Profit from strawberry season with this superb strawberry mousse cake! It’s jam filled with sweet-tart strawberries with a thick layer of wealthy strawberry mousse and strawberry compote on prime.
When you want a show-stopping dessert, this strawberry mousse cake is right here for you, particularly should you don’t like every little thing chocolate. It is a very vibrant and summery cake with berries added in 3 methods!! Recent strawberries, strawberry compote, and a velvety strawberry mousse. Make my easy vanilla cake. Make some fast compote on a skillet. Mix up the mousse proper within the blender! Layer, refrigerate, and slice!
The bottom is a skinny layer of cake that you simply prime with this actually thick strawberry mousse layer and contemporary strawberries and you then prime the entire thing with this unbelievable strawberry compote. It simply is mind-blowingly scrumptious.
You can also make the cake utilizing no matter pan you could have. I used a six-inch cake pan and in addition used a cake collar. You possibly can simply use your tall six-inch pan and pour the mousse in, should you don’t have a cake collar. You can even use a regular-sized eight-inch cake pan, and it’ll refill the mousse to the highest. It’ll be a thinner layer of the mousse, nevertheless it’ll nonetheless be loads of strawberry mousse on prime, as a result of the cake layer can be thinner as nicely.
When you do use a daily pan as a substitute of the cake collar, simply ensure to line it with parchment earlier than you pour within the mousse, in order that it’s simple to take every little thing out. This cake is summery, refreshing, sort of like an ice cream mousse cake and decadent. Let me know should you do that and don’t neglect to assessment the recipe!
Why You’ll Love Strawberry Mousse Cake
- beautiful cake with a lot strawberry taste!
- creamy strawberry mousse made within the blender, no cooking wanted
- sticky-sweet strawberry compote topping
- simple to make soy-free, nut-free, and gluten-free
🍓Extra Strawberry Desserts
-
cake pan
-
cake collar optionally available
For the Strawberry Compote
For the Strawberry Mousse
Forestall your display screen from going darkish
Make the cake.
-
Preheat the oven to 350° F (177° C).
-
In a bowl, add the entire moist substances and blend very well, till the sugar is combined in.
-
Combine collectively the dry substances in a small bowl, then add to the moist substances and blend nicely to make a batter. The batter needs to be simply barely stiffer than pancake batter. If it is slightly too stiff, then you may add in 1 to 2 teaspoons of nondairy milk and blend in.
-
Switch this batter to a parchment-lined 6” or 8” cake pan, even it out with a spatula, and bake for 20 to twenty-eight minutes, relying on the scale of the pan, the kind of pan, and your oven.
-
Verify on the 20-minute mark utilizing a toothpick inserted into the middle. When the toothpick comes out clear, take away the pan from the oven, let it cool for five minutes then take away the cake from the pan and let it proceed cooling below a kitchen towel when you make the remainder of the layers.
Make the strawberry compote.
-
Chop the strawberries into 1/2” or extra equal-sized items and add to a saucepan together with remainder of the compote substances, and prepare dinner over medium warmth. If the strawberries aren’t beginning to launch moisture, you may add in a tablespoon of water to assist get issues going.
-
As soon as the strawberries begin leaking moisture, press them with a spatula and proceed to prepare dinner till the entire strawberries have damaged down and the combination is beginning to develop into jammy. This may take 6 to 10 minutes, relying in your saucepan and your range.
-
As soon as all of the strawberries have damaged down, take away the saucepan from the warmth and put aside to chill barely.
Make the mousse.
-
Drain the cashews and add to a blender with the coconut cream, sugar and half of the nice and cozy compote. Don’t mix scorching compote! Mix this combination till it’s clean. The combination may take a minute too mix alongside, however proceed to mix it for a minute. Then, let it sit for 5 minutes for the cashews to take in extra moisture, after which mix once more for 30 seconds . Verify if the combination is shifting very well. If it isn’t, then you may add in a tablespoon or so of coconut milk to assist it transfer alongside. Mix for 30 seconds, await a minute, and repeat one other 2 to three occasions till the combination is clean.
-
Style and regulate the flavour. In order for you it sweeter, add one other tablespoon or so of sugar or add some extra vanilla. The cooked strawberries will flip barely purple once you mix them, which is all okay. You possibly can add in some meals coloring, if you would like it to be very pink.
-
As soon as the every little thing is properly clean, put the mousse within the freezer for at the least 15 to twenty minutes to begin to thicken slightly bit.
Assemble the strawberry mousse cake.
-
In the meantime, slice the highest off of the cake, in order that it’s flat on prime.
-
Take 2 tablespoons of the compote, combine a tablespoon of water in, and unfold that everywhere in the cake to offer it a sort of a soak.
-
Slice your strawberries, should you haven’t already, and take away the mousse from the freezer.
