Strawberry-Vanilla Cake

 Strawberry-Vanilla Cake


Ingredients

Cake:

1 cup (8 oz.) unsalted butter, softened, plus more for pans

2 cups granulated sugar

2 large eggs

2 tsp. fresh lemon juice (from 1 lemon)

1 tsp. vanilla extract

2 1/2 cups (about 9 3/8 oz.) bleached cake flour (such as Swans Down), plus more for pans

2 Tbsp. strawberry-flavored gelatin (from 1 [3-oz.] envelope)

1/2 tsp. baking soda

1/4 tsp. table salt

1 cup whole buttermilk

1 cup chopped fresh strawberries

Vanilla Buttercream:

2 cups (1 lb.) unsalted butter, softened

7 cups (about 28 oz.) unsifted powdered sugar

2 tsp. vanilla extract

1/8 tsp. kosher salt

1/2 cup heavy whipping cream

Garnish:

Whole and halved fresh strawberries

Directions

Cream butter and sugar:

Preheat oven to 350°F. Beat butter with an electric mixer on medium speed until creamy, about 1 minute. Gradually add sugar, beating until light and fluffy, 4 to 5 minutes.

 

Add eggs, lemon juice, and vanilla:

Add eggs 1 at a time, beating until combined after each addition. Beat in lemon juice and vanilla until combined.

 

Mix dry ingredients:

Stir together flour, gelatin, baking soda, and salt in a bowl.

Make Cake batter:

Add to butter mixture alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour mixture, beating on low speed until just combined.

Fold in chopped strawberries.

Prepare pans, add batter:

Grease 3 (8-inch) round cake pans with butter, and line pan bottoms with parchment paper. Grease parchment with butter, and dust insides of pans with flour. Spoon batter evenly among prepared pans, and smooth tops.

Bake Cake layers:

Bake in preheated oven until a wooden pick inserted in centers of cakes comes out clean, 26 to 30 minutes.

Cool in pans on wire racks 10 minutes. Invert cakes onto wire racks; let cool completely, about 1 hour.

Prepare the Vanilla Buttercream:

Beat butter with a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment on medium speed until creamy, 1 to 2 minutes.

Reduce mixer speed to low; gradually add powdered sugar, beating until smooth, about 2 minutes, stopping to scrape down sides of bowl as needed.

Beat in vanilla and salt. Increase mixer speed to medium; gradually add cream, beating until fluffy and spreadable, about 30 seconds.

Assemble cake:

Place 1 Cake Layer on a serving plate or a cake stand. Top with about 3/4 cup Vanilla Buttercream, spreading over top to edge of layer.

Top with second Cake Layer; repeat spreading process with 3/4 cup Vanilla Buttercream.

Top with remaining Cake Layer. Frost top and sides of whole cake with remaining Vanilla Buttercream.

Add decorations:

Decorate with whole and halved strawberries.

 

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