Strawberry Festival. 50 of our Best Strawberry Recipes. From Strawberry Cake and Strawberry Pavlova to Strawberry Pie and much much more!
Strawberry festival time and we’ve got plenty of our best strawberry recipes to use them! Many readers will find themselves now into the local strawberry season but we are a little later here in Newfoundland.
The anticipation of juicy quarts of sweet local strawberries showing up at the local markets is growing. Or even better, trips to the numerous U-Pick farms to get the freshest possible berries are eagerly anticipated as well.
Best Strawberry Recipes
I’ve compiled a list of 50 of our best strawberry recipes to put all of them to good use! Have a browse and find a little strawberry inspiration in our online strawberry festival.
Originally published Jan 2013. Updated June 2020.
Strawberry Festival. 50 Recipes for Strawberry Inspiration
The Ultimate Strawberries and Cream Cake is a light as air sponge cake with fresh strawberries, vanilla whipped cream and strawberry compote.
Strawberry Cake - there is no artificial colouring or flavouring used to get the beautiful pink hues in this delicious, made from scratch, strawberry cake.
Strawberry Chocolate Chip Buttermilk Pancakes - juicy ripe strawberries and chocolate are a great addition to this great basic buttermilk pancake recipe.
Strawberry Upside Down Cake - easy and delicious! A moist vanilla scratch cake baked on top of ripe summer strawberries. Best served warm with ice cream!
Muffles are waffles made from muffin batter. This strawberry version is delicious but it will work with other berries or chopped stone fruits as well.
Strawberry Marshmallow Mousse Cake. A super easy mousse made from strawberries and marshmallows on a light as air sponge cake. A nice light celebration cake or the perfect end to a great meal.
Strawberry Muffins with Shortbread Crumble - a simple tender, moist muffin recipe with slices of fresh strawberries baked right in. They are crowned with a buttery vanilla shortbread crumble to make them the ultimate strawberry muffins.
Strawberry Mango Ice Cream Pie. An easy to prepare, luscious, creamy frozen dessert pie that can be made even a week or two in advance.
Strawberry Balsamic Chutney and Goat Cheese Bruschetta - an unusually delicious combination of flavours that's bound to surprise and delight at any party.
Strawberry Custard Tarts aka Tim Tarts! A nostalgic look back at a classic Canadian treat from the 80's and a recipe to make them at home. Ideal for Canada Day!
Strawberries and Cream Sherry Trifle. A real old fashioned style sherry trifle with homemade sponge cake, custard, strawberries and vanilla whipped cream.
Strawberry Custard Angel Food Shortcake - a light summer shortcake dessert with a creamy indulgent vanilla custard to give it just a little added decadence.
Strawberry Black Forest Cupcakes - a deliciously decadent combination of rich chocolate and sweet strawberry flavours.
Balsamic Strawberry Salad with Grilled Lime Cumin Chicken and Walnuts - The marriage of healthy and delicious was never more harmonious than in this beautiful salad that is a complete meal for lunch or even dinner.
This very summery looking chocolate roll cake is filled with very easy to make strawberry frosting and chunks of fresh strawberries. No artificial coloring.
Individual Chocolate truffle tarts topped with fresh ripe strawberries and a generous garnish of white chocolate whipped cream.
Orange liqueur infused cream cheese and fresh strawberries stuffed inside thick cut slices of french Toast. An indulgently delicious brunch idea.
Strawberry Pie Bars - with no artificial colours or flavours. Our fresh strawberry pie filling meets a graham cracker crust in these easy to make dessert bars.
Strawberry Pear Galette - Dessert was never simpler or easier than this gorgeous pear and strawberry galette using frozen puff pastry as a shortcut for this quick summery treat.
Strawberry Pie - Southern style with no artificial colours or flavours. Why interfere with the sweet natural flavour of summer ripe strawberries?
Strawberry Shortcake Cheesecake - a baked vanilla cheesecake sits atop a light sponge cake then topped with a strawberry filling and whipped cream. An ultimate strawberry dessert!
Strawberry Mango Crumb Cake - an ideal summer brunch coffee cake with a buttery crumble topping and sweet pockets of strawberry and mango baked right in.
