Best Strawberry Pie Cake Recipes

STRAWBERRY-CREAM-PIE CAKE

Steps:

• Pastry layers: Preheat oven to 375 degrees with racks in upper and lower thirds. On a lightly floured surface, roll out one piece of pastry dough into a 9-inch round, slightly less than 1/8 inch thick. Transfer to a parchment-lined baking sheet. Repeat with remaining dough, placing 1 or 2 rounds on each sheet. Brush with beaten egg and sprinkle generously with sanding sugar. Bake, rotating sheets halfway through, until golden brown and crisp, 22 to 24 minutes. Let cool completely on sheets on wire racks.
• Filling: Whisk together granulated sugar, cornstarch, and salt in a medium saucepan. Whisk together milk and egg yolks in a bowl, then add to pan along with butter. Cook over medium heat, whisking constantly, until mixture comes to a boil. Continue to cook 1 minute, whisking, then remove from heat and stir in vanilla. Strain mixture through a fine sieve into a bowl. Cover with plastic wrap, pressing it directly onto surface. Refrigerate at least 2 hours and up to 2 days.
• Whisk heavy cream to stiff peaks. Whisk pastry cream to loosen. Fold in whipped cream, then berries.
• Spread 1/4 cup jam on a pastry layer. Top with one-third of pastry-cream mixture (about 1 1/4 cups), then a second pastry layer. Repeat with remaining jam, cream mixture, and pastry, ending with pastry. Drape with plastic wrap and refrigerate, at least overnight and up to 2 days. Serve, topped with whipped cream and more berries.

STRAWBERRY PIE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a pie plate with cooking spray. Make the batter; pour into the pie plate until three-quarters full. Bake until set around the edges but slightly wobbly in the center, 20 to 25 minutes.
• Meanwhile, make the strawberry filling: Toss the strawberries, granulated sugar and salt in a bowl. Let sit 20 minutes.
• Unroll 1 piece of pie dough on a lightly floured cutting board. Cut into 1- to 1 1/4-inch-wide strips with a knife. Set aside.
• Unroll the remaining piece of pie dough. Cut three 1-inch-wide strips from the middle of the round and press the strips together, end to end, to form one long strip. (This will be used for the piecrust rim.)
• Transfer the partially baked cake to a rack; cool slightly. Drain the strawberry mixture and spoon it onto the cake, pressing the berries into the top to hold them in place. Increase the oven temperature to 450 degrees F.
• Arrange half of the pie dough strips in parallel rows over the strawberries, about 1 inch apart, using the shorter strips on the ends.
• Fold back every other strip halfway. Lay one of the remaining strips across the center of the pie, perpendicular to the others. Unfold the strips over the perpendicular one. Repeat, alternating the strips you fold back, to create a lattice top. Trim the overhang.
• Drape the long pie dough strip around the edge of the plate, on top of the lattice ends. Trim as needed and press the ends together. Tuck the edge of the dough under itself, then crimp decoratively with your fingers.
• Sprinkle the lattice crust with coarse sugar and return the cake to the oven. Bake until the crust is golden, 10 to 15 more minutes. (Cover the pie rim with aluminum foil if it browns too quickly.) Serve with vanilla ice cream or whipped cream.

PATE BRISEE FOR STRAWBERRY-CREAM-PIE CAKE

Steps:

• Pulse together flour, sugar, and salt in a food processor. Add butter and pulse until mixture resembles coarse crumbs with some small pea-size pieces remaining. Add 1/3 cup ice water and pulse until mixture holds together when pinched. If too dry, add more water, 1 tablespoon at a time.
• Transfer dough to a lightly floured surface and knead once. Divide into 4 pieces. Pat into disks and wrap each in plastic wrap. Refrigerate at least 1 hour and up to 1 day, or freeze up to 3 months; thaw overnight in refrigerator before using.

STRAWBERRY PIE CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Spray 9-inch glass pie plate with cooking spray.
• In large bowl or bowl of stand mixer, beat cake mix, water, oil and eggs on low speed 30 seconds. Beat 2 minutes on medium speed, scraping side of bowl occasionally. Pour batter into pie plate until plate is 3/4 full (you will not use all of the batter).
• Bake 25 minutes or until edge is set but center is only slightly wobbly. Meanwhile, toss strawberries with sugar and salt; let stand 20 minutes.
• Remove cake from oven; place on cooling rack to cool slightly. Increase oven temperature to 450°F.
• On lightly floured work surface, cut middle section of 1 pie crust into 3 long (1-inch-wide) strips. Press ends of strips together to make 1 long strip for pie edge; set aside. Cut second pie crust into 1-inch-wide strips.
• Carefully arrange half of the pie crust strips from second pie crust about 1 inch apart on top of strawberries. Fold back every other strip halfway; arrange 1 of the remaining strips crosswise in center of pie. Fold strips back over. Repeat until lattice crust is created, alternating strips you fold back. Trim off excess pie crust with kitchen scissors.
• Arrange long strip of pie crust around edge of pie, pressing lightly onto pie plate edge to secure. Carefully crimp crust with fingertips. Cover edge with foil.
• Bake pie cake at 450°F 10 to 15 minutes or until crust is golden brown. Remove from oven to cooling rack. Cool at least 15 minutes before cutting.