Strawberry Shortcake With a Twist...
I recently had a request for strawberry shortcake for a party. I think about strawberry shortcake and get flashes about dry store-bought angel food cake, cool whip, and strawberries; all of which seem to be a recurring nightmare in my neck of the woods. I am not a cool whip girl, it freaks me out. Plus the whole angel food cake thing lacks texture and flavor and moisture... With all this on my mind, I got a little crazy. Okay, maybe a lot crazy, and I whipped up a glorious version that will take your taste buds to new heights. I started with an almost pound cake make from scratch with farm fresh eggs. Then I added homemade vanilla pastry cream to the mix, fresh strawberries, and whipped cream piped onto the cake for frosting. It was to die for. And I ate a lot of it. I am NOT telling you how much of it I ate, but I will say this, it makes a wonderful weekend morning breakfast... This is what hot yoga is for: getting rid of strawberry shor...