Summer’s Strawberry Bounty
Strawberries call out to me at this time of year. They’re plump, juicy, with tons of flavour – perfect for baking.
My favourite summer dessert by a longshot is this strawberry torte. It is simple to put together and the best thing about it is you can mix it up. For this one, I used peaches with strawberries but you can also pair strawberries with rhubarb, peaches, blueberries, anything goes really with this torte. Using a springform pan for this recipe creates a beautiful crust up the sides so that you can enjoy its deliciousness in every bite.
Strawberry Torte
Ingredients:
½ cup butter
½ cup vegetable oil
1 cup granulated sugar
1 egg
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
⅛ tsp salt
Filling
3 pints strawberries
1 cup granulated sugar
4 tbsp all-purpose flour
½ lemon (juice and rind)
Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Cream butter and vegetable oil.
- Add sugar gradually and cream well.
- Add beaten egg.
- Sift dry ingredients and add to creamed mixture.
- Reserve 1 cup and pat down the remainder of the dough into a 12-inch (30 cm) springform, bringing the dough up the sides to within an inch of the top.
- Mix strawberries, sugar, flour, and lemon rind and put into prepared pan.
- Sprinkle with lemon juice.
- To remaining dough, add a little flour and crumble with fingers to make a streusel.
- Sprinkle on top of berries.
- Bake for 1 ¼ -1 ½ hours.
- Before serving, dust with icing sugar.
