Strawberry Sweets

• Strawberry Pie (gluten free)
• Strawberry Muffins (sugar/grain free)

Strawberry Cocktails

• Strawberry Martini
• Frozè
• Strawberry Sangria
• Srawberry Simple Syrup

If you want to really brighten up your party, make strawberry drinks. No one is going to turn down strawberry sangria, full of fresh fruit and bright colors. Get fancy with a strawberry martini and serve it in a pretty glass! When the weather is really hot, try the frozé.

Salads

You often find strawberries in salads in restaurants, but too often served with overly sweet nuts and dressings. This arugula salad with pecorino combines the sweet and salty for a refreshing salad that better accompanies a savory protein. If you like sweeter check out the salad with a confetti of white chocolate.

• Arugula Manchego Strawberry Salad
• Arugula Salad with Fruit and White Chocolate

When purchasing strawberries, remember to get homegrown or organic strawberries. Regular strawberries are loaded with pesticides. Don’t wash in advance, and when storing, make sure they are have room. Strawberries on top of each other in fridge end up too often going bad.

Strawberry Sauce

Lastly, this strawberry sauce made sugar free or traditionally has many uses. You can add to ice cream for a sundae, yogurt, smoothies, etc.

• Sugar Free Strawberry Sauce

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Keto Strawberry Cake

Flavoring an almond flour based cake is not as easy as a white flour cake. However, using fresh strawberries that have been cooked down along with some strawberry extract and you will have that wonderful strawberry flavor.

Cook the Strawberries

For best results, use very ripe, The strawberries should be cooked with some sweetener, lemon juice and small amount of water. Cook low and slow until most of the liquid is evaporated. Add in a dash of strawberry extract. If you end up with too much liquid, pour some into a jar for another use. At this point, you have a strawberry jam that can be used as a cake filling.

The Chocolate Ganache Drip

Make sure your chocolate ganache is pourable. You should be able to drizzle with a spoon. You want to make sure it’s not too thin or too thick, so practicing over the a bowl is helpful till you get just the right viscosity.

You can apply in two ways:

• Drip chocolate ganache only around the edges of the cake, as seen below.
• Pour the chocolate ganache in the center of the cake so that the top is covered in chocolate.

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More Keto Strawberry Desserts You Might Like

• Strawberry Shortcake
• Strawberry Muffins
• Cheesecake with Fruit Wreath

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Keto Strawberry Drip Cake (with Chocolate Ganache)

Triple Six inch Strawberry Cake with Strawberry Cream Cheese Frosting and Chocolate Ganache Drip

Course Keto Cake

Cuisine American

Keyword keto strawberry cake

Prep Time 20 minutes minutes

Cook Time 35 minutes minutes

Servings 12

Calories 367kcal

Ingredients

Strawberry Puree

• 1/4 cup Granulated Swerve or 1/3 cup allulose
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 2 cups strawberries Can use frozen, defrosted

Cake Ingredients

Dry Ingredients

• 260 grams almond flour
• 28 grams coconut flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon xanthan gum
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup Swerve Granulated Sweetener

Wet Ingredients for Cake

• 1/2 cup avocado oil or 4 ounces melted butter
• 6 medium to large eggs
• 60 grams sour cream
• 1 cup strawberry puree
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 teaspoon strawberry extract if needed

Strawberry Cream Cheese Frosting Ingredients

• 12 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 12 ounces cream cheese
• 2 cups Swerve Confectioner's Sweetener
• 1/3 cup strawberry puree
• 1/2 teaspoon strawberry extract if needed

Chocolate Ganache

• 2/3 cup sugar free chocolate Chips
• 1/3 cup heavy cream
• dash sea salt

Instructions

• Prepare 3 six-inch cake pans with parchment on bottom and rub or spray oil around the sides.

Strawberry Puree

• Put strawberries, sweetener and lemon juice in pan with 1/2 cup water.
• Cook for 20-30 minutes on low until thickened and most liquid is cooked down. You can pour excess liquid out for another use.
• Put in blender and blend to make puree. Don't over-blend. Allow some of the strawberry texture to remain, more like a blended jam.

