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Strawberry Shortcake with Mini Angel Food Cakes

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Strawberry Shortcake with Mini Angel Food Cakes is a quintessential dessert during strawberry season. Angel food cupcakes bake up sweet and soft and make the perfect base for sweetened strawberry slices and homemade whipped cream.

Ingredients

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Mini Angel Food Cakes

  • 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons super fine granulated sugar (see note above)
  • Pinch table salt
  • 1/2 cup cake flour
  • 6 egg whites at room temperature. (Very important - this must not contain any yolks at all)
  • 2 tablespoons warm water
  • 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/4 teaspoon lemon extract
  • 1/4 teaspoon orange extract
  • 3/4 teaspoon cream of tartar

Other ingredients

  • 1 pound fresh strawberries
  • 1 cup confectioner’s sugar
  • 1 cup heavy cream

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 360 degrees F. I know that sounds like an odd temperature but the oven needs to be slightly hotter than 350 degrees F for this to bake properly.
  2. Prepare a 12 cup muffin pan with paper cup liners.
  3. Make sure that the mixing bowl, whips, beaters and muffin tin are free from any grease or fat residue.
  4. In a medium bowl mix half the super fine sugar with salt and cake flour. Set aside.
  5. Either in the bowl of a stand mixer with a whip attachment, or with a hand mixer in a large bowl, slowly beat egg whites with water, all extracts and cream of tartar for two minutes. Increase speed to medium, add remaining sugar and beat until the mixture has medium peaks.
  6. Remove from mixer. Place a sifter over mixture and slowly sift dry mixture over top of whipped egg whites while you gently fold in. Do this a little at a time until all of the dry has been folded in.
  7. Using a scoop, divide the mixture between the 12 cups. The batter will fill to the top and pile slightly higher than the edge of each cup. This is what you want.
  8. Gently place the tin in middle rack of preheated oven for 15 minutes. Insert a tooth pick into the center of a cupcake and if it comes out dry, remove the pan from the oven. If not, bake for 30 to 60 seconds longer.
  9. As soon as the cupcakes are cool enough to touch, remove to a cooling rack with paper cups left on. Once they cool, the paper will peel right off so try not to peel them until completely cool.
  10. Clean the mixing bowl and whip attachments then place both in the refrigerator. These will be used later to whip the cream and whipped cream comes out better with cold utensils and bowls.
  11. To prepare the strawberries, wash them and drain but do not dry them. Remove the green top then slice the berries vertically into thick slices and place into a medium bowl. They will be wet to handle which is what you want.
  12. Add the confectioner’s sugar and toss. Over a period of 10-20 minutes, the confectioner’s sugar will mix with the liquid and make a nice sauce. For a thicker sauce, add more powdered sugar. Set aside.
  13. Remove the chilled bowl and whips and whip cream to whipped consistency. The berries are sweet enough so no need to add more sugar to the cream.
  14. To assemble, peel two cooled cakes and place on a serving dish. Ladle berries and sauce over both and top with whipped cream.

Notes

If you can’t find super fine granulated sugar at your supermarket, simply place granulated sugar in a food processor and process for two minutes.

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