in plastic. Knead the cypress or moss food coloring into the final 3-ounce ball until the desired color is reached. Again, wrap in plastic until ready to use.
• In a small mixing bowl, mix together the strawberry jam and 1 tablespoon
• water until thoroughly combined. Set aside.
• Roll the purple marzipan out to 1/8-inch thick, dusting with powdered sugar as necessary to prevent sticking. Cut out fifteen 4-inch circles, stacking them with a piece of parchment paper between each one to keep from sticking. Wrap in plastic while you make the roses and leaves.
• To make the pink roses: Pinch off a small piece of dusty rose marzipan and make little flat snakes. Then coil them to form a rose. Repeat to make 15 roses.
• To make the leaves: Pinch off a small piece of green marzipan and form into an oval leaf. Repeat to make 30 leaves. Adhere two leaves to each rose using the thinned jam as glue.
• To assemble the cakes: Remove the cakes from the freezer. Using a pastry brush, lightly brush each purple circle with the thinned jam. Place the circle, jam-side-down, over a cake to cover and gently press all around until the cake is completely covered. Set aside and repeat with the remaining circles until all the cakes are covered. Top each cake with a rose.
• Serve immediately or refrigerate for up to a day or two until serving. Enjoy!

MINI STRAWBERRY BUCKLE CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350ºF.
• Mix 1 cup flour, baking powder and soda. Beat granulated sugar and 1/2 cup softened butter in large bowl with mixer until light and fluffy. Blend in egg and almond extract. Add flour mixture alternately with sour cream, mixing well after each addition. Stir in berries. (Batter will be thick.) Spread onto bottoms of 8 (5-oz.) ramekins.
• Combine remaining flour with brown sugar and rosemary in medium bowl. Cut in 1/4 cup cold butter with pastry blender or 2 knives until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in nuts; sprinkle over batter. Place ramekins on rimmed baking sheet.
• Bake 30 min. or until toothpick inserted in centers comes out clean.
• Serve warm or at room temperature topped with COOL WHIP.