Ingredients
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For the Cake
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Sugar – 2 cups
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ButterUnsalted– 1 cup
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Eggs – 4
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Vanilla Extract – 1 tbsp
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Wheat Flour – 3 ½ cups
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Baking Powder – 2 tsp
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Salt – ½ tsp
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Half And Half – ¾ cup
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Strawberries – 7 oz (200 g)
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Food ColoringRed– ½ tsp
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For the Frosting
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Butter – 1 ½ cup
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Powdered Sugar – 8 cups
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Strawberries – 7 oz (200 g)
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Lemon Juice – 1 tsp
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Vanilla Extract – 1 tsp
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Salt – ½ tsp
Recipe
Juicy strawberries take center stage in this showstopper of a dessert. This fresh triple-layer strawberry cake is made entirely from real fruit and topped with delicious strawberry buttercream frosting. Soft and fluffy, it is basically like eating a strawberry cloud.
The ingredients in this fabulous fresh strawberry layer cake are nothing fancy or extravagant. Nevertheless, the result bursts with berry flavor as the three layers of cake deliver loads of strawberry buttercream frosting per bite. This dessert will easily impress you and anyone you serve it to. Are you ready to bake a treat that ticks all the boxes? If so, let’s start!
Steps
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Prepare the CakePreheat the oven to 350 °F. |
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To begin with, chop strawberries finely. |
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Cream together sugar and butter until light and fluffy with a heavy-duty mixer, about 2 minutes. While beating at low speed, add eggs, one at a time. Stir in vanilla. |
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Combine flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl. Add to the sugar mixture alternately with half-and-half, beginning and ending with the flour mixture; beat at low speed until just combined after each addition. Finally, fold in strawberries and red food coloring. |
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Split the batter evenly among three 8-inch round cake pans greased with butter and sprinkled with flour. Bake until golden and a skewer inserted in the center of cakes comes out clean, about 20 minutes. Let cool before inverting onto a serving dish. |
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Prepare the FrostingCream softened butter until smooth, about 1 minute. Add powdered sugar, and beat until fluffy, about 5 minutes. Finally, add strawberries, lemon juice, vanilla, and salt; beat until creamy. |
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Assemble the CakePlace the first cake layer on a serving platter and spread with frosting. Add a second layer and spread with more frosting. Cover with the third cake and spread the top and sides of the cake with the remaining frosting. |
This cake is super moist and oh so delicious. By the way, if you want to endeavor to make this exceptional dessert for an intimate gathering, here's a brilliant hack for saying "cheers" with a cupful of cake.
