3-Layer Strawberries-and-Cream Cake From The Christmas Singing, by Cindy Woodsmall
2 cups sugar 1 small package strawberry gelatin 1 cup butter, softened 4 eggs 2 3/4 cups cake flour 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder 1 cup milk 1 teaspoon vanilla 1/2 cup strawberries, puréed Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour three 9-inch, round cake pans. In a large mixing bowl, beat sugar, gelatin, and butter until fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating after each. Mix the flour and baking powder together, and add to the sugar mixture in two parts, alternating with the milk and beating after each addition. Fold in vanilla and puréed strawberries. Divide equally into the three cake pans. Bake for 25 minutes. Cool for 10 minutes in the pans, then remove from the pans and cool completely. Filling: 1 1/2 cups heavy whipping cream 2 tablespoons sugar 1/2 teaspoon vanilla 1 1/2 cups fresh strawberries, sliced Beat the whipping cream, sugar, and vanilla until stiff. Cover the bottom and middle cake layer each with 1/3 of the whipped cream and 3/4 cup sliced strawberries. Set aside remaining whipped cream. Frosting: 1/2 cup butter, softened 8-ounce package cream cheese, softened 4 cups powdered sugar 2 teaspoons vanilla 1 1/2 cup fresh strawberries, halved or quartered Beat the butter, cream cheese, powdered sugar, and vanilla until creamy. Spread frosting around the sides of the cake. Make a pretty piping of frosting along the top edge of the cake. Gently spread remaining whipped cream on cake top. Decorate top with strawberries Source: cindywoodsmall.com <http://www.cindywoodsmall.com/recipes/recipes-by-book/> -- *Ginny Butterfield Cranberry Twp, PA * [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CAKE-RECIPE/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CAKE-RECIPE/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
