Do you always find yourself in a panic looking for a recipe to take to your holiday gathering? This recipe will take away all that stress and ensure you’ll be bringing home an empty platter.
Strawberry shortcake is a simple, classic and timeless dessert. It’s typically found two ways: either as a sweet cake, or as a biscuit. Rolling this classic dessert is a great way to change things up and the cream cheese whipped cream is makes this dessert a true winner.
Festive Strawberry Shortcake Roll
This luscious cake roll recipe is filled with fresh strawberries and cream cheese whipped cream!
Ingredients
For the Cake:
- 3 large eggs
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 Tbs vegetable oil
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
- powdered sugar to aid in rolling
For the Filling and Topping:
- 8 oz cream cheese, softened
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 cup heavy whipping cream, cold
- 1 lb fresh strawberries, plus more for topping, if desired
- For: 10 Servings
- Preparation: 20 min
- Cooking: 12 min
- Ready in: 1 h
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a 10×15” or 10.5×15” cake/jelly roll pan with foil and spray with floured nonstick cooking spray.
- Place eggs in a large bowl or the bowl of an electric mixer. Beat at medium speed with mixer for 5 minutes until foamy and yellow. Add sugar and mix for 2 more minutes, until the mixture is thickened slightly. Mix in oil, baking powder, salt, and vanilla, then add flour and mix slowly until just combined. Pour into prepared pan, spreading as needed with a spatula. Tap the pan twice on the counter to release air bubbles, then bake for 10-15 minutes, or until the top is browned and the cake springs back when touched lightly. (Mine took 12 minutes, but all ovens differ.)
- While the cake is baking, lay out a clean kitchen towel onto the counter. Spread with about 1/4 cup powdered sugar.
- you can wrap the cooled cake in plastic wrap and let it sit overnight before finishing.
- place cream cheese and sugar in a large bowl or the bowl of an electric mixer. Use mixer to beat the cream cheese and sugar until it’s smooth and fluffy, then beat in vanilla. Slowly add the heavy whipping cream, then turn the mixer up to high and beat until stiff peaks form.
- wash and dry the berries very well. Slice about 3/4 of the pound into small pieces, then pat the pieces dry. Carefully unroll the cake. Spread with some of the whipped cream mixture and top with the chopped strawberries. Carefully roll the cake back up as tight as possible, unsticking it from the towel as you go. Wrap the cake roll in plastic wrap and chill until ready to top and serve.
- frost with remaining whipped cream and remaining berries. You can used a 1M tip to create roses all over the cake, but you can just frost it if you wish.
Notes
This cake is best eaten the day it is made, because of the fresh berries. It will last, fully made, overnight in the refrigerator (wrap it loosely) but the berries might weep a bit.
Recipe via: Crazy for Crust and Allrecipes