Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Tuesdays with Dorie: Berry Surprise Cake

This week Mary Ann of Meet Me in the Kitchen chose Dorie's Berry Surprise Cake. This was a fun project and really anything with strawberries and cream is a winner to me!

I decided to be brave and quarter the recipe so I could use my little 10cm springform pan. I was really worried when I spooned in the batter because it looked like a pancake, coming maybe 1/2 cm up the sides of the pan! It did rise though and all went well until I touched the top very lightly with my fingertip to see how firm it was getting and of course it instantly deflated! Oh well.

I was never going to be able to create a 'nest' in something maybe so small so I split it, smeared each half with raspberry jam (there was no point making the sugar syrup without the alcohol) and piped on the filling to form a hollow in the centre for the fruit. I used fresh strawberries with maybe 6 frozen raspberries.

The taste test ...

Fabulous! Like I said, I think anything with strawberries and cream is perfect! To me it was a bit of a twist on a strawberry shortcake, scones with jam and cream or even trifle. All of which I love. I will definitely try this again full-size, maybe for a special afternoon tea. Thanks Mary Ann!

14 comments:

  1. Yum! Your mini-cake looks gorgeous.s

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  2. Yummy! Strawberries and cream are a great combination. I am so glad you liked this cake!

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  3. brilliant save! definitely a twist on the strawberry shortcake if you ask me. And a very well executed one too! looks absolutely lovely.

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  4. Perfect example of necessity being the mother of invetntion! Great save!
    Very well done!

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  5. i made mini cakes too, when mine deflated i just filled up the center and covered it all with tons of whipped cream. delicious! yours looks great.

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  6. Great way to save the day.


    Looks great.

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  7. it looks so pretty! i did the same thing with splitting it in half and using the sunken part as the filling nest. glad you liked it too :)

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  8. You did great!! Way to save the day! I am glad that you enjoyed the dessert -- it looks beautiful!!

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  9. Wow, you did an amazing job! BRAVO! This was NOT an easy task!

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  10. Oh! Lovely! This looks so light and delicious!

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  12. That's so cute! I love little mini-desserts. I actually think it's adorable split in half like that- was it not supposed to be? I love it!

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