Christmas Strawberry Cake

If you want to impress your guests this holiday season, look no further, as we have the perfect dessert to celebrate: a Christmas strawberry cake! Besides being simple, you will need less than 15 ingredients to bring it to the table.As if that weren’t enough, this sweet strawberry cake has a touch of McCormick® Strawberry Jam and you can decorate it with red fruits, gingerbread cookies, and more. Are you excited to try it?Did you know? Jam is made using the whole fruit, while jelly is made with the juice of the fruits.Click to see more easy dessert recipes!
Ingredients
6
Servings
  • 2 cups butter, in medium cubes and at room temperature
  • 1 1/2 cups icing sugar
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon powder
  • 3 cups flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla essence
  • 1 cup cream cheese, in medium cubes, for the cream cheese base
  • 1 cup whipping cream, for the cream cheese base
  • 1/2 cups white chocolate, melted
  • 1/4 cups sugar
  • 1 1/2 cups McCormick® Strawberry Jam
Preparation
30 mins
20 mins
Low
  • Use the paddle attachment of your mixer to cream the butter until smooth. Then, add the powdered sugar. Add the flour, cinnamon, baking powder, and mix very well. Continue mixing and incorporate the egg and vanilla. Wrap the dough in plastic and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
  • Sprinkle a little flour on a flat surface and divide the dough into two. Take one portion of dough, roll it out, and place it in a rectangular mold, previously greased with butter and flour. Bake at 180 °C for 20 minutes.Take the other portion of dough, roll it out and shape the cookies with star-shaped cutters. Place the small cookies on one tray and the large ones on another. Bake the small ones at 180 °C for 10 minutes and the large ones at 180 °C for 20 minutes. Remove everything from the oven and let it cool.
  • Use a hand whisk to mix the cream cheese until smooth. Add the heavy cream, white chocolate, and sugar. Set aside.
  • Unmold the cake base and pour the cheese mixture into it, then cover with McCormick® Strawberry Jam and decorate with star cookies.
  • Serve the Christmas strawberry cake.

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