Strawberry Rose Streusel is a dessert full of caramelized strawberries, a cinnamon streusel on top with a soft and buttery cake on the bottom! Top this with a little ice cream and you've got a dessert that dreams are made of!
Have you been following me on Instagram? If have you, you'll know how much of a labor of love this recipe has been for me. It took 5 times to get this recipe correct. Let's talk about it.
I had a bunch of strawberries in my fridge and needed something to do with them. I have been LOVING strawberries right now and wanted a strawberry dessert that was reminiscent of summer. This began as a strawberry and rose buckle, but my Husband, aka my taste tester, said that it needed more sauce. So, on my second attempt, I added more and he said it still wasn't enough. On my third attempt, which I thought was going to be perfect, had too much sauce and it essentially baked over the springform pan and got all over the oven. By this point, I was ready to give up. I tried one more time, and it still didn't work - however, I was encouraged because on my fourth go, the sponge was delicious. I added cream cheese to the sponge to make the cake a bit more dense. It was delicious, but the sauce kept spilling out. In my attempt to get the perfect amount of sauce, it just didn't work out. So, I left the idea of this being a buckle to being firmly content with it being a streusel and now I am happy. Very happy actually. Happy because this is SO good and I finally get to share it with you! Add a few scoops of ice cream and this dish is just heavenly. I hope that you enjoy!
Strawberry Rose Streusel
Course: DessertDifficulty: ModerateServings
16
servingsIngredients
Streusel:
½ cup oats
1 tsp cinnamon
4 tbsps butter
¼ cup flour
¼ cup brown sugar
pinch of saltSauce
3.5 quartered Strawberries
½ cup sugar
½ lemon, juice
1 tbsp corn starch
2 tbsps water
¼ tsp rose waterCake
1 cup all-purpose flour
½ cup whole wheat flour
½ tsp baking powder
1 cup sugar
½ cup brown sugar
½ tsp nutmeg
1 tsp salt
2 eggs
⅔ cup milk
1 tsp vanilla extract
¼ cup Mascarpone OR cream cheese
Directions
- Combine ingredients for Streusel in a small bowl and mix until little crumbles form. Put bowl in the freezer.
- In a medium sauce pan, add quartered strawberries, lemon juice, and sugar. Bring to a boil and boil for about 5 minutes. In a small bowl, add cornstarch and water and stir together. Add to the sauce pan and stir. Reduce heat to low and simmer for 10 minutes, until strawberries are soft. Allow to cool.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a stand mixer, combine flour, whole wheat flour, baking powder, sugar, brown sugar, nutmeg, and salt. Whisk together.
- In a separate bowl, mix together eggs, milk, vanilla extract, and mascarpone. Bowl into stand mixer with dry ingredients.
- Mix together ingredients on low for about 45 seconds. Spray a 9x13 baking pan with oil and dust lightly with flour. Add batter to pan and bake for 20 minutes.
- Remove cake from oven and pour strawberry sauce on top of batter. Remove streusel from freezer and coat the entire pan with the streusel. Bake for an additional 30-40 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Eat!
Leave a Reply