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.
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.
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.
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