For my grandfather's 90th birthday, I did a Vintage Beer Themed Dessert table. One of the desserts I made was an Angel Food Cake with Beer Macerated Strawberries.
Of course I took to Pinterest for some ideas. I found this recipe for Grilled Angel Food Cake with Beer Macerated Strawberries from The Beeroness & used it as my inspiration since I wasn't going to have access to a grill.
I used a box mix to make this Angel Food Cake because I have never made angel food cake & had no clue where to start. It turned out just fine, especially since I was just cutting it up anyway. The morning of the party, I cut up a quart of strawberries. I put half in one bowl & half in another. In one bowl, I just added 1/3 a cup of sugar (this is for those that might not want beer in every dessert, I know, what are they thinking?). In the other bowl, I added the same 1/3 cup of sugar, but I also added in 1/4 a cup of beer. The recipe linked above says to use Belgian or pale ale. As pregnant as I am & toting a toddler, I was not about to buy beer in the grocery store, so I used the most reasonable beer I could find in the hubby's man garage fridge. I wound up using a blueberry beer. It worked out fine. Everyone who tried it came back for more, so I guess that is a good sign. I just had the regular macerated strawberries & they were delicious too. I topped them both with a little whipped cream & it was quite the tasty treat. Now here are some really bright, not very clear pictures for you. : )
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