Glazed Vanilla Bean Bundt Cake With Macerated Strawberries Recipes

STRAWBERRY BUNDT CAKE WITH STRAWBERRY GLAZE

Steps:

• Wash, hull, and chop the strawberries and place them in a large bowl. Stir in the sugar and allow to stand for 30 minutes prior to making the cake so they can release their natural juices
• Grease and flour a 10-inch bundt pan set aside.
• In a large bowl, sift the flour and the baking powder. Set aside.
• In a separate bowl, use an electric mixer to cream together the shortening, butter, and sugar, until smooth. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating thoroughly after each addition. Alternate the dry and wet mixtures to the creamed mixture, one at a time. Add some of the flour and baking powder to the creamed mixture, incorporated, then add some milk. When both the flour mixture and the milk are combined, add in the vanilla.
• Stir in 1 cup of the macerated strawberries and half of the juice to the cake batter. Stir well to incorporate.
• Pour the batter into prepared bundt pan. Place the bundt pan into a COLD OVEN, then turn on the oven; set the temperature to 325 degrees F. Bake for 1 hour 30 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean when inserted into the cake.
• Cool the cake for 10 to15 minutes in the pan, then run a knife around edges to loosen and remove cake carefully to a rack, while making the glaze.
• In a small bowl, whisk the melted butter, sugar until the sugar dissolves. Stir in the remaining cup of macerated strawberries, with juice. If the mixture is too dry add some water or milk (see notes), a little at the time, to loosen up the sugar mixture enough to make a glaze. Pour the strawberry glaze over the cake while still warm.

VANILLA BEAN BUNDT CAKE WITH VANILLA GLAZE AND STRAWBERRIES

Steps:

• CAKE.
• Position rack in center of oven and preheat to 325°F Butter and flour standard Bundt pan, then spray pan with nonstick spray. Pour bourbon into small bowl. Scrape seeds from vanilla bean into bourbon; stir to blend well (reserve scraped vanilla bean for another use).
• Whisk flour, baking powder, and salt in medium bowl to blend. Using electric mixer, beat butter and both sugars in large bowl until light and fluffy. Add eggs and egg yolk 1 at a time, beating until well blended after each addition. Beat in bourbon-vanilla mixture. Add flour mixture in 2 additions alternately with buttermilk in 1 addition, beating just until blended after each addition. Transfer batter to prepared pan; smooth top evenly (batter will come only halfway up sides of pan).
• Bake cake until tester inserted near center comes out clean, about 55 minutes. Cool in pan on rack 15 minutes. Invert cake onto rack and cool completely.
• GLAZE.
• Whisk powdered sugar, 4 teaspoons milk, and vanilla in small bowl to blend, adding more milk by 1/4 teaspoonfuls if glaze is too thick to drizzle.
• Place sheet of foil on work surface. Place cake (still on rack) atop foil. Using spoon, drizzle glaze over cake in zigzag pattern. Let cake stand at room temperature until glaze sets, about 15 minutes. DO AHEAD Cake can be made up to 1 day ahead. Cover with cake dome and let stand at room temperature.
• STRAWBERRIES.
• Toss strawberries and sugar in medium bowl. Let stand at room temperature until juices form, tossing occasionally, about 30 minutes.
• Cut cake into wedges and divide among plates. Spoon strawberries with juices alongside and serve.