-
Place the cake on the cake stand. Then, should you’re utilizing a cake collar, put the cake collar across the cake. When you’re utilizing a tall 6” cake pan or a daily 8” cake pan, simply line every little thing with parchment paper and put your cake in that cake pan. (See my Lemon mousse cake for reference)
-
Organize the strawberry slices standing up across the edges of the cake, if you would like them standing up on the perimeters. You can even place them on the highest of the mousse afterward for the 8” cake pan.
-
Pour the mousse over the cake, and even it out with a spatula. When you’re utilizing the 8” cake pan, then put the contemporary strawberries on the sides throughout on prime of the mousse at this level. Both manner, put the cake again within the freezer for half-hour or so, to offer the mousse an opportunity to arrange slightly bit extra, so you may simply unfold the compote on prime.
-
When the mousse is ready, take away the cake from the freezer and unfold the entire remaining strawberry compote on prime. Then, put it again within the freezer for at the least 3 hours or so, after which you may take away the cake and slice and retailer within the fridge. (Serve after letting it sit for 15 minutes on the counter) As soon as the cake has set within the freezer the ultimate time, the mousse will maintain. Earlier than that, the mousse may be slightly too mushy. After the freezer chill, it can keep within the fridge simply effective with out falling or turning into liquid, for at the least 3 days. Serve straight from the fridge!
Nutfree , use nut-free milk and yogurt and use 1 cup extra coconut cream as a substitute of the cashews.
To make this with out coconut, use coconut-free non-dairy milk and non-dairy yogurt, and use one other cup of cashews as a substitute of the coconut cream after which mix the two cups of soaked cashews with 3/4 cup of non-dairy milk of selection. The coconut-free mousse goes to be a bit extra mushy than the coconut mousse, so that you need to preserve it within the freezer longer for it to set.
To make this gluten-free, use a gluten-free mix of selection as a substitute of the flour, or use 1/2 cup almond flour, 1/4 cup oat flour, and 1/4 cup potato starch. Combine nicely and use that as a substitute of the all-purpose flour.
Faster possibility: Make it into mousse parfaits with premade cake or wafers. High with the compote and mousse and refrigerate to set. High with contemporary strawberries and serve!
Energy: 348kcal, Carbohydrates: 52g, Protein: 4g, Fats: 15g, Saturated Fats: 6g, Polyunsaturated Fats: 2g, Monounsaturated Fats: 5g, Sodium: 178mg, Potassium: 171mg, Fiber: 2g, Sugar: 37g, Vitamin A: 2IU, Vitamin C: 12mg, Calcium: 45mg, Iron: 2mg
Diet info is mechanically calculated, so ought to solely be used as an approximation.
Elements and Substitutions
- non-dairy milk – Provides moisture to the cake. Select soy-free and/or nut-free and/or coconut-free, as wanted.
- non-dairy yogurt – For moisture and tang. Select soy-free and/or nut-free and/or coconut-free, as wanted.
- oil – For texture within the cake. Don’t omit.
- sugar – Sweetens the cake, compote, and mousse.
- vanilla extract – For taste within the cake and within the compote.
- all-purpose flour – For the cake. You should use a mixture of 1/2 cup almond flour, 1/4 cup oat flour, and 1/4 cup potato starch as a substitute for gluten-free.
- cornstarch – For binding the cake. You should use tapioca starch as a substitute, should you favor.
- baking powder, baking soda, and salt – To situation the cake batter. Additionally, you will use slightly salt to carry out the flavour within the strawberry compote.
- strawberries – You’ll use contemporary strawberries to make the compote and to brighten the cake.
- lemon juice and zest – Brings out the flavour within the strawberry compote.
- uncooked cashews – For the mousse. You should use additional coconut cream for nut-free.
- coconut cream – For the mousse. You should use additional cashews for coconut-free.
💡 Ideas
- Overlapping steps, the place attainable, will save time. For instance, whereas the cake bakes and cools, make the compote and the mousse.
- Be certain to mash the berries whereas making the compote to assist them launch their moisture. You need the compote to be a thick, jammy consistency.
- Mix the mousse totally for the very best texture.
- Slicing the highest off the cake makes for the very best presentation and helps the mousse keep in place.
- When you’re not utilizing a cake collar, ensure to line the perimeters of the cake pan with parchment earlier than pouring on the mousse, so it can launch simply after chilling.
- Chilling occasions are essential, so the mousse can arrange. When you don’t chill nicely, it is going to be too mushy to slice.
Find out how to Make Strawberry Mousse Cake
Preheat the oven to 350° F (177° C)
In a bowl, add the entire moist substances and blend very well, till the sugar is combined in.
Combine collectively the dry substances in a small bowl, then add to the moist substances and blend nicely to make a batter. The batter needs to be simply barely stiffer than pancake batter. If it’s slightly too stiff, then you may add in 1 to 2 teaspoons of nondairy milk and blend in.
