Strawberry Linden Blossom Compote With Vanilla Buttermilk Shortcake: One Of The Best And Delicious Cake Ever

The linden strawberry compote cake incorporates the softness of vanilla buttermilk shortcake with a scent of linden strawberry compote that smells really nice. It blends the traditional shortcake’s richness and buttery taste also the flowery linden blossom’s slight citrus notes and  fresh and sweet strawberry fruits.

Let’s learn to make the perfect Linden Strawberry compote cake with step by step guide.

Required Ingredients For the Cake:

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 ¼ cups sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• ½ teaspoon ground cardamom
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon fine sea salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup buttermilk (or ¾ cup milk mixed with ¼ cup sour cream, crème fraîche, or yogurt)
• ½ cup neutral cooking oil (such as corn or vegetable)
• 1 tablespoon sparkling sugar (optional)

For the Strawberry-Linden Blossom Compote:

• 1 dry pint fresh Oregon strawberries, rinsed, hulled, and halved
• ¼ cup fresh linden blossoms
• Whipped cream (homemade is ideal)
• ½ cup sugar

Step by Step process for making the linden strawberry compote cake

1. Firstly begin with prepare the Cake:

• First preheat the oven at 350°F (175°C). Put in the pan a 9″ x 5″ loaf greased with a strip of parchment paper. Add in the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cardamom into a large bowl. Combine well. Whisk well together until smooth, in another bowl leave alone buttermilk, oil, eggs and vanilla extract.
• After making the perfect batter, pour the it into the prepared loaf pan. Also add the sparkling sugar on the top of it.
• Now bake it on a rack until it turned to the golden brown color and you also can insert the toothpick for comes out clean in the center. It takes around 50 minutes to bake, then bring out and let it cool.

• Make the Strawberry-Linden Blossom Compote:

• You can prepare the mix of the strawberries, linden blossoms, and sugar in a bowl while cake is baking or after. Then cover with a kitchen towel and set aside.

1. Let’s Serve thei Delicious Dessert

• After it cool down, cut it into thick slices of about an inch. Stir the compote well to ensure the syrup is evenly mixed within it then place a lot of the compote on top of each slice of cake. Also you have to add sweeten cream and drizzle of syrup.

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