Classic Strawberry Cake

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
  1. STRAWBERRY PURÉE
  2. pt strawberry (946 g), stemmed
  3. ¼ cup granulated sugar (50 g)
  4. teaspoon vanilla extract
  5. CAKE
  6. nonstick cooking spray, for greasing
  7. cups all purpose flour (375 g)
  8. teaspoons kosher salt
  9. teaspoons baking soda
  10. sticks unsalted butter, room temperature
  11. cup granulated sugar (200 g)
  12. ½ cup light brown sugar (110 g)
  13. large eggs
  14. teaspoons vanilla extract
  15. cup buttermilk (240 mL)
  16. FROSTING
  17. ½ cups powdered sugar (605 g)
  18. sticks unsalted butter, room temperature
  19. teaspoons vanilla extract
  20. tablespoons heavy cream
  21. strawberry, for garnish

 

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