This strawberry shortcake cake is a twist on the basic dessert with moist vanilla yogurt cake layered between contemporary strawberries and whipped cream! Drizzle with chocolate and this gentle summery dessert is ideal!

Through the summer season when strawberries are ripe and contemporary, I really like to make use of them in every part from home made strawberry cake to strawberry tiramisu. 

 

With a easy but basic taste mixture of strawberries and whipped cream, this strawberry shortcake cake is a summer season dessert that everybody will love! 

As a substitute of utilizing conventional shortcake for this recipe, I took all the normal flavors of strawberry shortcake and turned it right into a layer cake! The result’s simply as beautiful as my strawberries and cream vertical cake however with lighter texture and a chocolate drizzle. 

Why You’ll Love This Simple Strawberry Shortcake Cake

• Stunning layer cake: This cake combines contemporary strawberry shortcake style with a layered cake look and is each spectacular and stylish! 
• Gentle summer season dessert: With a lightweight yogurt vanilla cake, fluffy whipped cream and candy, contemporary strawberries this cake is ideal for summer season! 
• Simple to make: Simply bake the cake, make the whipped cream and layer. It couldn’t be extra easy! 
• Versatile: Strawberry shortcake is elegant sufficient for a cocktail party, but informal sufficient for a summer season BBQ! Birthdays or particular events, this dessert wins. 

Recipe Substances

• Cake: For the strawberry shortcake cake layers, you’ll need one recipe of my simple yogurt cake made with vanilla yogurt. This makes the perfect layers of moist vanilla cake for this shortcake. 
• Stabilized whipped cream: To make the home made whipped cream you’ll need unflavored gelatine, whipping cream, powdered sugar, vanilla extract and chilly water. 
• Strawberries: You’ll need 20 juicy strawberries, leaving 5 complete for high of the cake and 10-15 washed and sliced.
• Darkish chocolate: Good high quality chocolate bar for dipping strawberries and the chocolate drizzle.

Substitutions And Variations

• Kind of sugar: I like to make use of powdered sugar however granulated sugar will work for the whipped cream. If utilizing your whisk attachment, simply watch out that the sugar doesn’t get caught on the backside of the bowl.
• Extra layers: Double the cake recipe and make this strawberry shortcake cake recipe even taller with 4 layer. Double the strawberries and whipped cream, too. 
• Cake: As a substitute of a yogurt cake, do this vanilla birthday cake. It received’t be as gentle however nonetheless scrumptious. An Italian sponge cake would even be scrumptious! 
• Garnish: I really like the chocolate dipped strawberries and chocolate drizzle, however a dusting of powdered sugar, some contemporary mint or a dollop of lemon curd can be scrumptious. 

How To Make Strawberry Shortcake Cake

To begin, make the yogurt cake utilizing vanilla yogurt for a vanilla cake. Grease and flour or spray two 8-inch cake pans, and divide the batter evenly between them. Bake then cool utterly.

Make your stabilized whipped cream by first bringing the whipping cream to room temperature. In a small pot, add the chilly water and sprinkle the gelatine on high. Relaxation for a minute, then warmth on the stovetop simply till the gelatine dissolves.

Cool then add the room temperature whipping cream. In a big mixing bowl, utilizing a stand mixer with whisk attachment, add remaining chilly heavy cream, powdered sugar and vanilla. Beat till thickened then slowly add the gelatine combination, beating till stiff peaks type.

Soften chocolate within the microwave or utilizing a bain-marie till melted and easy. Dip the entire strawberries into the chocolate then put aside on parchment paper till dry. Set the remaining melted chocolate apart to make use of for drizzle.

Assemble cake by putting one of many truffles on a plate and topping it with a 3rd of the whipped cream filling. Place sliced strawberries on high, unfold with a 3rd of the whipped cream filling on high of the strawberries, then place the remaining cake on high of the filling, cowl high with the remaining whipped cream filling.

Prime cake with chocolate dipped strawberries then drizzle with remaining melted chocolate. Chill then slice and serve. 

Ideas For The Greatest Strawberry Shortcake Cake

• Choose good strawberries: Smaller contemporary berries that scent candy are most popular. Search for agency, plump berries with a deep pink coloration. 
• Macerated strawberries: Slice strawberries then place in a bowl with as much as 3 Tablespoons of sugar or strawberry jam. The sugar will draw out the juices and make syrupy strawberries that actually add wonderful taste to the cake.
• Greatest method to drizzle chocolate: As a substitute of a spoon, use a fork! It’s life altering.
• Chill cake: For simpler slicing, chill cake for not less than one hour earlier than serving. 
• Recent is greatest: Whereas components of this shortcake could be made forward of time, it’s greatest to assemble and serve the identical day. 

Can I Make This Cake Forward Of Time? 

If you’re planning to make and serve the day of, you can also make this cake forward of time. After assembling, retailer within the fridge in an hermetic container  for as much as 4 hours. 

The yogurt cake could be made as much as 3 days upfront and saved at room temperature. It’s also possible to freeze the cake for as much as 3 months. You can also make the whipped cream as much as 4 days upfront and retailer within the fridge. 

How To Retailer Leftover Cake?

Whereas this cake tastes greatest contemporary, you possibly can retailer it coated within the fridge for as much as 3 days.

Can I Freeze This Cake?

When you can freeze the cake by itself, I’d not freeze the cake assembled. The feel will change upon thawing.

Can I Make This Into Smaller Particular person Strawberry Shortcakes?

You could possibly bake the yogurt cake in smaller cake pans or ramekins after which high with strawberries and whipped cream, though if you’re searching for particular person parts, I’d simply serve the strawberries with whipped cream over home made biscuits, strawberry cupcakes or vanilla almond cupcakes. 

Extra Strawberry Dessert Recipes It would be best to strive

So when you come throughout some contemporary strawberries, it is best to give this Strawberry Whipped Cream Vanilla Yogurt Cake a strive, I believe you’ll actually get pleasure from it. Makes an amazing little birthday cake or a let’s have some cake day. Get pleasure from!

Up to date from January 11, 2017.