Strawberry Cake with Mascarpone Whipped Cream
Light, moist, airy and loaded with fresh and juicy strawberries. With a generous layer of mascarpone whipped cream and extra strawberries on top. It’s the easiest summer cake that’s perfect any time of the day…brunch, afternoon snack or after dinner dessert.
Ingredients
Cake (these ingredients should be at room temperature)
- 4 ounces/110 g all-purpose flour
- 6.5 ounces/180 g sugar
- 3 ounces/80 g butter
- 4 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 4 ounces/120 g strawberries stem removed and cut in halved
Mascarpone Whipped Cream
- 7 ounces/200 g mascarpone cold
- ¾ cup/200 ml heavy cream cold
- 3 tbsp powdered sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Macerated Strawberries
- 9 ounces/250 g strawberries stem removed and quartered or cut into slices
- 1 tsp powdered sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
- Heat the oven to 340°F/170°C. Prepare a 9 inch/24 cm round cake pan, grease in with butter and layer with baking paper.
- Split the eggs. Beat the egg whites until stiff, using a hand mixer. Beat the egg yolks with sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the butter and vanilla. Then sift the flour and mix until just combined. Fold in the egg whites, gently stirring with a spatula. Then add the strawberries.
- Transfer the batter to the prepared pan and smooth it out. Bake for 45 minutes or until a tester comes out dry. Remove from the pan and let cool completely.
- In the meantime, combine the strawberries with powdered sugar and vanilla. Let rest in the fridge.
- In a medium bowl, beat the mascarpone with heavy cream, powdered sugar and vanilla until smooth and creamy.
- Top the cake with whipped mascarpone and macerated strawberries. If desired, dust with powdered sugar. Enjoy!
Nutrition
Serving: 1gCalories: 471kcalCarbohydrates: 42gProtein: 7gFat: 31gSaturated Fat: 19gPolyunsaturated Fat: 10gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 177mgSodium: 216mgFiber: 1gSugar: 30g
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