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May 04, 2007
Strawberry Recipes
Several posts ago, I promised to share my strawberry cake recipe on this blog. Well, guess what? I cannot find my batter dripped, torn and ripped, nasty copy of that recipe. It is my daughter's favorite recipe for her birthday cake and I ABSOLUTELY have to find it before her birthday in two weeks!
I have called my sister in California hoping that this thirty plus year old family recipe has survived in HER kitchen.
SOoooo...... this is what I remember of the recipe and I will post the good copy (with correct proportions) should I ever find it in the cookbook cabinet. ....which I dread cleaning out with a passion. >groan<
1 box of Duncan Hines yellow cake mix
1 -3 oz. package strawberry jello gelatin
mix together
add ??? eggs - at least two or three???
(cannot remember but it seems you add 3/4 of a stick of softened butter)
1/2 cup or so of strawberry juice and...
about 1/2 cup of fresh, but mashed strawberries
Bake in preheated oven.... don't even remember the temperature, but probably 350 degrees for about 25 to 30 minutes. Cool
CAKE ICING - Mix up one box of confectioner sugar.....with 1/2 stick or more of soften butter and slowly mix in milk or strawberry juice a tablespoon at a time until you get the right consistency. Ice cake and generously dot ALL OVER with strawberries. ENJOY! :))
When I find the correct recipe, I will inform you of the correct measurements. Meanwhile, honey, bake this at your own risk!!! Disclaimer given and you have been warned. chuckle chuckle :)
Because this is Strawberry Festival time in the next county up, (Rhea) I am posting other good strawberry recipes in which you might be interested.
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Strawberry Shortcake
I never much liked those little sponge cakes shaped like hockey pucks that are sold next to the berries in the grocery. Real shortcake is a melt in your mouth sweet biscuit, home made, and fresh.
2 cups unbleached flour
2/3 cup shortening, or oleo
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup sour cream *
1 tsp. baking soda *
[* or substitute 2 tsp. baking powder & 1/3 cup milk or 1/3 cup mocha mix]
3 baskets strawberries, sliced
3 Tbs. brown sugar
1 cup sour cream [or other topping]
Mix flour, sugar, and baking powder or soda together and cut in the shortening with a pastry wire, or a fork. Add the liquid last mixing with a fork. Adjust the quantity so that all the dry flour is picked up in the dough, but it is not too sticky. Humidity affects the amount.
Turn out onto a floured board. press and fold over 2 or 3 times. Press out to 1/3-inch thick and cut circles with a biscuit cutter, or a floured glass. Bake on cookie sheet in an oven preheated to 350 for 10 - 12 minutes or until golden tan on top. Serve with sliced, brown sugared strawberries and your favorite topping. Great for Sunday breakfast!
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Strawberry Soup --
[This recipe is adapted from one which came from the Beverly Hills Farmers' Market.]
4 cups strawberries, rinsed, hulled
1/4 cup raspberry or currant jelly
1/4 cup orange juice, or more to taste
1/2 cup superfine sugar
2 Tbls. Kirschwasser or Triple Sec
2-3 peaches, peeled and sliced
2 apricots, washed and halved
4-8 mint leaves, washed
Purée berries and sugar in a blender and pass through a sieve. Heat jelly with Kirsch until dissolved. Remove from heat. Add pureed berries and orange juice. Return saucepan to the heat and thin mixture with juice to make a "soup-like" mixture. Heat just until warm -- don't overheat or you will destroy the flavor of the fruit. Ladle the soup into four bowls. In each bowl float half an apricot surrounded by slices of peach and garnished with mint leaves.
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This is a family recipe that I am just throwing in because you will need something to wash down all these strawberry treats. Try it out for your Mother's Day get together.
Mint Iced Tea
1-quart water – Boil
Add 7 teabags and 6/7 sprigs of mint
Steep – 20 minutes, time it
In one-gallon container, add ¾ cups of sugar or ½ cups of sugar, to taste
Add frozen lemonade (small)
And frozen limeade (small)
Fill with water to the top of gallon container.
"My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four....unless three other people were present." ~Orson Wells
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Good To Know | By Omie | 02:32 PM