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Strawberry Cake RecipesGrandma's Strawberry Cake Recipes Make Cakes So Good Tasting... You'll Want More Than One PieceThey harken back to an earlier era when families either grew their own strawberries or picked the wild ones growing in the orchard. My Grandmother used to pick pints of wild strawberries. Nowadays, we visit a pick-your-own strawberry farm, or we simply buy a box of the delicious fruit at the local supermarket. But, no matter how you get your strawberries, try these strawberry cake recipes. They are not difficult to make, and they are always a favorite. The flavor of strawberry will brighten any occasion. The main ingredient in strawberry cake recipes is, of course, strawberries. This delicious red berry is known in most parts of the world, particularly in Europe and North America, and few other fruits can compare with the strawberry in point of flavor. Strawberries have been popular with cooks for centuries. Its name is said to be derived from an age-old custom of putting straw beneath the berries when they began to ripen, which helps to keep them moist and clean for picking. There is nothing like the fresh taste of strawberries and when you encase them in a beautiful, flavorful, homemade cake you have one of the best deserts known. You simply must try one of these old-fashioned strawberry cake recipes. They are easy to make, wonderfully delicious and suitable for any occasion. Sweet Strawberry CakeThis delicious strawberry cake recipe is taken from "The White House Cook Book" by Hugo Ziemann, Steward of the White House, and Mrs. F. L. Gillette, published by The Saalfield Publishing Company, New York, in 1913.It makes a rich, four-layer cake that was always a favorite when served at White House dinners. If you are searching for a strawberry layer cake recipe, this homemade cake recipe is the one you want. After all, it was good enough for the White House! Three eggs, one cupful of sugar, two of flour, one tablespoonful of butter, a teaspoonful, heaped, of baking powder. Beat the butter and sugar together and add the eggs well beaten. Stir in the flour and baking powder well sifted together. Bake in deep tin plate. This quantity will fill four plates. French Strawberry Cream CakesThis French strawberry cream cake recipe is adapted from "The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book" by Fannie Merritt Farmer, Principal of the Boston Cooking School, published by Little, Brown and Company, Boston, in 1896.This is a delicious strawberry dessert recipe. The little cream cakes are so good tasting, they taste as if you have slaved over them all day long, but only you will know you haven't. They would be perfect for serving at a party or an old-fashioned picnic lunch on the patio. Cream Cake: 1/2 cup butter, 1 cup boiling water, 4 eggs, 1 cup flour. Pour butter and water in saucepan and place on front of range. As soon as boiling point is reached, add flour all at once, and stir vigorously. Remove from fire as soon as mixed, and add unbeaten eggs one at a time, beating, until thoroughly mixed, between the addition of eggs. Shape cream cake mixture oblong, making twelve cakes. Bake thirty minutes in a moderate oven. Picnic Strawberry RollsYou're right, this is not a strawberry cake recipe, but it is the next best thing. When eaten outdoors on a summer picnic these strawberry rolls taste almost as good as cake, and they sure beat sardine sandwiches.Imagine the novelty of an elegant luncheon featuring strawberry sandwich rolls -- a perfect treat! Mom made them to take on a family outing once, and I will never forget it; they made the occasion. This tasty strawberry sandwich recipe is taken from "The Times Cook Book, No. 2: 957 Cooking and Other Recipes" by California Women, published by Times-Mirror Co., Los Angeles, in 1905. You have to try this unique sandwich recipe. Wash and hull 2 boxes of strawberries, drain and slice them, spread on a platter, sprinkle over them a very little lemon juice and 6 tablespoonfuls powdered sugar. Remove crusts from a dozen thin slices of white bread; spread melted butter, then the berries, roll and tie with baby ribbon at each end. Wring a napkin from cold water, pack the rolls in it, and then fold in a dry napkin.  Grandma's Choice...
 
I hope you will be able to obtain some freshly picked strawberries so you can try these strawberry cake recipes. Strawberries taste best when you can pick them fresh; however, if you cannot obtain fresh berries, the frozen or canned variety may be used. And even strawberry jam may be used in a pinch. These strawberry dessert cakes are flavorful, moist, and addictive.Why not try an old-fashioned strawberry shortcake recipe? Grandma's Old-Fashioned Strawberry Shortcake Recipes TOP of Strawberry Cake Recipes RETURN to Cake Recipes HOME to Dessert Recipes
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