Strawberry Cake Instructions

• Mix all dry ingredients (not the sweetener) in a bowl. Whisk. Set aside.
• Beat eggs until frothy.
• Add sweetener.
• Stream in avocado oil.
• Add sour cream, strawberry puree, extracts.
• Add in dry ingredients and mix on low until just mixed.
• If making a layer cake, bake at 350 degrees F. (180 C.) for 30-35 minutes, until interior middle reaches 207 degrees. You may need to cover with foil at around 25 minutes.
• Use an offset spatula to go around the sides of the cakes. Wait 15 minutes and then turn over onto a piece of cardboard. Place the cake pan back on top of the cake to finish cooling. The steam will keep the cake moist.
• Cool cakes completely before frosting.
• Once the cakes are completely cooled, trim off the tops so the cakes are even.

Strawberry Cream Cheese Frosting

• Butter and cream cheese both needs be soft. Cut into small pieces. You can microwave cream cheese for 10-15 seconds to soften it.
• Whip butter until fluffy. Whip Cream cheese separately and mix both together.
• Add Swerve Confectioner's Sweetener 1/2 cup at a time.
• Make sure puree is at room temperature. (You can microwave a few seconds if need be).
• Add puree a little at a time. Keep mixing until incorporated. You want it soft enough, but not runny.

Assemble

• To frost cakes, use a piping bag with a large round tip between layers. You can do a crumb coat or a naked cake (as pictured). If you do a crumb coat, put in refrigerator at least 20 minutes before applying more frosting.

  Make sure cake is chilled and ganache is chilled before pouring on. If the ganache is hot it will run out too fast. You will want the ganache to be pourable but not warm.
• Add In some strawberry extract, if needed.

Notes

You can make this recipe as a one layer cake, or double recipe and make an 8 inch three layer cake or 9 inch double layer cake. 

Nutrition

Serving: 1of 12 | Calories: 367kcal | Carbohydrates: 4g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 37g | Fiber: 3g

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I first tested this recipe on my bakery clients and they love them. This keto strawberry cake recipe will make a one layer cake or a dozen cupcakes. You can double the recipe for a triple layer 8 inch keto strawberry cake when you’re celebrating.

I don’t use cupcake liners. I use tart baking cups found here. This is what I used in my bakery. They are easier to eat, easier to share. However, you can use the same recipe for 12 cupcakes.

In case you don’t know I teach keto baking classes and operate a keto home bakery. This means that I will bake the same recipe over and over again until the recipe is perfect. Having a home bakery has been a baking game changer, because I can get immediate feedback and see what recipes get re-ordered.

I sell small cakes, the size of a tart, which are easy to eat and cut into pieces, when you just want a small bite.

To date, the biggest keto bakery reorders include Texas sheet cake, and lemon with cream cheese  and these strawberry cakes.

What flour is best to make Keto Strawberry Cake

A combination of almond flour and coconut flour are used for a perfect texture. A strawberry cake has to be moist, but not dense. It should spring back and be just firm enough to hold a luscious strawberry cream cheese frosting.

Strawberry cake using fresh strawberries is tricky because strawberries have a high moisture content. That’s why you see recipes using flavored gelatin. I never do that always using fresh or frozen strawberries.

Even without a strawberry frosting, this cake has strawberry flavor, and that’s not easy to accomplish.

Another challenge when making a grain free cake is to make sure to push flavor into alternative flours like almond and coconut flour. This is why I use roasted strawberries. The flavor is divine and the color of the cake is pink without food coloring.

Roasted strawberries will be turned into puree and used in both the cake and the strawberry frosting.

What Sweeteners do I use to make Keto Strawberry Cake?

How do I Roast Strawberries?

