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Three Layer Strawberry Cake
This Southern classic is loaded with fresh strawberries and cream cheese frosting. Here's how to make it at home.
👥 12 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 20 min⏳ Prep: 30 min👤 Torie Cox📖 countryliving
🥘 Ingredients
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🍳 Cookware
- ●pan
- ●bowl
- ●food processor
- ●whisk
- ●oven
- ●spatula
📝 Preparation Steps
1
Make the cake: Preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly grease 3 (8-inch) cake pans and line bottoms with parchment paper. Process freeze-dried strawberries in a food processor until finely ground into a powder, about ⏱️ 30 seconds. Whisk together ground strawberries and flour in a bowl. Puree fresh strawberries in food processor until smooth, about ⏱️ 1 minute; set aside.
freeze-dried strawberries1 (0.8-ounce) packages
2
Beat butter, sugar, oil, vanilla, baking powder, baking soda, and salt with an electric mixer
3
on medium speed until very white, thickened, and creamy, 4 to ⏱️ 6 minutes. Beat in egg whites, one at a time, beating until combined after each addition, scraping bowl as needed.
large egg whites, at room temperature5
4
Beat in flour mixture alternately with strawberry puree, beginning and ending with flour mixture, until just combined. Beat in 1 or 2 drops of food coloring, if desired. Scrape bottom and sides of bowl and stir with a spatula to make sure batter is evenly mixed. Transfer to prepared pans, dividing evenly.
5
Bake until toothpick inserted in center of cakes comes out clean, 30 to ⏱️ 35 minutes. Cool cakes in pans ⏱️ 10 minutes,
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then transfer to wire racks to cool completely.
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Make the frosting: Pulse freeze-dried strawberries in a food processor until finely chopped, 16 to 18 times. Beat butter and cream cheese with an electric mixer at medium speed until fluffy, 1 to ⏱️ 2 minutes. Reduce mixer speed to low and gradually beat in confectioners’ sugar and chopped freeze-dried strawberries until incorporated. Increase mixer speed to medium and beat until fluffy, 1 to ⏱️ 2 minutes. Beat in vanilla, salt, and food coloring, if desired.
freeze-dried strawberries1 (0.8-ounce) packagescream cheese, at room temperature2 (8-ounce) packages
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Spoon 2 cups frosting into a piping bag fitted with a large star tip. Place 1 cake layer on a plate or cake stand; spread 1 cup frosting over top. Repeat with second cake layer, then top with third cake layer. Spread a thin layer of frosting over top and sides of cake. Refrigerate frosting in piping bag, cake, and remaining frosting ⏱️ 30 minutes. Spread remaining frosting over top and sides of cake. Pipe rosettes in alternating directions along base and top of cake. Serve immediately.
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