Fresh Strawberry Cake With Buttercream Frosting Recipes

Steps:

• Beat butter at medium speed until fluffy. Add confectioners' sugar and strawberries and beat until smooth.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour 2 round 9-inch cake pans that are at least 1 1/2 inches high.
• Sprinkle strawberries with sugar in a bowl and let sit for at least 20 minutes, or until juices accumulate.
• Puree strawberries in a blender until smooth and set aside.
• Combine sugar, butter, and vanilla extract in a separate bowl and beat with an electric mixer. Add eggs and beat until smooth. Add 1 cup strawberry puree, oil, strawberry extract, and food coloring. Mix well. Add flour, gently folding until well mixed. Pour batter evenly into the prepared cake pans.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the centers comes out clean, about 30 minutes. Cool on a wire rack for 5 minutes. Run a table knife around the edges to loosen. Invert carefully onto a serving plate or cooling rack. Let cool, about 30 minutes.
• Make the frosting while the cakes cool. Combine confectioners' sugar, butter, heavy cream, 4 tablespoons of strawberry puree, and vanilla extract in a bowl. Whip thoroughly, adding more puree to color and taste as needed.
• Sandwich cake layers with frosting. Cover the top and sides with remaining frosting.

Steps:

• For the consistency of the cake, it is very important to follow the steps. Cake: Combine strawberry puree butter & sugar, slowly add in egg yolks and vanilla (Add food coloring if desired) Mix dry ingredients together and add into sugar mixture Slowly add milk and stir gently Slowly stir in chopped or mashed strawberries Pour batter into cupcake pans and bake for about 20 minutes on 350 degrees, or cake pans and bake for about 40 Minutes on 350 degrees. Cool then top with Strawberry Buttercream Frosting or your favorite frosting. *I just pureed fresh strawberries in the food processor until liquefied Strawberry Buttercream Frosting: Beat butter at medium speed with an electric mixer 20 seconds or until fluffy. Add powdered sugar and chopped strawberries, beating at low speed until creamy. (Add more sugar if frosting is too thin, or add strawberries if too thick.)