This fresh strawberry cake is made from FRESH strawberry reduction! The cake is moist, fluffy, beautiful color and the perfect cake for summer.

Fresh Strawberry Cake With Strawberry Buttercream

Prep Time: 20 mins

Cook Time: 30 mins

Total Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

Fresh Strawberry Cake Ingredients

• 14 oz (397 g) AP flour
• 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 8 oz (227 g) unsalted butter room temp
• 10 oz (284 g) granulated sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/2 tsp lemon extract
• 1 1/2 tsp strawberry extract
• zest one lemon
• 6 oz (170 g) egg whites room temp
• 4 oz (113 g) strawberry reduction room temp
• 6 oz (170 g) milk room temp
• 1/2 tsp electric pink food color

Strawberry Reduction

• 16 oz (454 g) frozen strawberries
• 1 tsp lemon zest
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• 1 pinch salt
• 4 oz (113 g) sugar

Easy Strawberry Buttercream Frosting

• 4 oz (113 g) pasteurized egg whites
• 16 oz (454 g) unsalted butter
• 16 oz (454 g) powdered sugar
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 4 oz (113 g) strawberry reduction

Instructions

Strawberry Reduction Instructions

1. Defrost strawberries if frozen or cut up strawberries if whole. Blend strawberries if you prefer a smoother texture of strawberry reduction.

   Place into a small saucepan and bring to a simmer over med heat. Add in sugar if desired.Once bubbling, reduce heat to low and let slowly reduce until berries begin to break up and liquid is almost gone. Occasionally stir the mixture to prevent burning. You should end up with about 1 cup of thick strawberry reduction that looks like tomato sauce. Add in lemon zest, juice and salt. Transfer to another container and let cool before use. Store extra in the freezer for up to 6 months

Strawberry Cake Instructions

1. NOTE: It is SUPER IMPORTANT that all the room temperature ingredients listed above are room temperature and not cold or hot.

   If your ingredients just came out of the refrigerator or the strawberry reduction is too hot, your mixture could curdle during the process of making the cake batter and become ruined.

2. Adjust an oven rack to the middle position and preheat to 350ºF/176ºC.
3. Grease three 6″ cake pans or two 8″ cake pans with cake goop or preferred pan release
4. Add butter to stand mixer and beat at medium speed until smooth and shiny, about 30 seconds. Gradually sprinkle in the sugar, beat until mixture is fluffy and almost white, about 3-5 minutes. Add the egg whites approximately two at a time, beating 30 seconds between.
5. Whisk the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and lemon zest in a medium bowl.
6. Combine the strawberry reduction, milk, vanilla extract, lemon extract, strawberry extract and food coloring in a separate medium bowl.
7. With the mixer at the lowest speed, add about a third of the dry ingredients to the batter, followed immediately by about a third of the milk mixture, mix until ingredients are almost incorporated into the batter. Repeat the process 2 more times. When the batter appears blended, stop the mixer and scrape the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula.
8. Divide the batter evenly between the prepared pans. Smooth the tops with a rubber spatula. Bake cakes until they feel firm in the center and a toothpick comes out clean or with just a few crumbs on it, about 30-35 minutes.
9. Transfer pans to a wire rack and let cool for 10 minutes. Invert cakes onto the rack and pop cakes out of pans. Cool completely before frosting.

Buttercream Instructions

1. Place egg whites and powdered sugar in a stand mixer bowl. Attach the whisk and combine ingredients on low and then whip on high for 5 minutes

   Add in your butter in chunks and whip with the whisk attachment to combine. It will look curdled at first. This is normal. It will also look pretty yellow. Keep whipping.

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