Strawberry Mascarpone Cream Cake - no artificial colours or flavours are used in this beautiful celebration cake perfect for birthdays, Valentine's Day, Mother's Day or any other special occasion.
Strawberry Cointreau Sour Cream Custard Flan - no need to let your guests know just how easy it is to make this luscious, creamy dessert with boozy berries.
A few simple ingredients is all it takes to make this buttery strawberry crumble that can be served warm as a dessert or cooled and cut into cookie bars.
Strawberry Banana Bread - a good, old-fashioned banana bread recipe with an extra flavourful twist of having fresh strawberry chunks baked right in.
Strawberry & Rhubarb Fool from "The Lighthouse Picnic". A simple, old fashioned, creamy, flavourful dessert that celebrates the best local ingredients. "This dessert couldn’t be easier or couldn’t be any tastier!" Jill Curran.
Strawberry Apple Graham Crumble. A new take on this classic type dessert with a buttery graham crumble topping. So delicious with ice cream!
Strawberry Screech Black Forest Cake - a delicious twist on a traditional Black Forest Cake using a strawberry compote and a favorite rum from Newfoundland.
Easy Strawberry Marshmallow Mousse. A quick, super easy, light as air mousse using only 4 simple ingredients and no artificial strawberry flavour. An easy but impressive dessert!
Easy Strawberry Cranberry Jam - a super simple and very easy recipe for a delicious jam without pectin, using equal parts strawberries, cranberries & sugar.
Roasted Strawberry Jam Fool. A super simple centuries old dessert, made even better with our method for making this intensely flavoured jam.
These No Bake Strawberry Chiffon Squares are a breeze to make and can even be served as a frozen dessert. In fact that's how many people prefer them.
Roasted Strawberry Jam - Making strawberry jam in the oven may sound a bit strange but the intensely delicious result will quickly make you a convert to this unusual method.
Chocolate Strawberry Shortcakes - individual chocolate tea buns filled with whipped cream, macerated strawberries and drizzled with chocolate ganache.
Rum Truffle Strawberry Cheesecake is a terrific dessert with an outstanding combination of flavours. Perfect for a special occasion or just Sunday dinner.
Sweet Biscuit Strawberry Shortcake - a super simple dessert that's perfect for summer barbecues and picnics.
This easy chocolate mousse is really just chocolate and whipped cream but it is the perfect, unfussy compliment to chocolate scratch cake and fresh strawberries in this tempting dessert.
White Velvet Strawberry Shortcake - an incredibly simple but delicious version of strawberry shortcake on the lightest, most moist homemade white cake you've ever tried.
Chocolate Whipped Cream Cake with Strawberries - an impressive looking dessert cake from scratch, that's actually much easier to make than you might think.
An easy to prepare white chocolate mousse which has been infused with orange flavor, fills a pastry shell and is topped with fresh sliced strawberries and orange segments.
A simple, old-fashioned bundt cake recipe with plenty of orange citrus flavour. The Cointreau marinated strawberries are the perfect accompaniment to this delicious cake.
Red White & Blue Cake - to celebrate the 4 th of July, try this all butter cake with fresh berries and a filling of luscious mascarpone cream.
Too Tall Neapolitan Cake - light vanilla cake, filled with layers of strawberry compote & custard, then covered in luscious chocolate buttercream frosting.
An indulgent but surprisingly light combination of sponge cake, meringue pavlova, whipped cream, berries and roasted strawberry jam.
Strawberries & Cream Pancakes. Light, fluffy pancakes enriched with cream in the batter & full of chunks of sweet fresh strawberries. A brunch to remember.
Strawberry Lamingtons - a.k.a. Strawberry Coconut Cake Squares - moist cubes of homemade vanilla cake get soaked in a combination of strawberry jello and jam and then rolled in coconut. An easy, pretty and very tasty treat that kids will love.
BONUS RECIPE: On the savoury side we have a Strawberry Spinach Salad with Goat Cheese & Honey Dijon Dressing - with bacon & almonds is one of the most deliciously flavourful salads you will ever eat
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