Easy Strawberry Cake Recipe

Summary by Krater

John Kanell of Preppy Kitchen demonstrates how to make a scratch-made strawberry cake featuring a concentrated strawberry reduction and a cream cheese strawberry frosting, finishing the cake with a rustic, swooped frosting design and fresh strawberries.

From the video

Answers: How do you make a strawberry cake from scratch with real strawberries?

• strawberry reduction
• strawberry cake layers
• strawberry cream cheese frosting
• cake baking and assembly

Ingredients

• 1 lb. (450g) Fresh Strawberries
• 2 3/4 cups (330g) All-Purpose Flour
• 1 tsp. Kosher Salt
• 1/4 tsp. Baking Soda
• 2 1/2 tsp. Baking Powder
• 1 cup + 2 sticks (227g) Unsalted Butter
• 2 cups (400g) Granulated Sugar
• 4 room temperature Egg Whites
• 2 tsp. Vanilla Extract
• 1/2 cup Whole Milk
• 8 oz. (226g) Cream Cheese
• 6-7 cups (720-840g) Powdered Sugar

What it concludes

• Cooking down fresh strawberry puree into a reduction intensifies the strawberry flavor in the cake layers.
• Adding a drop of red food coloring to the strawberry reduction prevents the puree from looking greyish brown.
• Cream cheese frosting combined with a strawberry reduction produces a rich, highly flavorful strawberry frosting that pairs perfectly with the cake.