Strawberry Shortcake (whole Cake)

By exdircomp

Ingredients

• Whipped Cream Frosting:
• White Cake either box or scratch
• Marinated Strawberries
• 2 pounds Strawberries
• orange liquor pr sugar
• 1 teaspoon gelatin
• 2 cups heavy cream
• 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Preparation

Step 1

Directions

Preheat oven with a rack in the middle of the oven. Lightly coat 2 (9-inch) cake pans with nonstick vegetable spray. Line the bottoms with a circle of baking parchment.

Prepare White Cake

Wash and dry the strawberries. Pick out the 10 best. Stem and slice the rest.
Marinate sliced strawberries either in liquor or sugar.

Whipped Cream Frosting:

In a medium bowl, mix together the gelatin and 1/4 cup of the cream. Let rest for 5 minutes to soften, then place the bowl over barely simmering water until the gelatin has completely dissolved. Remove the bowl from the heat and let cool to tepid. In the meantime, in a mixing bowl, whip the cream until slightly thickened. Add the confectioners' sugar and vanilla and whip to the consistency of shaving cream. Fold 1/2 cup of the whipped cream into the gelatin mixture, then fold in the rest.


slice each cake in half with lonf serrated knife. Between each layer place marinated sliced strawberries. Between the actual two cakes spread a 1/2-inch layer of whipped cream on top of layer of strawberries. Frost the entire cake with the remaining whipped cream. Top with the 10 whole berries.