When I was very young, I went to Singapore every year to visit my grandma. We would always drive down south in the November/December period, in time to see the elaborate Christmas decorations along Orchard Road and in shopping malls. On one of these trips, I was given a Strawberry Shortcake colouring book as a present. The cute and adorable characters were inspired by a strawberry theme, and I really liked them. You can read up more about the characters at the Strawberry Shortcake Wikipedia page. Anyway, since that time, I liked strawberries and strawberry shortcake – you know, the actual cake. The colours are beautiful and the fragrance and aroma of sliced strawberries make the cake a wonderful dessert.
Many decades after that, I finally attended a strawberry shortcake class. I was really excited to finally be able to make a lovely strawberry cake, worthy of any party or dinner.
6″ Strawberry Shortcake with a Christmas theme
I missed the pre-Christmas class, but managed to attend the last one in January 2013. The Christmas theme was really suitable as the fresh cream was as white as snow, and the red strawberries fit in perfectly with the Christmas colour scheme. A cute little Santa Claus sugar figurine was the only finishing touch we needed.
The class was not very hard. We first made the sponge cake. After that, we let the cake cool down, then sliced the cake into layers. Next, we made the cream and sliced the strawberries. Lastly, we assembled the cake, all three layers of it. To learn how to make the exact Japanese Strawberry Shortcake I learnt, you can visit the Caramel Factory blog to see the monthly class schedule. According to our instructor, Tomoko, strawberry shortcake is the favourite cake for birthdays and New Year celebrations in Japan.
A piece of heaven (^^)
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