This tender and airy berry cake is made to impress. The sweet and sour combination of strawberries and blueberries is a wonderful combination. Using stabilized whipped cream as icing makes this cake very light. It is not overly sweet so pairs wonderfully with the berries. We did make Cynthia's cake and it was moist and delicious with the filling. But, you can use any white or vanilla cake recipe if you prefer. My best friend turns 60 today, and I wanted to bake her a special cake. She adores strawberries and blueberries, so I threw this together for her. It takes a bit of time to put together, but is well worth the effort!
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Recipe Cuisine: American Recipe Category: Cakes Yield: 6 Servings
Ingredients :
- 1 - albino dragonfly cake, you can find it here, https://www.justapinch.com/recipes/dessert/cake/albino-dragonfly-cake.html
- FILLING
- 1 1/2 cup(s) fresh strawberries
- 1 1/2 cup(s) fresh blueberries
- 1/3 cup(s) granulated sugar
- 2 tablespoon(s) tapioca starch
- WHIPPED CREAM
- 2 pint(s) heavy cream, cold
- 1 teaspoon(s) vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon(s) tapioca starch
- 3 tablespoon(s) granulated sugar
Intructions :
- Make cake as per directions here, https://www.justapinch.com/recipes/dessert/cake/albino-dragonfly-cake.html After the cake has cooled on racks (about 30 minutes), place in the freezer while you prepare the filling and whip the cream
- Add strawberries, blueberries, sugar, and tapioca starch to a food processor or blender
- Chop on high for about a minute or until thoroughly blended. Note: If you can't find tapioca starch, you can buy Minute Tapioca and grind it up in a spice or coffee grinder and use it as the starch. Set aside till needed
- To your mixer, add heavy cream, vanilla, sugar, and tapioca starch. Whip until medium peaks form. Place in refrigerator until needed
- Remove the cake from the freezer and cut each layer in half
- Place 1st half layer on a cake plate. Fill a pastry bag with whipped cream, and pipe it around the edge. Fill with berry mixture
- Repeat until you have 3 half layers edged with whipped cream and filled with berries
- Place the final half layer on top. Pipe whipped cream around the edge. Then starting on the edge, pipe whipped cream in a curved line, and stop in the center of the cake. Continue until you have five curved lines ending in the center. Spread or pipe the remaining whipped cream on the sides of the cake
- Carefully fill the spaces in between with the berry mixture.
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Keyword : berries-cream-pinwheel-cake