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Strawberry Sponge Cake Recipe
This cake is layer after delicious layer of fresh strawberries, a lightly sweet cream cheese frosting, and moist European sponge cake. It's fantastic and very simple to make.
👥 8 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 1h 8m⏳ Prep: 45 min🔥 Cook: 23 min👤 Natasha Kravchuk📖 natashaskitchen
🥘 Ingredients
Check off ingredients as you prepare them:
🍳 Cookware
- ●pan
- ●oven
- ●whisk
- ●bowl
- ●spatula
- ●knife
- ●food processor
- ●mixing bowl
📝 Preparation Steps
1
How to Make Cake Layers: Preheat Oven to 350˚F and line bottoms of cake pans with parchment paper (do not grease the sides).
2
Beat 6 large eggs with the whisk attachment for ⏱️ 1 min on high speed. With the mixer on, gradually add 1 cup sugar and continue beating on high speed ⏱️ 8 min until thick and fluffy.
large eggs (room temp)6(8 oz each cream cheese, softened at room temp)2 packages
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Whisk together flour and baking powder. Sift flour in thirds into the batter, folding gently with a spatula between each addition. Fold just until no streaks of flour remain, scraping the bottom of the bowl to ensure you don't have pockets of flour hiding at the bottom; do not over-mix or you may deflate the batter.
4
Divide batter equally between two prepared cake pans and bake at 350˚F fr ⏱️ 23-28 minutes (my oven took ⏱️ 25 min), or until top is golden brown and springs back when poked slightly. Remove from pan by sliding a knife around the edges. Let cool to room temp then peel back the parchment paper. Slice Cake Layers equally in half.
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Strawberry Filling:
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Cut strawberries into quarters if large and place them in the bowl of a food processor; pulse until consistency of chunky applesauce; set aside.
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Frosting:
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Beat cold heavy whipping cream on high speed with whisk attachment for ⏱️ 1-2 min until stiff and spreadable then remove to a separate dish.
heavy whipping cream1 cup(8 oz each cream cheese, softened at room temp)2 packages
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In the same mixing bowl (no need to wash it), beat together cream cheese and 3/4 cup sugar about ⏱️ 2 min until smooth and lump-free, scraping down a bowl a couple times. Using a spatula, fold in whipped cream.
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Assembly:
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Place the first layer cut-side-up on your serving dish
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and spread with 1/3 of the strawberry puree.
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Spread about 1/2 cup frosting on the second cake layer and place it over the first layer so the strawberries and cream are hugging. Repeat with the next layers.
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Frost the top and sides with remaining frosting. Decorate the top with melted chocolate. I cut the little strawberries in half and placed them on each of the chocolate "vines." Then I put strawberries halves around the base of the cake. If you can't find small strawberries; raspberries would work well for the decor also as they are tiny and look cute cut in half.
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