Berry berry my berries!

Well hello there!

Guess what I went looking for when summer season arrived? Ah ha…you are right!  this red, juicy conically shaped called Strawberry J 

If we look at a farmer’s market or even a supermarket it’s vary in size, shape and color. In my exploration of this great fruit, the flavor of the smaller berries is much better than the larger one. Choose brightly red colored, plump and still have their green caps attached. Either you eat it fresh (with whipped cream of course) or cooked, this stuff is the bomb!

I've cooked so many dishes using strawberry. I’ll share the one I really like. Got this recipe long time back from the internet but modified it a little to suit my taste. U can too!

Strawberry Cake

For the Cake: 

2 1/4 cups cake flour, 2 tsp baking powder, a pinch of salt

1/2 cup butter, 1 1/2 cups sugar, 2 eggs, 1 tsp vanilla

3/4 cup fresh crushed strawberry, unsweetened

For Glaze: 

1/2 cup crushed strawberry, 1 cup icing sugar, a little bit of melted butter, 1/2 tsp vanilla

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Sift together: flour, salt, and baking powder.

Beat butter, sugar, eggs, and vanilla for 4 minutes then add flour mixture that we sifted earlier, alternating with strawberries. Beat for a couple of  minutes.

Pour batter into greased tin. Bake for 30 minutes, or until cake tests done. Once it cool, top with the glaze.

KabOOmm!

Strawberry Pie

For Crust:

1 cup all-purpose flour, a pinch of salt, 1/3 cup shortening, 1/2 tsp white vinegar, 3 tablespoons of milk. Combine ingredients and press into a glass pie dish. Bake at 350 degrees F for 10 minutes. Let cool.

Filling:

Mash berries and combine with sugar in a medium saucepan. Place saucepan over medium heat and bring to a boil, stirring frequently.

In another bowl, whisk corn-starch and water. Gradually stir corn-starch mixture into boiling strawberry mixture.Reduce heat and simmer mixture until thickened, about 10 minutes, stirring constantly. Pour mixture over berries in pastry shell. Chill before serving.  Arrange half of strawberries suit to your liking. Me, always have tons of it on the top..bahahaha!

I got carried away with the whipped cream didn't I!