Yield: 1 Servings
Measure | Ingredient |
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\N \N | Cake |
2 cups | All-Purpose Flour; sifted |
1½ cup | Sugar |
2 teaspoons | Baking Powder |
1½ cup | Heavy Cream |
3 larges | Eggs |
1½ teaspoon | Vanilla |
½ pint | Strawberries,; halved |
\N \N | Strawberry Mousse: |
1 \N | Env unflavored gelatin |
¼ cup | Amaretto |
1 cup | Heavy cream |
1 pint | Strawberries, sliced |
½ cup | Sugar |
\N \N | Icing: |
2 cups | Heavy cream |
¼ cup | Confectioner's sugar |
2 teaspoons | Vanilla extract |
Preheat oven to 350F. Grease and flour 11"x5" loaf pan; set aside. On sheet of waxed paper combine flour, sugar, baking powder, ½ tsp. salt; set aside. In large bowl at high speed beat cream until stiff; set aside.
In medium bowl, at high speed beat eggs and vanilla, until thick and lemon colored; fold into whipped cream. With spatula fold into flour mix and pour into pan. Bake 45-50 minutes. Cool on wire rack. Cut and remove 1" slice from top of cake. Take knife with serrated edge and remove cake to make a shell with 1" walls. Fill cake shell with strawberry mousse.* (Recipe follows) Put on top. Cover cake with icing* (recipe follows) ; garnish with strawberries. Place rest of icing in pastry bag with weave tip; decorate sides of cake with basket pattern. With star tip use remaining icing to decorate top edge of cake.
Strawberry Mousse: In small glass measure, sprinkle gelatin over amaretto and set aside for 5 minutes until gelatin softens. In small bowl, at high speed beat cream until stiff; refrigerate. In large skillet over low heat toss strawberries with sugar until sugar dissolves (about 3 minutes) Remove from heat, stir in gelatin mixture until blended. Cool to room temperature; fold into whipped cream.
Icing: In large bowl at high speed, beat ingredients until mix is stiff Recipe By : Little Mom
Posted to EAT-L Digest 20 Sep 96 Date: Sat, 21 Sep 1996 18:34:06 -0400 From: Eileen & Bob Holze <beck4@...>