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Tuesday, June 19, 2012

TWD: French Strawberry Cake

One of the major "French" components of this Tuesdays with Dorie recipe is the cake.  According to the book, "The genoise is to the French Baker what the sponge cake is to the American baker."  Have such a light and airy cake batter was new, and it was really good.  It was a little tricky figuring out when the cake batter was whipped enough.  We don't own a flour sifter, but it seemed like the cake didn't mind our lack of equipment.


Unfortunately our batch of strawberries was not the most impressive to say the least.  Adding extra sugar could only do so much to try and fix the problem.  That said it was a pretty good cake, and would be a nice alternative for a more plain strawberry shortcake. We probably wouldn't make it again, but it was good to have once. Also, it was a lot of fun to decorate!


14 comments:

  1. Love your cake stand! And your cake looks nice and fluffy, beautiful!

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  2. I was on my tenterhooks all the time with this recipe.. have i beaten the eggs enough? will it rise enough?? will it sink?? but sara yours came out brilliant.. u've decorated it so beautifully!!

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  3. I wouldn't make it again but yours looks beautiful!

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  4. I agree - this was nice to try once, but probably not a repeater. The strawberries really do add such a visual appeal to this cake - so pretty :-)

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  5. Your cake looks so pretty! I'm impressed with anyone who was able to get it cut into three layers :D

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  6. Beautiful job! I'm impressed you got three layers out of the genoise... I didn't even get two. :/

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  7. Hi, thank you for having visited my blog.
    Your cake looks really delicious.
    It's such a pity when you make so much effort and the fruits let you down...

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  8. Your cake looks great and you got such perfect layers! As a fellow redhead I love your blog name! :)

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  9. Sara, Such a beautiful cake…perfect looking!

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  10. Your cake looks great and you are one of the few I've seen that got three layers! Those lucky enough to get really fresh berries seemed to enjoy this the most.

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  11. It looks beautiful and I'm impressed that you got three layers - I had a sad little single-layer cake, myself.

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  12. Your cake looks lovely. I love your cake stand - reminds me of an antique fan. :)

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  13. I think that everyone who was able to get three layers this week deserves a gold star! Bravo

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  14. It looks great! Probably not one I would make again either. :)

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