Roasting Frozen Strawberries: Because strawberry season has not arrived yet, I used organic frozen strawberries. I first defrosted them, sprinkled granulated Swerve and placed them on a baking sheet with parchment paper. Parchment is important to prevent the juice from sticking or burning. Bake at 375 degrees F. for 20 to 30 minutes until strawberries look soft, dark and caramelized, but not burned.

Roasting Fresh Strawberries: Cut in half, sprinkle with Swerve and proceed as above.

The roasted strawberries will be used for both the cake and frosting. You will need enough to get at least 1 1/3 cups puree.

How do you make strawberry cream cheese frosting?

I use Swerve Confectioner’s Sweetener. Strawberry cream cheese frosting is decadent and delicious. I recently took this to a party and the frosting was the star. This is not the frosting I use in the bakery, as I can’t use cream cheese. I use a strawberry buttercream for that.

I use equal amounts of butter and cream cheese along with strawberry puree. The key is making sure the butter is whipped for a full five minutes before adding in a warmed up cream cheese. The puree should also be at room temperature and added a little at a time, just until you think you have enough strawberry flavor.

You can make this recipe as a one layer cake.  Double  the recipe and make an 8 inch three layer cake or 9 inch double layer cake.

The strawberry frosting is also good on this chocolate cake.

Nutrition Value: Carbs: 4   Fiber: 3  Net Carbs 1   

More Keto Cakes

Keto Angel Food Cake

Keto German Chocolate Cake 

Keto Lemon Cake

Keto Coconut Cupcakes

Keto Chocolate Cake

Keto Shortcakes

Spinach Tiger Keto Bakery 

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Keto Strawberry Cake

Made with roasted strawberries, this sugar free cake is delicious. Makes an ample one-layer cake or 12 cupcakes.

Course Keto Cake

Cuisine American

Keyword keto strawberry cake

Prep Time 20 minutes minutes

Cook Time 35 minutes minutes

Servings 12

Calories 367kcal

Ingredients

Strawberry Puree

• 1/4 cup Granulated Swerve
• 2 cups strawberries Can use frozen, defrosted

Cake Ingredients

Dry Ingredients

• 260 grams almond flour
• 28 grams coconut flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon xanthan gum
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup Swerve Granulated Sweetener

Wet Ingredients for Cake

• 1/2 cup avocado oil or 4 ounces melted butter
• 6 medium to large eggs
• 60 grams sour cream
• 1 cup strawberry puree
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 teaspoon strawberry extract if needed

Strawberry Cream Cheese Frosting Ingredients

• 12 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 12 ounces cream cheese
• 2 cups Swerve Confectioner's Sweetener
• 1/3 cup strawberry puree
• 1/2 teaspoon strawberry extract if needed

Instructions

Strawberry Puree

• Assemble strawberries on sheet pan. Sprinkle with Swerve.
• Roast at 350 degrees F. for about twenty minutes.
• Once the roasted strawberries are cooled, put in blender and blend to make puree.

Strawberry Cake Instructions

• Mix all dry ingredients (not the sweetener) in a bowl. Whisk. Set aside.
• Mix Sweetener with avocado oil.
• Add eggs one at a time and mix each egg thoroughly.
• Add sour cream, strawberry puree, extracts.
• Add in dry ingredients and mix on low until just mixed.
• If making a layer cake, bake at 350 degrees F. (180 C.) for 30-35 minutes, until interior middle reaches 210 degrees. You may need to cover with foil at around 25 minutes.
• If making cupcakes, bake 20 minutes until interior middle reaches 210 degrees F.
• If making mini cakes, bake 15 minutes.
• Cool cake completely before frosting.

Strawberry Cream Cheese Frosting

• Butter and cream cheese both needs be soft. Cut into small pieces. You can microwave cream cheese for 10-15 seconds to soften it.
• Whip butter until fluffy. Whip Cream cheese separately and mix both together.
• Add Swerve Confectioner's Sweetener 1/2 cup at a time.
• Make sure puree is at room temperature. (You can microwave a few seconds if need be).
• Add puree a little at a time. Keep mixing until incorporated. You want it soft enough, but not runny.

