Strawberry Shortcake Sheet Cake
Featured In WTFCF Season 1, Episode 02: Berries Bust Out. Who can make a strawberry shortcake better than a strawberry farmer? If you never had Wish Farms Strawberries check it out.
Equipment
- 9 x 13 pan
Ingredients
Sheet Cake
- 3 eggs
- 1½ cups granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1¾ cups flour
- 1½ teaspoons baking powder
- ¾ cup milk
- 8 tablespoons butter, cubed and softened
Topping
- 16 ounces (2 packages) cream cheese, softened
- 32 ounces whipped topping, thawed
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 quart fresh Wish Farms Strawberries, sliced
Instructions
Sheet Cake
- Preheat oven at 350℉.
- In a large bowl, using a hand mixer beat 3 eggs until thick. Add 1½ cups sugar and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Continue mixing at high speed until fluffy. Set aside.
- In a separate bowl, add 1¾ cups flour and 1½ teaspoons baking powder. Combine well. Then add the dry ingredients to the creamed eggs and sugar. Combine well.
- In a shallow pan, add ¾ milk and 8 tablespoons cubed butter. Using low to medium heat - heat until the butter is melted. Pour over cake batter and beat until smooth.
- Pour the cake batter into a greased 9 x 13 sheet cake pan. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes. Remove from oven and allow the cake to cool.
Shortcake Topping
- In a bowl, add 16 ounces softened cream cheese and 1 cup sugar. Mix well. Then fold in 32 ounces whipped topping.
Assemble The Shortcake
- Once the sheet cake is cooled, add large dollops of the prepared topping to the cake and spread evenly. Decorate with fresh sliced strawberries.
Creators Note: We skipped the sugar on these sweet berries, but to create a more traditional strawberry sauce, toss your sliced strawberries in ¼ cup of sugar and the juice of a lemon!
Enjoy!
About the Author
Wish Farms has a long history dating back to 1904, when Harris Wishnatzki arrived in Ellis Island and began to sell fruits and vegetables from a pushcart on the streets of New York City. Fast forward to 1929 – Harris purchases property in Plant City, FL establishing a buying and shipping operation, which over the next 80 years would become one of the bigger berry operations in Florida. In 2010 the Wish Farms brand was born. Third-generation owner Gary Wishnatzki continues to innovate – even now he’s leading the industry effort to develop a new automated harvester. Today Wish Farms produces strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, and raspberries from a network of farms in the Western Hemisphere, though Florida is still the homestead. There’s already a 4th generation of Wishnatzkis onboard – and a fifth is coming along right behind.