Summer is quickly rolling in and I usually lean towards lighter desserts that require less baking and preparing time. It's a good opportunity to combine a cool and creamy vanilla bean pastry cream, vanilla whipped cream, and fresh, sweet strawberries. All I needed to make this dessert something special was a really good cake. Then along came the ABC's Baker's challenge for this month: Flo Braker's "Favorite Buttermilk Cake". Perfect!
cake flour, baking powder and soda, salt, buttermilk, vanilla extract, butter, sugar, and eggs. The procedure was quick and easy, welcomed on a hot day. The resulting cake is light, soft and moist. The buttermilk gives this cake a slight tang which I think will go well with many cream or fruit fillings.
I used Flo's recipe for vanilla cream filling under the "Boston Cream Pie" recipe. Milk, sugar, vanilla bean, yolks, flour, and butter. All came together resulting in a wonderful silky smooth vanilla cream. Boy, I could just eat this with a spoon and be very content!
To finish I whipped up some vanilla flavored whipped cream, cleaned and sliced strawberries and all was ready to assemble.
This is a wonderful and versital cake. It cut easily into small circles, and held up in the pastry cream without getting soggy. Can't you just see that wonderful crumb. Can you taste it, isn't it light? Can't? Then maybe you should give it a try for yourself. What will you use for a filling, or topping, or maybe all on it's own? So, very good I am sure you won't be disappointed.
Thank you Hanaa for this challenge!
4 comments:
Wow! I want to dig into that right now! Looks delicious!
It is beautiful indeed! I love the custard, strawberries and cream component. I ran out of time and served it simply with some macerated strawberries. I will have to make it again because I have lots of ideas on how to kick it up a couple more notches :o)
Wow - wonderful job! Your presentation is lovely and the little cakes and cream look so delicious :)
Delicious, such a good combination of flavors!
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