Assemble

• Frosting can be smoothed on with an offset spatula or put into a piping bag and piped.

  Add a fresh strawberry to each as a garnish if desired.
• Add In some strawberry extract, if needed.

Notes

You can make this recipe as a one layer cake, or double recipe and make an 8 inch three layer cake or 9 inch double layer cake. 

Nutrition

Serving: 1of 12 | Calories: 367kcal | Carbohydrates: 4g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 37g | Fiber: 3g

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I know strawberry cake is favorite in the south and sells out anytime it’s on a restaurant menu, because it hits all those food memory points. Someone’s grandma made the best strawberry cake or every time we had a get together we had to have the strawberry cake.

Low Carb Strawberry frosting is not easy to make. Strawberries are 92% water and this has to be cooked out or roasted out prior to making a frosting that can you can pipe. What you want is intense flavor without the water that compromises the frosting.

Roast the Strawberries for Low Carb Strawberry Frosting 

I like to roast the strawberries to intensify the flavor and then blend them. You can also choose to cook the strawberries on top of the stove on very low and reduce down as much as possible to eliminate the water and intensify the flavor.

Use Swerve Confectioner’s Sweetener for Sugar Free, Low Carb Keto Friendly Frosting

What Sweeteners do I use to make Keto Strawberry Cake?

I use Swerve granulated and confectioner’s sweetener. You can find out more about why I use these here.

Ways to Use Strawberry Frosting

You do not have to pipe the frosting if you want to use a little less. I love a smooth topping with a fresh strawberry or sprinkles. You can get sugar free sprinkles from Stoka.

Low Carb Strawberry Cake

Low Carb Chocolate Cake:

More Low Carb Frostings from Spinach Tiger

Low Carb Vanilla Butter Cream

Low Carb Lemon Cream Cheese  Frosting

Low Carb Cream Cheese Frosting

Low Carb Chocolate Buttercream 

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Low Carb Strawberry Frosting

Keto Friendly low carb strawberry frosting with butter and cream cheese for cakes, cupcakes, muffins.

Course Frosting

Cuisine Amerian

Keyword frosting, keto brownies, low carb browines, starwberry

Prep Time 20 minutes minutes

Cook Time 10 minutes minutes

Ingredients

Strawberry Puree

• 1 cup strawberries Can use fresh or frozen
• 3 tablespoons Granulated Swerve

Frosting

• 8 ounces butter
• 8 ounces cream cheese
• 1 1/2 cups Granulated Swerve
• 1/3 cup strawberry puree

Instructions

Strawberry Puree

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Put strawberries on baking pan. Sprinkle with Swerve.
• Puree roasted strawberries in super blender or Vitamix.

Frosting

• Beat butter for five minutes until very light.
• Place cream cheese in microwave for 10 seconds to take off chill.

  Beat cream cheese separately.
• Add cream cheese to butter.
• Add sifted Swerve confectioner's sweetener 1/2 cup at a time.
• Make sure strawberry puree is room temperature. If it's iced cold, it will separate.
• Add in strawberry puree a little at a time. Mix very well.
• Keep refrigerated.

Nutrition

Serving: 1of 12

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Vitamin C Smoothie in the Vitamix

Vitamin C in the Vitamix! It doesn’t get much sweeter or prettier than bright orange to lift the mood, bring energy and help fight off a bad cold.

I found myself nursing fevers and colds for five days in a row, and not only was I determined to bring wellness front and center, I went to war staging a front line of healthy food like smoothies and bone broth so I wouldn’t catch whatever it was that brought continuous high fever and coughing.

After green smoothies, red smoothies and purple smoothies, we went orange.

What a mood changer orange is. The color alone lifted spirits and the taste of oranges, and strawberries is kid friendly and fun, while not having a processed juice anywhere in sight.

We all know that oranges are famous for Vitamin C, but did you know strawberries have almost the same amount, One cup of strawberries has 89 mg of Vitamin C.

