# Strawberry Cake

This is a strawberry cake recipe to celebrate the size of the twins, who are the size of strawberries.

- Cuisine: American
- Category: Baked Goods
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 pound strawberries
- 2.75 cups cake flour
- 2.5 teaspoons baking powder
- 0.25 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup softened unsalted butter
- 2 cups sugar
- 4 egg whites (from 4 eggs)
- vanilla paste
- 0.5 cup whole milk
- pink food dye
- 8 ounces cream cheese (for frosting)
- 8 ounces unsalted butter (for frosting)
- 6 cups sifted powdered sugar (for frosting)

## Instructions

1. Cut off the green tops from the strawberries.
2. Place the strawberries into a blender.
3. Blend the strawberries to create a puree.
4. Pour the strawberry puree into a saucepan.
5. Turn the heat to medium-low and let the puree simmer and reduce by half.
6. Let the reduced strawberry puree cool.
7. Add 2 and 3/4 cups of cake flour to a mixing bowl.
8. Add 2.5 teaspoons of baking powder to the flour.
9. Add 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda to the flour.
10. Add 1 teaspoon of salt to the flour mixture.
11. In a separate mixing bowl, add 1 cup of softened unsalted butter.
12. Add 2 cups of sugar to the butter.
13. Mix the butter and sugar together until creamed.
14. Add 4 egg whites (from 4 separated eggs) to the mixture.
15. Add vanilla paste to the mixture.
16. Mix the ingredients together, scraping down the bowl as you mix.
17. Combine 1/2 cup of cooled strawberry puree with 1/2 cup of whole milk to make strawberry milk.
18. Alternate adding the flour mixture and the strawberry milk to the wet ingredients, mixing after each addition.
19. Add a little bit of pink food dye to the batter to enhance the color.
20. Prepare cake pans by greasing them with butter, dusting with flour, and lining the bottom with parchment paper.
21. Divide the cake batter evenly into the prepared cake pans.
22. Bake the cakes in the oven at 350°F (175°C) for 30 minutes.
23. Remove the cakes from the oven and let them cool.
24. For the frosting, add 8 ounces of cream cheese to the mixer.
25. Add 8 ounces of unsalted butter to the cream cheese.
26. Mix the cream cheese and butter together.
27. Add the remaining strawberry puree to the frosting mixture.
28. Add vanilla to the frosting mixture.
29. Mix the frosting ingredients together.
30. Gradually add 6 cups of sifted powdered sugar to the frosting, one cup at a time, mixing after each addition.
31. Frost the cooled cake.

## Equipment

- knife
- blender
- saucepan
- stove
- mixing bowls
- stand mixer
- measuring cups
- measuring spoons
- spatula
- cake pans
- parchment paper
- oven
- cake stand

## Tips

- Use cake flour for a lighter cake texture.
- Scrape down the mixer bowl as you go to ensure all ingredients are incorporated.
- Alternate adding dry and wet ingredients to the batter.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8h2dRam/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/04277a39-94c1-4f70-b2a9-938f7ee237ff
- Extracted: 2025-07-06

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