A quick and easy strawberry and banana shortcake dessert made with juicy strawberries and bananas tossed in vanilla syrup, drizzled on fluffy angel food cake and topped with whipped cream.
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Happy Strawberry Shortcake Day!
For the best juicy and sweet strawberries, June is the season. This month also brings up the best memories. For instance, we get the anticipation of summer, school is out in the US, and family vacations begin! Let’s go bananas! In addition, bananas have a subtly sweet aroma, are creamy, and always complement strawberries well. I hope you enjoy this quick treat.
If you want a quick ice cream recipe, try Mango Cookies and Cream No-Churn Ice Cream, and Easy Peanut Chocolate Caramel Candy Bar No-Churn Ice Cream.
But if you just want a refresher, check out the Frozen Watermelon Lemonade.
After taking my pictures, I had to dig in. So good!
Ingredients and Instructions
Simple ingredients, right? I used strawberries, a banana, a thick slice of angel food cake, vanilla extract, sugar, and whipped cream for the recipe. Mixed the sugar, extract with hot water to make a simple syrup, then toss in the strawberries and banana. Alternate the strawberries, sliced bananas, and cake in a cup, then top with whipped cream. You can put some whipped cream in the middle as well while layering.
See quantities in the strawberry and banana shortcake recipe card.
Equipment
Small mixing bowl - Used for making the simple syrup and tossing the strawberries and banana.
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Storage
It does not do well in the fridge assembled. Only the sliced strawberries and cake will last two days. Therefore, everything else must be used immediately.
Air Tight Food Containers - I use Glass Food Storage Containers with a plastic clipping lid to store food. For example, I always suggest glass storage containers since you can microwave them and hold food without staining the container, and the glass keeps them at a more stable temperature, which keeps the food fresher longer.
Cooking tip
Use the cake to soak up the leftover simple syrup, then assemble.
Sweet Recipes
Looking for other sweet recipes like this? Try these:
- Easy Air Fryer S'mores Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Easy Peanut Chocolate Caramel Candy Bar No-Churn Ice Cream
- Mango Cookies and Cream No-Churn Ice Cream
- Papaya Rum Coconut Ninja CREAMi
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📖 Recipe
Strawberry Banana Shortcake
Ingredients
- 5 medium strawberries
- ½ medium banana
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon hot water
- ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1.5 ounces slice of angel food cake 1.5-inch thick slice
- 8 tablespoons whipped cream chilled
Equipment
- Small Mixing Bowl
Instructions
- Prepare Strawberries: Slice 1 strawberry into a fan. As demonstrated in the video. Slice the other four strawberries a ¼ inch thick.
- Prepare Banana: Slice the banana ½ an inch thick.
- Make Strawberry Banana Filing: Combine the sugar, vanilla extract, and hot water and mix until the sugar is dissolved in a small mixing bowl. Add and combine strawberries and bananas in a small mixing bowl.
- Assemble Dessert: Alternate fruit filling with the cake. Halfway through add half of the whipped cream.
- Top the dessert with the rest of the whipped cream.
- Place fanned strawberry garnish on top.
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Notes
- Use a chilled glass to prevent the whipped cream from melting.
- Keep the whipped cream chilled until you are ready to assemble.
Nutrition
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