Kids Love this Orange Smoothie

The good news is that kids love them, and they freeze so well.

The carrot is full of Vitamin A, and apples are all around healthy and go into just about every smoothie I make. If you don’t have oranges or want even more Vitamin C, add in frozen pineapple, one of the biggest health boosters around.

Here’s a funny video getting kids to help.

These fruits and veggies are exceptionally healthy, but a few of them have gotten a bad reputation for being high in carbs in our low carb world. This makes me a little crazy, because while I avoid processed carbs, I embrace whole food carbs, and especially fresh fruits and vegetables while the body is fighting off infection and viruses.

I confess to a few years of my life being afraid of oranges and carrots. That’s so silly! Beyond silly, as the only orange food anyone should be afraid of comes in a box and in a bag and you know what they are.

So do indulge, especially when you’re sick, and make sure you read up on how to treat a fever, your own and those in your care. After doing some research on treating fevers, I thought I’d pass some helpful information on. (I’m not a doctor, just passing on some helpful tips; do consult your physician).

What the Experts Say about Treating a Fever (What Not to do)

I’ve listed a few good articles and videos regarding fever, but wanted to quickly share a few important tips.

• Do not go old school and use cold rags, ice packs or a cold bath, which may actually interfere with the body’s ability to regulate itself, unless directed by a physician.  Ice packs may cause chills and shivering which could increase the fever.
• Use a lukewarm bath or tepid water. There is still information out there that will advise on ice packs, etc. Please consult your physician regarding this.
• Do not give aspirin to anyone under 16 years old.
• Never delay in calling your doctor’s office for advice.

Treating a Fever

What the Mayo Clinic says about Fever

Why Do You Get a Fever

Treating Fever in Children from Web M.D.

How to Use a Digital Thermometer Video

What to do and Importantly, What NOT to do Video

While there may be different treatments for fevers, we can all agree that it’s important to hydrate and take vitamin C. Smoothies without dairy products are great for colds, flu, and viruses. It’s not easy to get kids to eat when they are sick, but they will usually drink a fruit smoothie. Bright colors are appetizing, which makes this Vitamin C smoothie so appealing.

More Smoothies from Spinach Tiger

Low Carb Chocolate Smoothie

Blueberry Banana Smoothie

Carob Peanut Butter Banana Smoothie

Two Green Smoothies

Red Beet Smoothie

Build Your Immune System with These Foods

Blackberries (Blackberry Salad)

Guava

Papaya

Broccoli (Broccoli Salad)

Cauliflower: Cauliflower Recipes 

Kale (Kale Salad)

Lemons (Lemon Budino)

Pink Grapefruit

Grapefruit

Wishing you and your family the very best in this difficult time.

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Vitamix Recipe: Vitamin C Smoothie with Orange, Apple, Carrot

Vitamix Recipe for Vitamin C Smoothie with oranges, strawberries, apple and carrot

Course Smoothie

Cuisine American

Prep Time 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time 2 minutes minutes

Total Time 12 minutes minutes

Servings 2

Author Angela Roberts

Ingredients

• 2 naval oranges with skin removed
• 2 carrots
• 1 apple
• 1 cup frozen strawberries
• 1/2 cup coconut water or water
• 1 cup ice

Instructions

• Mix all ingredients together in Vitamix until the consistency is that of a smoothie. All fruit will crushed, and there should be no pulp. Add more water or ice as needed.
• Serves 2

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I’m bringing back this strawberry post because since I wrote it a few years ago, I’ve added more strawberry recipes.

I love to get out in the dirt and pick strawberries. There is nothing like the sweetness of a good berry and better than that, there is nothing like bending down and capturing these big red juicy strawberries one at time into my basket. When I can’t pick, I head to my favorite farmer’s market.

Here are some great ideas for fresh strawberry dessert recipes.  I’ve added gluten free strawberry pie, gluten free strawberry biscuits, and some keto friendly desserts, like grain free shortcake biscuits.

