Classic Strawberry Cake
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Serves: 16
The strawberry takes the cake! This classic cake is full of strawberry flavor and frosted to perfection with a thick vanilla-scented buttercream.
Ingredients
- STRAWBERRY PURÉE
- 2 pt strawberry (946 g), stemmed
- ¼ cup granulated sugar (50 g)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- CAKE
- nonstick cooking spray, for greasing
- 3 cups all purpose flour (375 g)
- 2 teaspoons kosher salt
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 4 sticks unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1 cup granulated sugar (200 g)
- ½ cup light brown sugar (110 g)
- 4 large eggs
- 3 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 cup buttermilk (240 mL)
- FROSTING
- 5 ½ cups powdered sugar (605 g)
- 4 sticks unsalted butter, room temperature
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 3 tablespoons heavy cream
- strawberry, for garnish
Instructions
- STRAWBERRY PURÉE
- pt strawberry (946 g), stemmed
- ¼ cup granulated sugar (50 g)
- teaspoon vanilla extract
- CAKE
- nonstick cooking spray, for greasing
- cups all purpose flour (375 g)
- teaspoons kosher salt
- teaspoons baking soda
- sticks unsalted butter, room temperature
- cup granulated sugar (200 g)
- ½ cup light brown sugar (110 g)
- large eggs
- teaspoons vanilla extract
- cup buttermilk (240 mL)
- FROSTING
- ½ cups powdered sugar (605 g)
- sticks unsalted butter, room temperature
- teaspoons vanilla extract
- tablespoons heavy cream
- strawberry, for garnish