Recipes

Here's a hand-picked sampling from our past cookbooks. If you enjoy these, be sure to visit our Cookbook page where you can place an order.

Strawberry Earthquake Cake

1 cup Fresh Florida Strawberries
1 1/4 Cup XXX sugar
1 box white or yellow cake mix
1 cup shredded coconut
8 oz. cream cheese

Mix cake according to package instructions. Grease and flour 9x13-inch cake pan. Layer approx. 1 cup or more of coconut on bottom of pan. Pour 1/2 of the mixed cake batter over the coconut. Cream together the cream cheese, XXX sugar, and 1 cup mashed fresh strawberries. Drop cream cheese mixture in large dollops over cake mix. Pour remaining half of cake mix over top.
Bake at 350° for 28-30 minutes. Do not overbake. Sweetened fresh strawberries can be poured over top as desired.

Strawberry Salad

1 pint Florida strawberries, sliced lengthwise
3 tablespoons hazelnut oil
3/4 cup chestnuts, peeled and thinly sliced
1 tablespoon raspberry vinegar
Salt & pepper freshly ground
3 or 4 shallots, minced
2 small navel oranges, peeled, sliced crosswise and cut in half
1 quart small spinach leaves, stemmed and torn
1 quart garden lettuce, cut in narrow strips

Blanch the water chestnuts for 2 minutes in boiling water and immediately refresh in cold water. Combine with greens and shallots. Add oil and toss. Add vinegar, salt and pepper. Add fruit and gently toss again.

Strawberry Nut Bread