My Favorite Fresh Strawberry Dessert Recipes

Strawberry Sauce can go a long way in making fresh strawberry dessert recipes. Top ice cream, lemon curd, or cheesecake.

Strawberry Sauce

Since I first made this I’ve now switched to using Swerve instead of sugar for a low-carb alternative.

When you have no time, but you have the best berries, no one will complain about a strawberry sundae.

Strawberry Sundae

Here is a very adult ice cream that everyone will applaud.

Strawberry Balsamic Ice Cream

I use this ice cream machine. 

If you want to go traditional with strawberry shortcake, make homemade shortcakes. Super easy.

Shortcake for Strawberries

Strawberry biscuits are more like scones and make an elegant party dessert. Add fresh basil for something special. I actually demonstrated these biscuits at Williams Sonoma to rave reviews.

I now have a keto shortcake biscuit, which is so good and holds it’s on in the strawberry juice.

Strawberry and Cream Biscuits

Why not add strawberries to a classic blueberry tart?

Strawberry Blueberry Pie

I use a removable bottom tart pan like this one here.

Over the top fresh strawberry cake, a must make. Think Mother’s Day or birthdays.

Fresh Strawberry Cake

This is a one bowl, easy fun strawberry cake that I call the love cake.

Strawberry Love Cake

This is the original Sprinkles cupcake recipe, so you know it’s great.

Strawberry Cupcakes

I’ll never forget the night I served this to company. They kept saying “so creamy.”

Creamy Strawberry Ice Cream

Strawberry Balsamic Ice cream

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I remember the Sunday morning I made this recipe. The pecans are a nice surprise to a shortcake.

Strawberry Pecan Shortcake

If you still have strawberries left over, freeze them in jars or bags for your next smoothie.

How to Freeze Strawberries. 

However, before you do that, make some simple syrup, great for cocktails.

Strawberry Simple Syrup

Make Cocktails with Strawberries and Strawberry Syrup

Strawberry Martini

Strawberry Sangria with Lime and Basil

Strawberry Scones, Gluten Free

We also have lots of gluten free baked good for you here.

Use a scale when baking, especially gluten free.

Gluten Free Strawberry Pie

Low Carb Strawberry Shortcake (Keto Friendly)

So tell me, do you have any fresh strawberry dessert recipes you’d love to share?

Find me on instagram and if you make a recipe from Spinach Tiger #spinachtigerrecipes and I’ll repost.

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You can make the best blueberry pie using the blueberry pie filling recipe, but make it extra special by adding in some sweet, fresh strawberries. There are many ways to make this pie. You can put a full crust on top, or for you an cut out the dough and top it off  with a heart or any favorite cookie cutter for high drama.

I like high drama in a blueberry pie, especially when it’s a birthday pie, which exactly what this was made for. If truth be told, I’m much more of a pie person than a cake person. I love making pie crust and I’ve made it so often, I do it without looking at a recipe or thinking. It’s so much easier than most people think when you have the tips for success, the right ratio for fat and flour and the discipline to make the pie dough in advance so it has time to relax in the refrigerator. Follow my advice for perfect pie crust and I promise you a successful pie dough. (There’s a video at the recipe, if you need extra help.)

Now that you have that under your baking belt, let’s get to fruit filling. Blueberry pie makes people happier than most desserts. I don’t know why; I’m just an observer.Add fresh strawberries on the top for extra prettiness, and you have a most winning combination of flavors. It’s the best blueberry pie you can make. I promise.

This is the best blueberry pie recipe, as it’s  kid tested, man tested, and me tested. The most amazing thing about this pie is that it was made by six year old twin boys. These are my best friend’s kids making their dad a birthday pie. You often see them cooking with me and sometimes they show up on my youtube channel, a real treat.

The next time you have to make a birthday cake, make a pie. Now technically, this is a tart, because that bottom will come out and it will make a spectacular presentation. In flavor, taste, and texture, it’s a pie, using my perfect good, old fashioned pie crust recipe. No matter what you call it, it’s a food memory that will last a life time. Try a little whipped cream or vanilla ice cream for extra goodness and enjoy the best blueberry pie recipe from my kitchen.

