Cake Recipes Using Freeze Dried Strawberries

This was an awful decision and an epic fail.

Cake recipes using freeze dried strawberries.

Your strawberries must have great flavor in order for your cake to have any flavor. Put the mystery aside and check out our best ways to use freeze dried strawberries. Of course i d love to hear your favorite tips for using dried strawberries too. You can also use freeze dried fruit as a mix ins in recipes.

I honestly did not think this cake would turn out at all but i was surprised by the texture and the flavor that came through. See more ideas about strawberry recipes freeze dried strawberries freezedried. The cake was atrocious. Combine cake flour and freeze dried strawberries in a food processor and grind to form a powdery pale pink flour with no visible pieces of fruit.

Bring to about 70 f 21 c before using. You can purchase freeze dried strawberry powder instead of whole freeze dried strawberries if it s easier to find. Grind 1 to 1 6 oz depending on your taste freeze dried strawberries into a fine powder using a coffee grinder magic bullet or food processor. Whip up a delightful dairy free strawberry frosting.

Just check out my homemade strawberry frosting. To make strawberry powder. Pile them on your favorite grain free granola. I actually added freeze dried strawberries to cake batter as one of my test recipes.

Strawberry cake from scratch made with freeze dried strawberries makes for a cake full of flavor and a tender crumb. If you d prefer not to use freeze dried strawberries you can use fresh strawberries. You can place the fruit in a ziploc bag and crush it with a rolling pin until it becomes a powder however pulsing it in a food processor is a quicker way if you need. If you like you can add some pink or red color gel to the cake batter to make the color more vibrant.

You can find freeze dried strawberries at trader joe s or online or make your own dried strawberries. You can add them to baked goods or breakfast foods use them as natural flavoring for frosting and more. To help i m sharing 15 fabulous ways to use freeze dried or home dehydrated strawberries. Texture taste and appearance.

Grab some freeze dried strawberries grind them up and toss it into the frosting. Purée fresh strawberries with an immersion blender food processor or countertop blender until perfectly smooth. During my strawberry cake recipe experiments i tested out a strawberry cake from scratch recipe using freeze dried strawberries. Before added to something pipeable like a frosting or pastry cream i like to put it through a fine mesh sieve to get rid of any large bits that could get stuck in a pastry bag when piping.

But freeze dried strawbs are a yes for frosting. If your strawberries are lacking your cake will be too. 15 fabulous ways to enjoy dried strawberries. Coarsely chopped freeze dried fruit is a good choice for muffin and cake recipes but pulverizing it into a powder is a better option in recipes like my strawberry limemade bars.