Desserts
ChefHana Musa Naama
Oil-Free Strawberry Cake
Oil-free strawberry (fraise) cake — made without oil or butter. Delicious flavor and lovely appearance. Try the recipe—you’ll love it.
Oil-free strawberry (fraise) cake — very tasty
Ingredients
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- 1 1/4 cups cake flour (or regular flour + 2 tsp baking powder)
- 1 1/4 cups powdered sugar
- 5 egg yolks
- 5 egg whites
- A pinch of salt
- 2 teaspoons lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon orange blossom water
- Filling
- 1/2 cup orange juice
- Fresh strawberries (1 box)
- 2 cartons of whipped Dream Whip (prepared as directed on the packages)
- 5 tablespoons powdered sugar to mix with the strawberries before decorating
- Almonds for decoration
- For more light, oil-free cakes from her see Light Fluffy Cake (No Oil)
Method
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- Whisk the egg yolks with three tablespoons of powdered sugar (from the 1 1/4 cup) until the mixture turns white.
- In a second bowl, whisk the egg whites with a pinch of salt until stiff and white, then add the remaining confectioners' sugar to the egg whites and whisk again.
- Turn off the mixer and add the lemon juice to the egg whites, fold with a spatula or spoon and set aside.
- Return to the first mixture and begin adding the flour to the egg yolk mixture in batches until finished, stirring a little each time.
- Then gradually fold in the egg white mixture little by little until finished, and finally add the orange blossom water and stir.
- Grease a small pan with a little butter and line it with parchment paper, then pour the strawberry cake batter into the pan.
- Bake it at 180°C for 40 minutes.Timers: 40 min
- Let it cool completely at room temperature, then slice it horizontally into three equal layers.
- Slice the strawberries and macerate them with powdered sugar before filling the cake.
- Brush it with lemon juice, then spread cream on the bottom and middle layers and place the strawberries on top of the cream between the layers.
- Also frost the outside with cream and decorate with fruit, especially strawberries and blanched almonds.
- Chill the strawberry cake in the refrigerator long enough to cool and set before serving.
- Hana Mousa Naama
- For more wonderful oil-free cakes, see this light, airy cake.
Recipe tags
DessertsInternationalVegetarian
Notes and serving ideas
- Light Fluffy Cake (No Oil)
