Strawberry Chiffon Cake Food

CHIFFON CAKE WITH STRAWBERRIES AND CREAM

Steps:

• Make the cake: Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Whisk together flour, 3/4 cup granulated sugar, the baking powder, and salt. Whisk together oil, egg yolks, and milk in a large bowl. Whisk flour mixture into egg-yolk mixture.
• Beat egg whites with a mixer on high speed until frothy. Add cream of tartar and vanilla seeds or extract, and beat until soft peaks form. Gradually add remaining 3/4 cup granulated sugar, beating until stiff, glossy peaks form, about 5 minutes. Whisk one-third of the egg-white mixture into batter. Gently but thoroughly fold in remaining egg-white mixture with a rubber spatula.
• Transfer batter to tube pan. Bake until top of cake springs back when touched, 52 to 55 minutes. Let cool upside down (over a bottle or on tube-pan feet) 1 hour.
• Make the berries and cream: While cake is baking and cooling, combine strawberries, granulated sugar, lemon juice, and salt, and let sit, stirring occasionally, 1 hour. Just before assembling, beat cream and confectioners' sugar until medium peaks form.
• Slide a paring knife around edges of tube and side of pan; release cake. Cut cake horizontally into 3 layers with a serrated knife. Transfer bottom layer to a cake plate or platter. Spread with half the berries, and drizzle with juices. Spread half the whipped cream over berries, then top with middle cake layer. Spread with remaining berries and whipped cream. Top with remaining cake layer. Refrigerate cake 1 hour. Sprinkle with confectioners' sugar, and serve with berries.

LEMON CHIFFON CAKE WITH STRAWBERRY FROSTING

Steps:

• Make the cake: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line the bottoms of three 8-inch round ungreased cake pans with parchment paper. Sift the flour, 1 cup superfine sugar, the baking powder and salt into a large bowl. Whisk the oil, 1/2 cup cold water, the egg yolks, lemon zest and 2 teaspoons lemon juice in a medium bowl until well combined. Make a well in the center of the flour mixture and pour in the oil mixture; stir with a rubber spatula until smooth. Set aside.
• Beat the egg whites and the remaining 1 teaspoon lemon juice in a large bowl with a mixer on medium speed until foamy, about 1 minute. Gradually beat in the remaining 1/3 cup superfine sugar; continue beating until stiff peaks form, 3 to 4 minutes. Fold about one-third of the beaten egg whites into the batter with a rubber spatula, then fold in the rest until just combined.
• Divide the batter among the prepared pans and smooth evenly. Bake until the centers spring back when gently pressed, 30 to 35 minutes. Transfer the cakes to a rack and let cool completely in the pans.
• Meanwhile, make the frosting: Puree the strawberries in a food processor until smooth; strain through a fine-mesh sieve, pressing on the solids with a rubber spatula. Beat the marshmallow cream in a large bowl with a mixer on medium speed until smooth. Beat in the butter, 1 tablespoon at a time, until incorporated, then beat in the strawberry puree. Reduce the mixer speed to low; gradually beat in the confectioners' sugar until combined.
• Assemble the cake: Run a knife around the edges of the cakes and invert onto the rack; remove the parchment. Put 1 cake layer on a cake stand or serving plate. Spread with about 1/3 cup frosting. Top with another cake layer; spread with another 1/3 cup frosting. Top with the remaining cake layer, then cover the top and sides of the cake with the remaining frosting. Refrigerate until ready to serve.

FRESH STRAWBERRY CAKE WITH STRAWBERRY BUTTERCREAM RECIPE

Steps:

