Japanese Strawberry Shortcake
Japanese strawberry shortcake is a popular cake in Japan made with
soft, fluffy sponge cake, decorated with fresh whipped cream, and
fresh strawberries.
In fact this strawberry cream cake is popular in a lot of Asian
countries and goes by many names, including Korean strawberry cake,
fresh cream cake, and Chinese strawberry cake.
What they all have in common is the strawberry sponge cake is not
overly sweet and is filled with fresh fruit. Asian sponge cakes are
usually frosted with fresh whipped cream instead of buttercream.
The texture of this fresh strawberry sponge cake is pillowy soft from
the cake flour, and extremely fluffy from the beaten egg whites and
egg yolks. It's layered with fresh slices of strawberries and soft
whipped cream.
Japanese strawberry sponge cake is an extremely popular cake during
Christmas and is appropriately called Japanese Christmas cake or
kurisumasu keki (クリスマスケーキ). The red strawberries and white
whipped cream resemble the red and white colors of Christmas and the
powdered sugar resemble snow.
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