S is for Strawberry Shortcake Kebabs
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- Strawberry Shortcake Kebabs
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- Sprinkle with icing sugar
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- Thread the kebabs
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- Cut the cake into cubes
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- Strawberry Shortcake Kebabs
S is for Strawberry Shortcake Kebabs
Yay! Strawberry season is here. I love the fact that here in Queensland we get these bright red, delicious bursts of sunshine right when the weather is turning grey, cold and miserable.
My girls Bear and Bee love strawberries and would eat them year round just like apples and bananas. However like most fruits and vegetables, strawberries do taste best when eaten in season and for us that means eating as many as we can, in as many different dishes as we can over the next few months.
When I stumbled across the idea of strawberry shortcake kebabs on Pinterest I knew it would be a great dessert treat. And being hand held food it is the perfect recipe ready for next month’s strawberry Fair at Bargara.
Strawberry shortcake is usually made with a scone/biscuit type base. These can be crumbly and wouldn’t hold up well to being on skewers. I decided to make a plain vanilla cake in place of the shortcake but a store bought Madeira cake or similar would work just as well if you don’t have time to cook a cake.
Once you have the cake ready this is a very easy recipe for the kids to put together.
Strawberry Shortcake Kebabs
Ingredients
1 plain vanilla cake
1 punnet of strawberries
Bamboo skewers
1-2 tablespoons icing sugar
300ml whipping cream, beaten until it holds on the spoon (you can use double cream if you don’t want to have to beat it first)
Directions
1. Cut the cake into large cubes about 2.5 cm square.
2. Wash and dry the strawberries and remove the leaves.
3. Thread the cake and strawberries onto the skewers alternately – eg. Cake, strawberry, cake, strawberry, cake.
4. Sprinkle with icing sugar using a small hand held sieve or shaker.
5. Serve with cream.
This would make a great dessert or children’s party treat. Or a perfect end even to a barbecue picnic at the beach.
This blog was written by Maree Mortimer from Three Foot Cooks, thanks so much for sharing your recipe for Strawberry Shortcake Kebabs with us Maree. You can find other posts Maree has written for us HERE.
