Well it’s that time of the year again. That’s right summer. When fruits are in abundance and the sweltering heat is overabundance. Strawberries galore is happening at my house right now and I need to use them before they go bad. Since I really wanted to skip out on baking and/or cooking because of the oppressing heat of the summer I figured a cold dessert was needed. Something that didn’t require too much time and there was no need to even go near the stove.
So I went to the grocery in the early morning. Wandering around to see what would inspire me. Walking down the frozen dessert aisle I spotted some frozen cakes. Now when I was in elementary school my mother use to buy the Sara Lee Pound Cake and I would have a slice of it with her on the weekends. That always entertained me for the day, as I would savor that one slice while trying to distract myself with a film on television.
Now that got me thinking. The cake was always partially frozen and it kept me cool in the house. So I figured I could get a small loaf. Now from there I was able to think of combining the cake with the massive amount of strawberries that I had just received earlier that week. There was also a bowl full of freshly whipped cream in the refrigerator. That was my ticket to a quick an easy dessert without the hassle of ovens or stoves.
Now that I think about it these would be perfect for Mother’s Day or even Valentine’s Day.
Here are the ingredients needed for this recipe:
- 2 slices of Sara Lee Pound Cake, thawed
- 1/2 cup whole strawberries, washed and hulled
- 1 cup sweetened whipped cream
- 1-2 tsp. sugar
Step 1: In a small bowl, gently combine the strawberries and sugar until strawberries are lightly coated in the sugar. Set aside.
Step 2: Take a cookie cutter and cut out rounds from the pound cake slices. (Optional: I used 1-3/4 inch cutter. I also cut the small disc in half)
Step 3: Slice the strawberries in a fan-like slices. (How to fan strawberries)
Step 4: Place one cake round on a plate.
Step 5: Fan out 1-2 strawberries on top of the cake slice.
Step 6: Top it with whipped cream and repeat with remaining cake rounds.
Step 7: Garnish with strawberry fanned out.
If you didn’t want to cut out the rounds here is the non-cut version:
