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Japanese Strawberry Shortcake

You could use this cake recipe to cook a 15cm-18cm (6-7 inches) cake.
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Japanese
Servings: 6
Author: Omnivore's Cookbook

Ingredients

For the sponge cake

  • 50 milliliters 3 tablespoons + 1 teaspoon milk
  • 30 grams butter
  • extra butter and flour to coat baking pan
  • 4 medium size eggs white
  • 120 grams 4.2 ounces white sugar
  • 4 medium size eggs yolk
  • 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 100 grams 3.5 ounces cake flour

For syrup (optional)

  • 2 tablespoons white sugar
  • 4 tablespoons water
  • 1 teaspoon whiskey or brandy

For the frosting

  • 100 grams 3.5 ounces cream cheese
  • 40 grams confectioners sugar
  • 2 teaspoons whiskey or brandy
  • 1 cup whipping cream

For cake decoration

  • 1 cups strawberries or mixed fruits like kiwi, canned yellow peach, lycee, pineapple, sliced
  • 2 cups strawberries or mixed fruits for toppings

Instructions

For the cake

  • Place milk and butter into a small bowl, heat under medium low heat in microwave for 1 minute, mix a few times until butter is melt, set aside to chill down.
  • Preheat oven to 170 degrees C (338F). Grease butter on baking pan, then sprinkle with flour.
  • In a large bowl, add egg white and mix by medium speed with a electronic mixer until it shapes a very light, fluffy and even foam (left picture). Add half amount of sugar and keep mix by medium speed until sugar is cooperate, then add the rest of sugar, keep mix until the texture turns to creamy and firm. When you pull the mixer out off the mixture, the cream could shape a triangle and stand. Then it's ready. (right picture)
  • Add egg york and mix by low speed for a few seconds, then add vanilla extract and mix for another few seconds.
  • Switch from electronic mixer into rubber spatula. Whisk flour into the mixture and use spatula to mix gently, until flour is fully cooperate. Do not over mix. Slowly add milk and butter, and mix gently until the mixture turns to a even and medium thick batter. Pour batter into baking pan.
  • Place 2 layers of towel on table, drop the baking pan from 20 centimeters (0.6 feet) high, in order to get the surface of batter flat and get extra air out. Place in low level of oven and bake for around 30 minutes, until the surface turns brown. Put a toothpick into the cake and pull out, the toothpick should come out clear.
  • After the cake is cooked, take out from oven, and immediately drop the baking pan from 30 centimeters (1 feet) high. Flip baking pan on a clean wet towel, let it rest for 2 to 3 minutes, in order to flat the surface. Flip the cake again and place it on a cooling rack, cover with a clean wet towel in order to keep the cake moist.
  • After the cake is cooled, slice it into half. To make the slice accurate and straight, use several toothpicks to line up the half way of cake, use a bread knife to slice against toothpicks. Set aside for decoration.

For the syrup (optional)

  • Add sugar and water in a small sauce pan and heat on stove, slowly mix with spoon until sugar is melt and mixed well with water. Remove sauce pan from heat and add whiskey, give it a final stir.

For the frosting

  • Add cream cheese into a big bowl, use fork to cut it into small chunks. Add sugar and brandy, use low speed of electric mixer to mix everything together. Slowly add cream and keep whipping, until the cream turns thicker. Set aside.

To assemble the cake

  • Brush syrup on top of base layer and upper layer of cake. Spread a thin layer of cream on the base layer of cake, place a layer of sliced fruits, then add more cream on top until the layer is flat. Flip the upper layer of cake and place on top, to use the flat side for decoration. Decorate the rest of cream outside of whole cake and place fruits on top. Serve the cake at the same day or store it in fridge up to 3 days.