Strawberries and All the Fixings

It is strawberry season! If you haven't already enjoyed these yummy berries this season, now is the time to go to a you-pick farm and get some. I am thrilled it's strawberry season and have been enjoying creating desserts with strawberries. My first new attempt was with angel food. I have always made a full angel food cake, but decided to make cupcakes this time. It worked and they tasted just as good as the full cake. I used a recipe, but the box mix works great as cupcakes too. Just top the cupcakes with strawberries and whipping cream...Can there be anything better?

My second new dessert was a strawberry crisp. This has got to be the easiest dessert I have made in a while. Here is the recipe in case you want to give it a try:

Strawberry Crisp

2 bags (16 ounces each) frozen whole unsweetened strawberries, thawed, or 6 cups fresh whole strawberries, rinsed, drained and capped

1 package (18.25 ounces) plain yellow cake mix (I use the yellow butter cake mix)

1 cup butter

Vanilla ice cream, for serving

Preheat oven to 350. Place the strawberries in the bottom of an ungreased 13x9 baking pan. Cover the strawberries with half of the dry cake mix. Cut the butter into 1/2 inch pieces and scatter half of these over the cake mix. Cover with remaining cake mix, then scatter the remaining butter pieces over the top. Place the pan in the oven. Bake the crisp until it is golden brown and crisp on top, about 60 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool about 10 minutes. Spoon the crisp into bowls and top with ice cream. Enjoy!

I have also made a strawberry cake, but it got eaten so quickly that I didn't even get a picture of it. Guess that means I need to bake another one. As the strawberry season continues I am sure that I will try more desserts and will try to share them here. Until next time...