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Best Blueberry Pie Recipe with Strawberries

Best Blueberry Pie comes alive with added fresh strawberries

Course Desserts

Cuisine American

Prep Time 1 hour hour

Cook Time 45 minutes minutes

Total Time 1 hour hour 45 minutes minutes

Servings 8

Author Angela Roberts

Ingredients

• Pie Crust Recipe
• Blueberry Pie Filling double recipe.
• 10 large strawberries trimmed and cut in half
• milk to brush on top

Instructions

• Make pie crust recipe
• Make blueberry pie filling doubling recipe.
• Roll out half of pie dough. Place in pie pan or tart pan.
• Fill with blueberry pie filling, leaving enough room to put in strawberries.
• Top with fresh strawberries.
• Cut out hearts with cookie cutter.
• Brush with milk.
• Bake for 35-45 minutes at 400 degrees or until hearts are just golden brown (not too browned).

More Spinach Tiger Blueberry Recipes

Blueberry Old Fashioned Cocktail

Blueberry Crumb Pie

Blueberry Buttermilk Muffins

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My 29th birthday was memorably depressing. I was soothing a boyfriend break-up, and my office “forgot” me. All day I waited for a cake that never came. Living in California with no family around left me at home by myself on a rainy night eating a Lean Cuisine. There was so much wrong with this picture. Although I had much to celebrate and was really doing quite well in life (as life goes), I still fell into the birthday pit.

Spinach Tiger is called “Tiger” for a reason and I vowed to never let this happen again. When I turned 30, I threw my own party, made my own food, ordered my own cake, and never again returned to the birthday pit.

It didn’t end there. I have taken stock in all birthdays. If you are my friend, I will bake you a birthday cake, throw you a party, and cook you a dinner. It’s what I do because I believe a life is worth celebrating and everyone has value.

I will make you a fruit tart of your choice.

It’s fun. It involves favorite foods and favorite cocktails. And, it’s good medicine. All your troubles go away on your birthday.

A while back we celebrated a friend’s birthday with this delicious tart. I used fresh berries.

The Berry Tart Process

The pastry cream was made in an unusual way, and it got thick really fast. But, it was delicious and it holds all this fruit without the crust ever getting soggy. The pastry crust is like a shortbread, perfectly sweet and sandy. There is a temptation to bake it past 25 minutes. Don’t.

Ingredients matter. This tart is all about the fruit. Only use the best pick of the season. I used blueberries that were picked on Wednesday and they were super sweet on their own. The finishing touch comes from a Bonne Maman four-fruit preserve, but you could use any high quality jelly or jam to brush the fruit.

If you want to make a no pastry cream tart, try this strawberry tart.

If you want to make a Raspberry Tart, try this recipe.

If you want to make a blackberry tart, try this recipe.

If you want to make a gluten free mascarpone blueberry tart, try this recipe.

More Tarts/Pies from Spinach Tiger

1Gluten Free Lemon Tart

Fresh Strawberry Pie

Blackberry Tart with Pastry Cream and Lime Basil

Gluten Free Berry Cherry Tarts in Muffin Tins

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Very Berry Tart

Classic French Pastry Fruit Tart

Course Dessert

Cuisine French

Author Angela Roberts

Ingredients

• One Tart Shell recipe below
• 2 pints blueberry
• 1 pint strawberries
• 1/4 cup jam or preserves I used four fruit berry preserve; you can use berry or apricot
• handful lime basil finely chopped
• Pastry cream recipe below
• Small handful of lime basil torn into pieces
• !Pastry Crust:
• 2 cups flour
• 1/2 cup confectioner’s sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 9 tablespoons unsalted cold butter cut into small pieces
• 1 large egg yolk
• covered. Once frozen wrap in foil.
• Pastry Cream Ingredients
• 2 cups whole milk
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 7 egg yolks
• 1/3 cup corn starch
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
• 3 1/2 tablespoons butter

