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Strawberry Layer Cake

This strawberry cake uses buttermilk and gelatin for flavor, then gets filled and covered with strawberry cream cheese frosting.

$0.78per serving $
40 minstart to table
15servings

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Ingredients

  • 1 cup butter
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 2 tsp fresh lemon juice
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 2 tbsp instant strawberry-flavored gelatin mix
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 2/3 cup diced fresh strawberries
  • 1 packages (8 oz) cream cheese
  • 1 tbsp instant strawberry flavored gelatin mix
  • 2/3 cup diced fresh strawberries
  • 1 1/2 cups heavy cream
  • 1 tsp fresh lemon juice
  • 3/4 cup powdered sugar

Steps

  1. Heat the oven to 350 F and grease two 9-inch round cake pans.
  2. Beat the butter and sugar until fluffy, then mix in the eggs, lemon juice, and vanilla.
  3. Whisk the cake flour, strawberry gelatin, baking soda, and salt, then add them alternately with the buttermilk.
  4. Fold in the diced strawberries, divide the batter between the pans, and bake for 22 to 25 minutes.
  5. Beat the cream cheese, gelatin, strawberries, lemon juice, and powdered sugar until smooth, then whip in the heavy cream.
  6. Cool the cakes for 10 minutes, remove them from the pans, and spread the frosting between and over the layers.

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