Strawberry Ripple Tea Cake Recipes

CHAMOMILE TEA CAKE WITH STRAWBERRY ICING

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, melt the butter over medium heat. Add 1 tablespoon chamomile to a large mixing bowl. Pour the hot melted butter over the chamomile and stir. Set aside to steep and cool completely, about 1 hour.
• Use the same saucepan (without washing it out) to bring the milk to a simmer over medium-high heat, keeping watch so it doesn't boil over. Remove from the heat, and stir the remaining 1 tablespoon chamomile into the hot milk. Set aside to steep and cool completely, about 1 hour.
• Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9-by-5-inch loaf pan with the nonstick cooking spray and line with parchment paper so the long sides of the pan have a couple of inches of overhang to make lifting the finished cake out easier.
• Add the sugar and salt to the bowl with the butter, and whisk until smooth and thick, about 1 minute. Add the eggs, 1 at a time, vigorously whisking to combine after each addition. Zest the lemon into the bowl; add the baking powder and vanilla, and whisk until incorporated. Add the flour and stream in the milk mixture while whisking continuously until no streaks of flour remain.
• Transfer the batter to the prepared pan and bake until a skewer or cake tester inserted in the center comes out clean (a few crumbs are OK, but you should see no wet batter), 40 to 45 minutes. Cool in the pan on a rack for 30 minutes.
• While the cake cools, make the icing: Into a medium bowl, squeeze 2 tablespoons juice from the zested lemon, then add the confectioners' sugar. Place the dehydrated strawberries in a fine-mesh sieve set over the bowl and, using your fingers, crush the brittle berries and press the red-pink powder through the sieve and into the sugar. (The more you do this, the redder your icing will be.) Whisk until smooth.
• If needed, run a knife along the edges of the cake to release it from the pan. Holding the 2 sides of overhanging parchment, lift the cake out and place it on a plate, cake stand or cutting board. Discard the parchment. Pour the icing over the cake, using a spoon to push the icing to the edges of the cake to encourage the icing to drip down the sides dramatically. Cool the cake completely and let the icing set.

STRAWBERRY RIPPLE CAKE

Steps:

• Cream butter and sugar. Add beaten egg and mix.
• Sift together flour, baking powder and salt. Add alternately with milk. Do not beat -- just fold lightly together. Pour one-half of batter into a greased 8 x 8 inch pan.
• Combine crushed strawberries, pecans, 1/4 cup sugar and nutmeg.
• Pour one-half of strawberry mixture over the batter in pan. Top with remaining cake batter, then the remaining strawberry mixture.
• Bake in a 375 degree oven for 35 to 40 minutes. Suggestion: Serve warm topped with whipped cream or cool whip.

STRAWBERRY RIPPLE TEA CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Grease and flour a 10x2" round tart pan with a removable bottom, or a 11x7x1-1/2" baking pan. Set aside.
• 2. For filling, in a small saucepan, stir together UNDRAINED berries and the cornstarch until well combined. Cook and stir until tickened and bubbly. Remove from heat. sieve the mixture to remove any seeds. Set filling aside to cool slightly.
• 3. In a large mixing bowl, stir together flour and sugar. Using a pastry blender, cut in butter tillmixture resembles coarse crumbs. Set 1/2 CUP of this mixture aside for crumb topping.
• 4. Into the remaining flour mixture, stir in baking powder, baking soda, and sale. Mix well. Make a well in the center to add the next step.
• 5. In a small bowl, combine egg and buttermilk. Add the egg mixture all at once to the dry mixture. Stir until JUST MOISTENED.
• 6. Spread TWO-THIRDS of the batter over the bottom and about 1" up the sides of the prepared pan. Carefully spread the fruit filling over the top of the batter in the pan. Spoon the remaining batter in small mounds on top of the entire surface. Sprinkle with the crumb topping.
• 7. Bake in 350 oven for 30-35 minutes or until a wooden toothpick inserted near center comes out clean. Cool in pan on a rack for 15 minutes. Remove coffee cake from tart pan (however, leave it IN the baking pan if that is what you are using). Cut into wedges or squares. Serve warm.