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Fresh Strawberry Cake

Ingredients

  • 1/4 cup milk
  • 4 eggs
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 2 & 1/4 cup cake flour, sifted
  • 1 & 3/4 cup sugar
  • 4 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 & 1/2 sticks unsalted butter

PUREE

  • 3 cups very ripe strawberries 
  • 1 teaspoon sugar

FROSTING

  • 1 stick butter
  • 3 cups powdered sugar
  • 6 Tablespoons puree
  • 1/8 teaspoon almond extract

Step by Step Instructions

STEP 1
Slice and toss berries with sugar. Set aside.

STEP 2
Preheat oven to 350.  Grease/flour 2 cake layer pans.
STEP 3
Puree strawberries. Combine HALF of this with milk, eggs, vanilla and mix with fork.
STEP 4
In mixer, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, salt to mix. Beat at low speed with butter.
STEP 5
Add wet ingredients and beat at medium speed until combined. Pour batter into cake pans. 
STEP 6
Bake 20-25 minutes. Let cakes rest in pan 10 minutes and turn onto wire racks to cool completely before frosting.
FROSTING
Whip frosting and fold in other HALF of puree. Frost cooled cakes.

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