So we’ll use ground up freeze dried strawberries - all real strawberry flavor, none of the excess water! Artificial strawberry flavoring is, well, kind of gross. Adding pureed strawberries adds too much liquid to the batter. Slices of whole strawberries are delicious, but then you’re eating slices of strawberries, which takes away from the light and fluffy cake texture. I love the color contrast between the vanilla layers and the slightly pinkish strawberry layer, but you can absolutely turn all three layers into strawberry cake by tripling the amount of freeze dried strawberries in the batter.įreeze dried strawberries? Yes indeed! This is the secret to the strawberry cake layer. I chose to make just one of the layers strawberry-flavored and leave the others plain vanilla. The cake layers themselves for this strawberry layer cake start as my favorite white vanilla cake recipe. Memorial Day, 4th of July, Labor Day - I’m pretty sure this is going to make multiple appearances at cake-worthy celebrations for the rest of summer! Happy birthday, little Beanie - I can’t promise you much in life, but I do always promise to make you a delicious homemade birthday cake for as many years as you want one!Īnd as for the strawberry layer cake? This definitely won’t be the last time we’re making it, either. And just like her big brother, she was most excited to pick all the fresh fruit right off the outside of the cake (although once she ate all the strawberries, she was more than happy to dig on in to some of the cake). Suffice to say, the strawberry layer cake cake was a total hit - Brielle loved it.
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Since Brielle loves strawberries, it only seemed fitting to make a similar version of that cake, but using strawberries instead!Ī three layer cake, one layer filled with strawberries (read on for tips on how to impart strawberry flavor into a cake!), filled with homemade strawberry puree, all covered in whipped cream frosting. When my son turned one, I made him this vanilla layer cake with blueberry cardamom curd which, to date, is still one of my most favorite cakes I’ve ever made. Even though we didn’t have a party, what kind of dessert-baking food blogging mother would I be if we didn’t celebrate with a homemade cake?! Last month, we celebrated our daughter’s first birthday. No strawberry extract, jell-o, or jams necessary!
Perfect for all your summer celebrations, this strawberry layer cake with whipped cream frosting is made entirely with real strawberries and filled with thick layers of homemade strawberry puree.
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