Vanilla Cake with Strawberry Cream
Frosting Recipe (Be sure to "Share" to save this recipe to make
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Ingredients
Frosting -
2 8-oz packages of cream cheese, room temperature (I used low-fat)
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
4 cups powdered sugar
½ cup seedless strawberry jam
¾ cup chilled heavy whipping cream
Cake -
3 cups cake flour
¾ tsp salt
½ tsp baking powder
½ tsp baking soda
3 cups sugar
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
7 large eggs
2 TBSP vanilla extract
1 cup sour cream (I used low fat)
6 TBSP plus ⅓ cup seedless strawberry jam
2¼ lbs strawberries, hulled, sliced (about 6 cups), divided
Instructions
FROSTING: Put a small/medium bowl in the freezer to chill. In a separate large
mixing bowl, beat cream cheese and butter until smooth. Beat in sugar, then
jam. Remove that chilled bowl from the freezer and beat cream in that chilled
bowl until peaks form. Fold whipped cream into frosting. Cover; chill for a
couple of hours until it’s firm enough to spread. (If
you are in a hurry, you could put the frosting in the freezer to chill
quickly.)
CAKE: Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Butter and flour two 9-inch cake pans
with 2-inch high sides. (I used 10″ cheesecake pans – aka springform pans – because they were the only round pans I
had with high enough sides and they worked great!) In a medium bowl, whisk
together flour, salt, baking powder, and baking soda. In a large bowl, cream
butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time,
beating after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Add sour cream, and beat for 30
seconds. Add flour mixture in three additions, beating to blend after each
addition. Divide batter into prepared pans.
Bake cake until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 50-60
minutes. Remove from oven and cool for 10 minutes. Run a sharp knife around the
edges of the pans, then turn cakes out onto a rack to
cool completely. I threw the two cake layers in the freezer for about an hour
to make the cake assembly easier.
Using a serrated knife, divide each layer in half horizontally. Place one half,
cake side down, on a cake plate.
Spread 3 TBSP of strawberry jam over the cake, then
spread ¾ c of the frosting over the jam. Arrange ¾ c of the sliced strawberries
on top of the frosting in a single layer. Repeat two more times with cake
layer, jam, frosting, and strawberries.
Top with remaining cake layer, cut side down. Spread two cups of frosting over
the top and sides of the cake in a thin layer, then frost with remaining
frosting. Stir remaining jam to loosen, then spoon teaspoonfuls onto the top
and sides of the cake. Use the back of a spoon to swirl jam decoratively into
the frosting.
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