Strawberry Layer Cake
Three layers of fluffy pink strawberry cake with strawberry jam and creamy Ermine Frosting.
Ingredients
Instructions
Place all of the ingredients in a small food processor and process until smooth. Pour the purée into a small or medium saucepan and place over medium heat until it begins to simmer. Lower the heat to low and cook, occasionally stirring, until the purée reduces down to about ¾ cup (180 ml). The purée will become thick and jammy. It will take 30 to 60 minutes to reduce over low heat. Allow the purée to cool before using in the cake.
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Store leftover cake in the refrigerator in a cake box wrapped in plastic wrap. If you do not have a box, press a piece of plastic wrap directly to the cut sides of the cake and gently drape it over the frosting.
Serve the cake at room temperature. Make sure to give it ample time out of the refrigerator to ensure that the frosting is soft and silky when served.
The cake is best eaten within 3 days.
If you'd like to use a frosting that tastes like strawberries, then there are two options:
Strawberry frosting using freeze dried strawberries
Strawberry buttercream using strawberry puree. Multiply the buttercream recipe by 1.5 to frost and fill this three layer, 8-inch cake.
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This cake was great despite several errors on my part. Next time I will use parchment paper rounds in the cake pans because mine stuck terribly, and I had to sort of piece it together before freezing the layers. I also had less than 3/4 cup strawberry purée after it reached “jammy” consistency so I made another batch (next time I might 1.5 the recipe to give myself wiggle room for over-reducing it). I put the ermine frosting mixture through a sieve before letting it come to room temp because I had lots of little lumps. None of the errors were apparent in the final product, though. It looked beautiful and tasted great.
A perfect cake recipe for summer! Classic and easy. Thanks for sharing!
I make this cake every summer and it still my favorite! Great recipe. thank you!
I made this for my daughter's birthday over the weekend and it was a total winner. She loves everything pink and we decorated with these puffy rainbow marshmallows. Love the strawberry cake flavor! Will make again next year.
LOVE this recipe. Thank you!
Such an easy and delicious strawberry cake recipe. I’ll be baking this a BUNCH of times.
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