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President Ford's Strawberry Blitz Torte

Here's how you make President Ford's Strawberry Blitz Torte
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  • Servings: 10
  • Prep: 60m
  • Cook: 35m
  • The following recipe serves 10 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 1 cup cake flour
  • 1 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoons salt
  • 1/2 cup shortening
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 4 egg yolks
  • 3 tablespoons milk
  • 1 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
  • Meringue:
  • 4 egg whites
  • 1/2 teaspoons salt
  • 1/2 teaspoons cream of tartar
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
  • Filling and topping: 
  • 1 cup heavy cream, whipped
  • 4 tablespoons confectioners sugar
  • 2 cup strawberries,sliced
  • 8 whe strawberries ,for garnish
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: Cake:

  • Step 2: Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

  • Step 3: Grease 2 (8-inch) layer-cake pans.

  • Step 4: Sift flour, baking powder and salt together.

  • Step 5: In a large bowl

  • Step 6: With electric mixer set at medium speed, beat shortening until creamy.

  • Step 7: Gradually add sugar

  • Step 8: Continue beating until light and fluffy.

  • Step 9: Beat egg yolks in separate bowl

  • Step 10: Add to creamed mixture.

  • Step 11: Stir in milk and vanilla.

  • Step 12: Add dry ingredients at low speed and beat until batter is smooth.

  • Step 13: Pour batter into cake pans.

  • Step 14: Lightly pile half of the meringue mixture over the batter in each pan

  • Step 15: Spread evenly.

  • Step 16: Bake in 350 degree oven until cake tests done and meringue is pale gold, about 35 minutes.

  • Step 17: Remove from oven

  • Step 18: Loosen sides of tortes from pans and remove them to wire racks

  • Step 19: Keeping the meringue side up.

  • Step 20: Add filling and topping

  • Step 21: MERINGUE:

  • Step 22: Beat egg whites, salt and cream of tartar until they stand in soft peaks.

  • Step 23: Add sugar, 2 tablespoons at a time, beating very thoroughly after each addition.

  • Step 24: Then add vanilla.

  • Step 25: STRAWBERRY FILLING AND TOPPING:

  • Step 26: Combine whipped cream and confectioners sugar.

  • Step 27: Fold in sliced strawberries.

  • Step 28: Spread half between layers of Blitz Torte (meringue side up) and use remaining as topping.

  • Step 29: Decorate with whole berries.

  • Step 30: Refrigerate if not serving immediately.


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