• I recommend making this reduction the day before you're ready to make your cake.
• Place fresh or thawed, frozen strawberries into a medium saucepan. Optional: blend strawberries with an emersion blender if you prefer a smoother texture of strawberry reduction.
• Heat on medium-high and add in sugar (if desired), lemon zest, lemon juice and salt. Stir occasionally to prevent burning.
• Once bubbling, reduce heat to medium-low and slowly reduce until berries begin to break up and the mixture has reduced by about half. This will take about 20 minutes. If your mixture has reduced by half and is still watery, continue to cook until all of the liquid is out.
• Occasionally stir the mixture to prevent burning. You should end up with about 2 cups of thick strawberry reduction that looks like tomato sauce. Transfer to another container and let cool before use.
• You will use some of the reduction for the cake batter, some for the frosting and the rest for filling between the cake layers for extra moisture. Leftover reduction can be stored in the fridge for up to one week or frozen for 6 months.
• NOTE: It is SUPER IMPORTANT that all the room temperature ingredients listed above are room temperature and not cold or hot.
• Make sure to take your strawberry reduction out of the refrigerator 1 hour before making your cake so that it comes to room temperature.
• Adjust an oven rack to the middle position and preheat to 350ºF/176ºC.
• Grease three 8" cake pans with cake goop or preferred pan release
• In a separate medium bowl, whisk together the milk, strawberry reduction, strawberry emulsion, vanilla extract, lemon extract, lemon zest, lemon juice, and pink food coloring.
• In a separate medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
• Add room temperature butter to your stand mixer with the paddle attachment and beat at medium speed until smooth and shiny, about 30 seconds.
• Gradually sprinkle in the sugar, beat until mixture is fluffy and almost white, about 3-5 minutes.
• Add the egg whites one at a time, beating 15 seconds in between. Your mixture should look cohesive at this point. If it looks curdled and broken, your butter or egg whites were too cold.
• Mix on low speed and add about a third of the dry ingredients to the batter, followed immediately by about a third of the milk mixture, mix until ingredients are almost incorporated into the batter. Repeat the process 2 more times. When the batter appears blended, stop the mixer and scrape the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula. If it looks like ice cream, you did it right!
• Divide the batter evenly between the prepared pans. Smooth the tops with a rubber spatula.
• Bake cakes at 350ºF/176ºC until they feel firm in the center and a toothpick comes out clean or with just a few crumbs on it, about 30-35 minutes.
• Place pans on top of a wire rack and let cool for 10 minutes. Then flip your cakes onto the racks and cool completely.
• Once cooled, wrap each layer in plastic wrap and refrigerate or freeze before assembling your cake.
• Place egg whites and powdered sugar in a stand mixer bowl. Attach the whisk and combine ingredients on low and then whip on high for 5 minutes
• Place pasteurized egg whites and powdered sugar in the bowl of your stand mixer. Add the whisk attachment and combine ingredients on low, then whip on high for 5 minutes.
• Add in your softened butter in chunks and whip on high for 8-10 minutes until it's very white, light and shiny. It may look curdled and yellow at first, this is normal. Keep whipping.
• Add in strawberry reduction, vanilla extract and salt and continue whipping until incorporated.
• Optional: Switch to a paddle attachment and mix on low for 15-20 minutes to make the buttercream very smooth and remove air bubbles.
• Place your first layer of strawberry cake onto a cake plate or cake board. Trim off the dome if needed with a sharp knife so the top of the cake is flat.
• Add a very thin layer or your cooled reduction over the cut surface. This helps soak into the cake and adds moisture and strawberry flavor.
• Add a layer of strawberry buttercream, I shoot for about 1/4". Smooth it with your offset spatula until it's flat.
• Frost the outside of your cake with the leftover buttercream and decorate with some fresh. strawberries if desired.

STRAWBERRY CINNAMON CHIFFON CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325 degrees. - you will need an angel food cake pan.
• Combine flour, 1 cup of sugar, baking powder, cinnamon and salt in large bowl.
• Separate eggs. Combine the yolks, oil, water and 1 tsp vanilla. With an electric mixer set on low, gradually beat egg yolk mixture into flour mixture until just smooth.
• Clean beaters and beat egg whites with cream of tartar at medium speed with they hold soft peaks. Beat in 1/2 cup of remaining sugar, adding it gradually. Continue until whites hold stiff peaks.
• With a rubber spatula, gently fold the egg whites into the cake batter.
• Pour into UNGREASED 10" angel food cake pan. Bake until toothpick comes out clean - 1 hour to 1 hour 10 minutes - Cool.
• Slice off top of cake 1/2" and set aside. Cut a tunnel about 1 1/2" deep in the cake. The cut should be about 3/4" from the center and the outside of the cake. Remove cake with a fork to form the tunnel.
• Hull and chop half the strawberries. Beat heavy cream with remaining 1/2 cup of sugar (add more or less depending on sweetness) and 1/2 tsp vanilla until the cream has stiff peaks. Combine 1 1/2 cups of whipped cream with the chopped strawberries.
• Fill the tunnel with the strawberry and whipped cream mixture. Replace the top of the cake.
• Frost cake with remaining whipped cream. Before serving, hull and halve the remaining strawberries and decorate the cake with the berries.
• Enjoy!

