Baking with Julia: French Strawberry Cake
by calmamaddg106
I will start by saying, I had high hopes for this recipe. Do you see my ingredients? Yes? Well, I forgot the vanilla and somehow forgot to preheat the oven. Can I blame my mistakes on my children underfoot? No? Well, I tried to pass the blame. My cake didn’t rise hardly, I tried my best and failed. I didn’t like the cake too well either. It was a lot like strawberry shortcake. A plateful of whipped cream and strawberries would have been better. I guess that’s why we are in this group, to try new things. I think my two mistakes hurt my overall results. Oh well.
Well..it looks really good!
Don’t be too hard on yourself. Your cake looks like mine and I did add the vanilla and still found this to be rather bland. It does look pretty!
Thank you, Cathleen. Do you know those cakes the stores sell next to the strawberries for shortcakes? I always thought they were gross because they were for the shelf. But, my homemade ones were about the same!
Beautiful picture of your daughter (I am assuming). Hopefully the recipes for July will be more tasty.
Thank you, yes that’s my daughter. I agree on the tasty-ness!
Sorry this wasn’t a hit for – although, there is something to be said for giving new things a try – it helps solidify what you do and don’t like
It looks pretty.
Totally. I’m so glad I’m in this group!