Switch this batter to a parchment-lined 6” or 8” cake pan, even it out with a spatula, and bake for 20 to twenty-eight minutes, relying on the scale of the pan, the kind of pan, and your oven.
Verify on the 20-minute mark utilizing a toothpick inserted into the middle. When the toothpick comes out clear, take away the pan from the oven, let it cool for five minutes then take away the cake from the pan and let it proceed cooling below a kitchen towel when you make the remainder of the layers.
Make the strawberry compote whereas the cake bakes and cools.
Chop the strawberries into 1/2” or extra equal-sized items and add to a saucepan together with the remainder of the compote substances and prepare dinner over medium warmth. If the strawberries aren’t beginning to launch moisture, you may add in a tablespoon of water to assist get issues going. Strawberries have plenty of moisture, so it doesn’t really want an excessive amount of added liquid to make this compote.
As soon as the strawberries begin leaking moisture, press them with a spatula and proceed to prepare dinner till the entire strawberries have damaged down and the combination is beginning to develop into jammy. This may take anyplace from 6 to 10 minutes, relying in your saucepan and your range.
As soon as all of the strawberries have damaged down, take away the saucepan from the warmth and put aside to chill barely.
Make the mousse whereas the compote cools.
Drain the cashews, if they’re nonetheless soaking, and add to a blender with the coconut cream, sugar and half of the nice and cozy compote. Don’t mix scorching compote! Mix this combination till it’s clean. The combination may take a minute to interrupt down, however proceed to mix it for a minute. Then, let it sit for 5 minutes for the cashews to take in extra moisture, after which mix once more for 30 seconds . Verify if the combination is shifting very well. If it isn’t, then you may add in a tablespoon or so of coconut milk to assist it transfer alongside. Mix for 30 seconds, await a minute, and repeat one other 2 occasions or till the combination is clean.
Style and regulate the flavour. In order for you it sweeter, add one other tablespoon or so of sugar or add some extra vanilla. The cooked strawberries will flip barely purple once you mix them, which is all okay. That’s simply how the strawberries are. You possibly can add in some meals coloring, if you would like it to be very pink.
As soon as the every little thing is properly blended, put the mousse within the freezer for at the least 15 to twenty minutes to begin to thicken slightly bit.
Assemble the strawberry cake.
In the meantime, take the cake out of the pan, and slice the highest off of the cake, in order that it’s flat on prime.
Take 2 tablespoons of the compote, combine one other tablespoon of water in, and unfold that everywhere in the cake to offer it a sort of a soak.
Slice your strawberries, should you haven’t already, and take away the mousse from the freezer.
Place the cake on the cake stand. Then, should you’re utilizing a cake collar, put the cake collar across the cake. When you’re utilizing a tall 6” cake pan or a daily 8” cake pan, simply line every little thing with parchment paper and put your cake in that cake pan.
Organize the strawberry slices standing up across the edges of the cake, if you would like them standing up on the perimeters. You can even place them on the highest of the mousse afterward for the 8” cake pan.
Pour the mousse over the cake, and even it out with a spatula. When you’re utilizing the 8” cake pan, then put the contemporary strawberries on the sides throughout on prime of the mousse at this level. Both manner, put the cake again within the freezer for an additional half-hour or so, to offer the mousse an opportunity to arrange slightly bit extra, so you may simply unfold the compote on prime.
When the mousse is ready, take away the cake from the freezer and unfold the entire remaining strawberry compote on prime. Then, put it again within the freezer for at the least 3 hours or so. As soon as the cake has set within the freezer the, the mousse will maintain. Earlier than that, the mousse may be slightly too mushy. As soon as it units within the freezer, it can keep within the fridge simply effective with out falling or turning into liquid for at the least three days.
Slice and serve! Retailer refrigerated for upto 3 days.
Incessantly Requested Questions
Retailer the completed strawberry mousse cake within the fridge for as much as 3 days, or you may slice and freeze the cake for as much as two months. When you select to freeze, thaw within the fridge for a few hours or on the counter for quarter-hour and serve.
To make this with out nuts, use nut-free milk and yogurt and use 1 cup extra coconut cream as a substitute of the cashews.
To make this with out coconut, use coconut-free non-dairy milk and non-dairy yogurt, and use one other cup of cashews as a substitute of the coconut cream after which mix the 2 cups of soaked cashews with 3/4 cup of non-dairy milk of selection. The coconut-free mousse goes to are usually a bit extra mushy than the coconut mousse, so that you need to preserve it within the freezer longer for it to set.
To make this gluten-free, use a gluten-free mix of selection as a substitute of the flour, or use 1/2 cup almond flour, 1/4 cup oat flour, and 1/4 cup potato starch. Combine nicely and use that as a substitute of the all-purpose flour.
Retailer the cake within the fridge for upto 3 days.
Slice and freeze for months. Thaw on the counter for 15 minutes or in a single day within the fridge after which serve