STRAWBERRY CHIFFON CAKE

Steps:

• Sift together flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Place in a large bowl and make a well in the center. Add oil, egg yolks and orange juice; beat with a spoon until smooth. , In a bowl, beat egg whites and cream of tartar until stiff. Gradually add batter, folding gently until blended. Pour into an ungreased 9x5-in. loaf pan. Bake at 325° for 50-55 minutes. Invert immediately on wire rack, but keep in pan. When cool, remove cake from pan and slice into 12 pieces. Top each slice with berries, ice cream and whipped cream.

LEMON CHIFFON CAKE WITH STRAWBERRY SAUCE

Steps:

• Cake: Preheat oven to 350°F.
• From cake mix, empty bag containing the powdered egg whites into a large mixing bowl.
• Add water and mix on low until egg whites are dissolved, then slowly increase the speed.
• When soft peaks begin to form, slowly add the sugar, a little at a time.
• Beat on high 1-2 minutes or until soft peaks form and then set aside.
• In another large bowl, beat oil and eggs 1-2 minutes until mixed and light in color.
• Add vanilla, lemon juice and zest and mix well.
• To the oil and egg mixture, add second bag from cake mix along with matzo cake meal.
• Mix on low until blended.
• Fold into beaten egg whites.
• Pour into ungreased angel food cake pan or 9-inch tube pan.
• Bake 35 minutes.
• Remove from oven and allow to cool completely before removing the cake.
• Serve with the sauce of your choice.
• SAUCE: Place strawberry preserves in a small saucepan.
• In small bowl, mix together the potato starch and wine, then add to the preserves.
• Heat on medium-high until it begins to boil.
• Reduce to low and stir until thickened.
• Remove from heat.
• Fold in the pineapple preserves and strawberries.
• Pour some over the cake or cake slices, sprinkling with almonds.

EASY STRAWBERRY VANILLA CHIFFON CAKE RECIPE (EGGLESS)

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325F. Grease and line three 6″ cake pans with oil and parchment paper, including the walls of the pans. Set aside.
• In a stand mixer with whisk attachment or in a large bowl and hand mixer, beat the aquafaba and cream of tartar on medium speed until it starts to foam, about 3 minutes. Add in 1/3 cup of the granulated sugar, and continue beating on medium-high speed to high speed until you achieve nearly stiff peaks. This process takes me about 10-12 minutes with a stand mixer. You don't want the peaks to droop at all. Usually when I've beaten the mixture enough, I actually still need 2-3 more minutes, bringing me to 10-12 minutes. Once you've achieved nearly stiff peaks, set the bowl aside.
• In a small bowl, whisk together the flour, remaining sugar, baking powder, and sea salt. Set aside. In a medium bowl, use a whisk to combine the dairy free milk, unsweetened applesauce, olive oil, and vanilla extract. Add in the flour mixture, and continue to whisk just until the dry has incorporated into the wet ingredients. Pour the cake batter into the large bowl containing the aquafaba mixture. Use a rubber spatula to gently fold the batter into the aquafaba, mixing until there are just no more white steaks of aquafaba. Be careful not to deflate the stiff peaks too much by over mixing.
• divide the batter evenly into the prepared cake pans, Place the cake pans into the oven and bake the cakes for 30-32 minutes, or until the toothpick comes out clean. The cakes will look lightly golden on top. When you remove them from the oven, allow the cakes to cool in the pans for 10 minutes. The cakes will slightly sink, but that's okay. As long as they're not caving into the middle, you're fine! Once the cakes have cooled in the pans for a few minutes, you can carefully transfer them to a cooling rack to cool completely before making the vegan Swiss meringue frosting. Please keep in mind that the cakes will be delicate- more so than a vegan vanilla cake. Please handle with care!
• once your cakes have fully cooled, you can begin to make your frosting. If you'd prefer to make a vegan vanilla buttercream in lieu of a Swiss meringue buttercream, you may do so! To start: in a stand mixer or large bowl and hand mixer, cream the vegan butter for 2-3 minutes until fluffy. Add in aquafaba, and continue creaming until the mixture begins to whiten and turn even fluffier. Then add in the powdered sugar, and continue creaming the mixture until smooth and slightly glossy.
• use the frosting immediately for the cake. Use about 2/3 of the frosting to layer the cake, and crumb coat the edges. Then use the remaining frosting to create the final coating. It's easiest to chill the cake for 20-30 minutes in between the crumb coat and the final frosting layer. You can also place the frosting into the fridge to keep cold while the cake is chilling. Top with sliced strawberries and serve!
• Storage: store any leftovers sliced and in an airtight container for up to 3-4 days in the fridge or up to 2 months in the freezer.