In keeping with yesterday's post about strawberries I post this dessert. It is one of my favourite summer desserts because it is easy, quick, and doesn't involve a lot of bother.
It has the following ingredients: store purchase angel food cake (in the pic to the left I used individual low-fat angel food cakes); low-fat Cool Whip (you could make your own sweetened whipped cream if you wanted to be a purist). Sliced strawberries (some like them plain, some like them sweetened. I stir sliced strawberries with a bit of liqueur, chopped fresh mint, and some sugar and let it sit for an hour at room temperature).
All you do is grill a slice of angel food cake on both cut sides until it is toasted. The grilling caramelizes the sugars in the cake and really brings out the vanilla flavour nicely. Spoon some of the strawberries on top of the grilled cake, add a dollop of Cool Whip and you're good to go.
Caution - make sure your grill is clean. The remnants of last night's grilled chicken won't make a pleasing flavour addition to the dessert!
Another gorgeous dessert worth trying. Would fairy cake/sponge cake be ok to substitute?
I think this might be a winner for the barbecue on Saturday night (yes, despite the predicted torrential downpours we will be barbecuing again).
Posted by: Robert | June 29, 2007 at 08:42 AM
Robert - I don't know what fairy cake is (who names these things anyway?) but a sponge cake would work well. You really want a cake with a high sugar content because the sugars caramelize.
Posted by: Jerry | July 10, 2007 at 09:17 AM