Instructions

• TART SHELL
• Butter a tart pan that has a removable bottom.
• Pulse flour, sugar, salt in food processor for a few seconds. Add butter. Mix for about 30 seconds to one minute (it will look like coarse oatmeal). Add egg yolk. Pulse for 20 seconds. Dump onto counter. Bring together, making sure all ingredients are incorporated. Press into tart pan. Freeze uncovered. Once frozen, wrap in foil.
• To Bake: Bake at 375. Butter shiny side of foil. Place that side onto pastry. Bake frozen for 25 minutes. No need for pie weights.

Pastry Cream Instructions

• Get out a small and a medium sized sauce pan.
• In small sauce pan, boil milk. Remove from heat.
• In large sauce pan, mix egg yolks, sugar and corn starch. Incorporate on low heat, adding in 1/4 cup of hot milk. Continue whisking (an electric beater with a whisk wand works like a charm), and gradually add in remaining milk, boiling mixture for one minute. Immediately remove from heat.. Add in vanilla. Allow to sit for five minutes.
• Add butter. Cool completely, before assembling.
• FRUIT
• Wash and rinse fruit well, removing all stems. Dry fruit.If blackberries are very tart, add 1 - 2 tablespoons of sugar and allow to sit for an hour at room temperature. Add raspberries at very end, as they are more delicate.
• ASSEMBLE
• Spread pastry cream onto tart crust.
• Top with berries of your choice. Heat preserves or jam with 1 tablespoon of water. Brush fruit with pastry brush. Refrigerate. You can make this one day ahead. I like to make the cream and the tart crust the day before and assemble a few hours before serving.
• Top with lime basil.




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Marcella remarks in her book that this cake is even better the second day and I agree. The citrus flavor has settled in. I like that this cake stays together with very little crumb and can take the moisture of fruit.

Our Cooking Italy group had a discussion about the dryness of the batter and difficulty rolling it out to a long roll in order to make the circle prior to baking. I found an increase in warm milk necessary and took it from 1/4 cup to 1 cup. My suggestion is to start at 1/4 cup and keep adding until you feel the batter is right, but no more than 1 cup of milk. Then flour the batter and it should roll out quite easily. This is really an easy cake to make, but is a bit unorthodox in that you knead it on the counter for a minute or so although it’s not a yeast bread; it’s really a quick bread. This large size will probably give you 12-16 servings.

I thought the cake reminded me of shortcake and I took out my pan that makes short cake shapes and did a half recipe, which made six servings. I cut the top off (you can see top left) and then it sits flat. Fill with fruit and put the cap back on.

Recipe for Ciambella and Double Berry Shortcake (adapted from Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking) by Marcella Hazan

Ingredients

• 8 tablespoons butter, melted
• zest of one lemon
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 4 cups unbleached flour
• 2 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 3 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• pinch salt
• 3/4-1 cup of warm milk
• 2 eggs, reserving 1 t of egg white for wash

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 375
2. Heavy baking sheet
3. Butter and flour for baking sheet (or use a baking stone as I did)
4. Melt butter in microwave, to warm, but not hot.
5. Mix zest into sugar with your fingers.
6. Add dry ingredients including sugar into large bowl.
7. Add milk. Add eggs. Mix together. If too dry, add up to 1 cup total of warm milk.
   The original recipe calls for only 1/4 cup of warm milk. Start with that and add more as needed. I used between 3/4 and 1 cup in each recipe.

To make ciambella as a coffee cake: Batter is sticky, place on floured board, add flour as needed, roll into large sausage shape and make into a circle. Use egg white mixed with a t of water to brush on cake before baking. Place on baking sheet or baking stone for 35 minutes. Allow to cool before cutting.

To make shortcakes: You can use a shortcake pan or muffin tin. Full recipe makes 12. Cut in half, stuff fruit and whipped cream. It’s also nice to add in a little milk. The density and crumb of this cake can handle it (or ice cream).

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