Skip to Navigation | Skip to Content

Search Over 15,000 Recipes

Recipes

Advanced Search

Site Search

Recipes
Chicken Recipes Italian Recipes Jamie Oliver Recipes Cocktails
Advanced Search
Recipes from:


Recipes must have:
Recipes
Rick Stein Nigella Lawson Peter Evans Iron Chef
Anna Olson

Strawberry Shortcake Torte

Strawberry Shortcake Torte
Pin It

Makes one 8-inch (20 cm) square cake

Ingredients

  • ½ cup vegetable oil
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 3 large eggs, separated
  • 1 tsp finely grated lemon zest
  • ½ tsp vanilla
  • 1/3 cup 2 % milk
  • 1 ¼ cups pastry flour
  • 1 ½ tsp baking powder
  • ¼ tsp fine salt
  • 2 cups sliced fresh strawberries
  • ½ cup whipping cream, whipped to soft peaks
Measurement Conversion Calculator

Method

  1. Preheat oven to 350F (180C) and grease and flour two 8-inch (20 cm) square cake pans.
  2. Beat vegetable oil, ½ cup (125 mL) sugar and egg yolks until fluffy.
  3. Stir in lemon zest and vanilla. Stir in milk.
  4. Sift together pastry flour, baking powder and salt and gently stir into butter mixture until blended.
  5. Spread evenly into the 2 prepared pans.
  6. Whip egg whites with remaining with electric beaters until frothy.
  7. Gradually add the remaining ½ cup (125 mL) sugar and whip until whites hold a stiff peak.
  8. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes, until a tester inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean.
  9. Cool cakes completely in the pan.
  10. To assemble, turn one cake out onto a plate, meringue-side down. Top cake with half the strawberries and cream. Place second cake layer on top, meringue-side up and top with remaining cream and fruit. Chill until ready to serve.
No Rating

Recipe Rating

4

Share this Recipe

Bookmark and Share

Recipe Sources

More Recipe Collections

More Recipe Collections

More Recipes

More Recipes

What do you think?

 
  • More
  • You will need to be a member to leave a comment - Log in / Register
    Add a new comment

Kickstart for a Better YOU

Kickstart for a Better YOU

Healthy recipes and tips. More

Brought to you by

Video More Videos

Roasted Pumpkin Soup - Donna Hay

DonnaHay

Browse Recipes By...

More Recipe Collections
More Celebrity Chefs