Sheet Pan Strawberry Shortcake

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A rich and sponge-y vanilla cake topped with sweetened whipped cream and macerated strawberries and basil. So light and delicious. This super easy Sheet Pan Strawberry Short Cake can feed a crowd but also keeps well for a day or two in the fridge. Guaranteed a hit!

With Spring well and truly here, I knew I had to make this Sheet Pan Strawberry Shortcake recipe immediately upon flipping through my review copy of “SHEET PAN EVERYTHING”, the new cookbook by Ricardo Larrivee published by Appetite by Random House. I’ve always been a fan of sheet pan cooking and my sheet pans are workhorses in the kitchen. But I’ll admit, they’ve mostly handled a lot of smashed potatoes, roasted veggies, roasted chicken, bacon strips, cookies, granola, etc. The usual. This cookbook opened my eyes to so many other possibilities such as Vegetable and Sausage Poutine, Glazed Tofu, Couscous with Vegetables and Chickpeas, and Crispy Ham and Cheese Wrap. All of these cooked on a sheet pan. Pretty wild!

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And to my delight, there is a whole section devoted to sweet recipes. This was definitely my first time baking a cake in a sheet pan and as you can clearly see, it worked out wonderfully. I love the fact that this single layer situation makes it fuss-free to feed a crowd. This cake is made in a 18” x 13” half-sheet pan and serves 16 or more. The cake itself is rich and spongy, and really rather easy to make. My girls made the cake all on their own and I added the toppings after the cake cooled. You can watch us make it on my IG stories. Since we weren’t having a gathering, we piled into the car and dropped half of it off to my sister’s family. Perfect excuse for a socially-distanced hello. Everyone LOVED IT.

Thanks to Ricardo Larrivee and Appetite by Random House for gifting me a copy of this book and for allowing me to share this Sheet Pan Strawberry Shortcake recipe with all of you here on the blog (all images are mine except for book cover image). This book made me nostalgic for Ricardo’s cooking show on Food Network Canada which I used to watch religiously! I made a Caramel Pear Trifle from his show which I still dream about to this day. That was 10 years ago. This Sheet Pan Strawberry Shortcake is the kind of cake I will dream about too. And make again and again.

If you have a recipe question or food for thought to share with me, drop it in comments below.

Eat well and be well,

Sonia x

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》Strawberries and Cream Pavlova

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》Apple and Tahini Frangipane Tart

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Tips and FAQs - Sheet Pan Strawberry Short Cake:

• Optional vanilla extract - Add 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract to the cake batter — add it anytime during the 10-minute whisk time for the egg/sugar mixture. You may also want to add 1 teaspoon of vanilla in the whipped cream — add along with the cream and sugar when they go into the mixing bowl.

• Check baking time early - The recipe states to bake the cake for 18-22 minutes but I consistently bake it for far less time. It takes about 13-15 minutes for mine to be perfectly done. This goes for all recipes you’re making for the first time, check doneness early, especially if your oven runs hot like mine. This sheet cake is a thin cake so you don’t want it to over bake it!

• Stabilized whipped cream - Substitute 1/4 cup of granulated sugar with powdered sugar. Powdered sugar contains cornstarch and organic cornstarch contains tapioca starch. Both starches are added to powdered sugar as an anti-caking agent, and they also happen to help stabilize the whipped cream so it holds longer without deflating or weeping (turning liquidy). If you happen to have crème fraîche, sour cream, mascarpone or yogurt — you can add a couple tablespoons of it too — add along with the cream and sugar when they go into the mixing bowl.

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Sheet Pan Strawberry Shortcake

Excerpted from Sheet Pan Everything by Ricardo Larrivee. Copyright © 2021 Ricardo Media. Published by Appetite by Random House®, a division of Penguin Random House Canada Limited. Reproduced by arrangement with the Publisher. All rights reserved.

PREPARATION 40 MIN / COOKING 18 MIN / COOLING 1H / MACERATING 15 MIN / SERVINGS 16

INGREDIENTS.

For the Cake:

• 1 cup (150g) unbleached all-purpose flour

• 1 tsp baking powder

• 1/4 tsp salt

• 6 eggs

• 3/4 cup (160g) sugar

For the Strawberries:

• 6 cups (810g) quartered strawberries

• 2 tbsp sugar

• 1 tbsp (15ml) orange liqueur (optional)

• Thai basil leaves, for serving (I used regular basil leaves)

For the Whipped Cream:

• 2 1/2 cups (625ml) 35% cream

• 1/2 cup (105g) sugar

Optional:

I added a dusting of icing sugar to finish!

METHOD.

For the Cake:

With the rack in the middle position, preheat the oven to 350°F(180°C). Line the bottom of a sheet pan with parchment paper, letting it hang over two sides. Butter the paper and sides of the sheetpan.

In a bowl, combine the flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside.

In a large bowl, whisk the eggs and sugar with an electric mixer until the mixture is pale, is tripled in volume and falls from the beaters in a ribbon, about 10 minutes.

Sift the dry ingredients over the egg mixture and fold in with a whisk. Spread the batter out evenly on the sheet pan (full size pan measuring 18” x 13”).

Bake for 18 to 22 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Let cool completely on a wire rack, about 1 hour. (Note: I bake mine for 12 minutes (my oven runs hot). Make sure to check early for doneness when making for the first time.)

For the Strawberries:

Meanwhile, in a bowl, combine the strawberries with the sugar and orange liqueur, if using. Let macerate for 15 minutes. Drain the strawberries, keeping the syrup.

For the Whipped Cream:

In a bowl, whisk the cream and sugar with an electric mixer until medium-firm peaks form.

Assembly:

Drizzle the cake with the strawberry syrup. Cover with the whipped cream and strawberries. Garnish with Thai basil leaves. I also added a dusting of icing sugar to finish it all off. The cake will keep for 2 days in the refrigerator.

Enjoy!

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