Christmas Strawberry Shortcake


Recipe summary
A traditional Christmas recipe for strawberry shortcake.
Ingredients
- 2 eggs
- 70g cane sugar
- 60g cake flour
- 30g heavy cream
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 20g cane sugar
- 40ml water
- 370ml heavy cream
- 20g sweet condensed milk
- 16 strawberries
Method
- 1
Beat 2 whole eggs and add 70g of cane sugar, then mix.
- 2
Place the bottom of a bowl over hot water and whip the egg mixture while warming it to about 30°C.
- 3
Add vanilla extract to 30g of heavy cream and warm it over hot water.
- 4
Whisk the egg mixture until it becomes pale and fluffy.
- 5
Sift in half of the cake flour and fold in gently.
- 6
Sift in the remaining cake flour and mix until no dry flour remains.
- 7
Add a portion of the warmed cream to the prepared batter, mix well, then return it to the egg mixture.
- 8
Pour the batter into a lined cake pan and bake in a preheated oven at 170°C for 25〜30 minutes.
- 9
Allow the baked sponge cake to cool.
- 10
Combine ingredients for the sugar syrup in a pot, heat until the sugar dissolves, then cool.
- 11
Slice the cooled sponge into 10mm thick pieces.
- 12
Make whipped cream. Chill a bowl by placing its bottom in ice water, then add sugar and sweetened condensed milk to the heavy cream and whip gently.
- 13
Set aside 100g of whipped cream and keep in the refrigerator.
- 14
Lightly brush the sponge with syrup, then layer with whipped cream and strawberries.
- 15
Whip the remaining cream and decorate the cake surface, also whip extra cream for decoration.
- 16
Finish by decorating the top with strawberries.






