Strawberry Shortcake Dessert Cups
Delightful dessert cups layered with creamy strawberry cream, fresh strawberries, and crumbled vanilla cake, perfect for summer gatherings.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Total Time: 40 minutes
- Yield: 6 servings 1x
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Chilling
- Cuisine: American
- Diet: Vegetarian
Ingredients
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- 1 baked vanilla cake layer, crumbled
- 1 tbsp sugar (optional)
- 1 ½ cups heavy whipping cream
- 8 oz cream cheese, softened
- ½ cup powdered sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ½ cup strawberry puree
- Pink food coloring (optional)
- 2 cups fresh strawberries, sliced
- Pink sanding sugar (optional)
- Heart-shaped decorations (optional)
Instructions
- Beat the cream cheese in a bowl until smooth.
- Add the powdered sugar and vanilla to the cream cheese and mix until well combined.
- Whip the heavy cream in a separate bowl until it forms stiff peaks.
- Gently fold the whipped cream into the cream cheese mixture.
- Divide the mixture in half and stir the strawberry puree into one half.
- Crumble the baked vanilla cake layer into small pieces.
- Layer crumbled cake, strawberry cream, and fresh strawberries in dessert cups.
- Pipe a swirl of strawberry cream on top of each cup.
- Optionally sprinkle with pink sanding sugar or add heart-shaped decorations.
- Chill the dessert cups in the refrigerator before serving.
Notes
Store in the refrigerator for up to 3 days, and avoid freezing for best texture.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 350
- Sugar: 18g
- Sodium: 200mg
- Fat: 25g
- Saturated Fat: 15g
- Unsaturated Fat: 10g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 28g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 5g
- Cholesterol: 40mg