Strawberries & Cream Torte
This festive strawberry summer treat is one of my mom's favorites. It wows guests every time yet is simple to make. —Cathy Branciaroli, Wilmington, Delaware
Ingredients
- 2 large eggs, separated
- 1/4 cup butter, softened
- 1/2 cup plus 1/2 teaspoon sugar, divided
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup 2% milk
- ASSEMBLY:
- 2 cups heavy whipping cream
- 1 pint fresh strawberries, hulled and sliced
- 1/2 teaspoon sugar
- Additional fresh strawberries
Reviews
Very light and refreshing dessert. I did use whipping cream and added sugar to it, as well as unflavored gelatin so the whipped cream wouldn't get watery.
Love strawberries-will try to get it from a good cake shop-looks yummy and tasty-rich though anyway.thanks
look good
I thought this great, a really light dessert. I substituted whipping cream with Cool Whip cutting out the extra dirty dishes and the complaints that the whipped cream wasn't sweet enough. I'll definitely make again.
Agree with comment that cream topping needs sugar. All that work and no flavor to it. We adjusted by sprinkling a lot more sugar on the strawberries and still enjoyed it. Also this does not feed 12; hard pressed to get 10 small slices.
So disappointed in this recipe. Cake with meringue top was good but the cream was so bland that it overpowered the flavor of the cake. I triple checked the recipe and thought there must be a mistake not adding sugar to whipping cream to sweeten. Without sugar in cream the cake just lacked flavor.
Made for a family picnic. Reminded me of my late Grandma's strawberry shortcake. Delicious!
Made for Easter dinner. Lovely and tasty! A winner all around. Layered both cake layers with sliced slightly sweetened strawberries.
I made this for Easter dessert yesterday and it was delicious! Everyone loved it. I used a few more strawberries and made 2 layers of strawberries on the cakes instead of putting strawberries on the top of the cake. It made a beautiful dessert.
Made this for my husband's birthday. I cut it in half for just the 2 of us. It was really good.