Strawberry Layer Cake – My Baking Habit

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Strawberry layer cake is made with two layers of moist cake bursting with items of recent strawberries and a candy strawberry frosting. This scrumptious, fruity cake is ideal for summer season!

I like single-layer muffins, bundt muffins, and sheet muffins as a result of they’re so fast to make and don’t require any meeting. 

However now and again, an event simply merely requires a layer cake! 

This strawberry layer cake is tremendous moist due to bits of recent strawberry all through the cake batter. The strawberry taste will get leveled up once more with a coating of strawberry frosting.

It’s a terrific cake for spring and summer season and don’t be intimidated by assembling a layer cake. I’ve acquired some suggestions that can assist you with that! 

STRAWBERRY LAYER CAKE WITH FRESH STRAWBERRIES

I’ve seen lots of strawberry layer cake recipes on the market. A variety of them are a yellow cake with recent strawberries within the center – virtually extra like a strawberry shortcake.

That fashion of cake is scrumptious, however typically I really feel like the quantity of strawberries isn’t fairly sufficient, ya know? 

I need strawberries in each single chunk. Like the way you get banana in each single chunk once you make my moist banana cake.

So I made a decision to take my simple strawberry cupcakes and switch them right into a layer cake! 

Since there are items of recent strawberries combined into the cake batter and recent strawberry puree within the frosting, you get strawberries in each single chunk that you just take.

And better of all? It’s a simple cake to make!

HOW TO MAKE STRAWBERRY LAYER CAKE

I do know that layer muffins can really feel intimidating, however I promise that they’re not unhealthy in any respect when you get the cling of it and study a number of fast suggestions!

Plus, this one is even simpler as a result of it begins with a cake combine.

Substances you’ll want

This strawberry layer cake recipe is a tackle my doctored cake combine. That signifies that you want fewer elements and fewer time to make this cake than totally from-scratch recipes, however nobody would guess that it began with a cake combine!

You will have:

•  1 (15.25 ounce) bundle French Vanilla cake combine 
• ½ (3.4 ounce) bundle instantaneous vanilla pudding combine
• 1 cup strawberry greek yogurt
• ¾ cup vegetable oil
• ½ cup water
• 4 eggs, frivolously overwhelmed
• 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• 1 cup diced recent strawberries (about 10 medium berries)

When you can’t discover a large container of strawberry greek yogurt, seize two of the person cups – the greek yogurt ones are usually round 5-6 ounces.

Common strawberry yogurt will work, too. I simply are likely to favor the thicker texture and the tanginess of greek yogurt after I’m baking.

Additionally, you will want a batch of my strawberry frosting, which makes sufficient to completely frost this double-layer cake.

Making the cake

This cake makes two 9-inch layers, so seize two 9-inch spherical cake pans and grease and flour them. Set these apart.

Utilizing a mixer, combine collectively all the cake elements besides the strawberries. Beat the batter for about 2 minutes on medium velocity till effectively mixed.

Gently fold within the diced strawberries in order that they’re evenly distributed all through the batter.

Divide the batter between the 2 ready cake pans and bake for about half-hour. The muffins are completed when the tops spring again frivolously when touched and a toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clear.

I prefer to let the muffins cool within the pans for about 20 minutes earlier than I flip them out onto wire racks. Allow them to cool fully earlier than assembling the cake.

Frost with the strawberry frosting. If you wish to give the cake a chocolate-covered-strawberry really feel, you possibly can even prime it with a ganache, just like chocolate-covered strawberry cupcakes.

Suggestions for assembling your layer cake

I’ve realized a number of issues over time that could be useful as you set collectively your strawberry layer cake.

Maintain your cake plate clear with items of parchment paper or waxed paper. Place one of many cake layers in your cake plate or a cardboard spherical and tuck items of parchment or waxed paper beneath the perimeters.

Frost the cake and as soon as completed, take away the papers. They are going to hold the cake plate good and clear!

Use a cake adorning turntable or lazy susan. Having the ability to spin the cake as you’re employed makes it simpler to frost all the sides of the cake evenly. 

You may get a cake adorning turntable particularly for this function, however you can too merely set your cake plate on a lazy susan if you have already got one. 

Pipe the frosting on for essentially the most even protection. Place the frosting in a bag fitted with an enormous, spherical piping tip. You may then pipe it across the edges of the cake and onto the highest, then unfold it utilizing an offset spatula, icing smoother combs, or perhaps a bench knife. 

After all you may unfold the frosting on as an alternative of piping it, however I typically discover that it’s tougher to get that good, even coat of frosting.

STORAGE TIPS

If you wish to make the muffins the day earlier than you propose to assemble the cake, allow them to cool fully. Wrap them tightly in plastic wrap and hold them at room temperature in a single day.

You could possibly additionally wrap them in plastic, then a layer of industrial quality foil, and freeze them for as much as a month.

You could possibly additionally make the frosting the day forward. Retailer it in an hermetic container within the fridge. Earlier than adorning, let it come to room temperature and whip it for a minute or two along with your mixer.

As soon as the strawberry layer cake is adorned, I like to recommend storing it within the fridge, coated, for as much as 3 days. Let the cake come to room temperature earlier than serving it.