Recipe Card
The Strawberry Layer Cake My Guests Always Ask For
- Prep
- 60 min
- Cook
- 40 min
- Total
- 100 min
- Serves
- 16
- Calories
- 350 kcal
Ingredients
- 12 largeeggs (room temp, divided)
- 2 cupsgranulated sugar (divided)
- 2 cupsall-purpose flour (divided)
- 1 cupheavy whipping cream
- 16 ozcream cheese (softened at room temp)
- 3/4 cupgranulated sugar
- 2 lbsFresh strawberries (1 1/2 lbs to blend and put inside the cake and 1/2 lb to decorate the top)
- —Chocolate chips (to melt and decorate the top; optional)
Instructions
- 1
Grease and line only the bottom of a 9x13" cake pan with parchment paper (line 2 pans if you have 2). Best not to line or grease the sides.
- 2
In the bowl of an electric mixer, whisk together 6 eggs and 1 cup sugar on high speed for 10 min until 3-4 times in volume.
- 3
Sift in 1 cup all-purpose flour and gently fold in until no clumps remain. Don't overwork the batter.
- 4
Transfer to lined baking pan and bake until top is golden and toothpick comes out clean (17-20 min).
- 5
Remove baked cake from the pan and let it cool to room temperature.
- 6
Cut strawberries into halves or quarters, pulse in a food processor until chunky applesauce consistency.
- 7
Beat cream cheese and 3/4 cup sugar until smooth then add 1 cup heavy whipping cream and beat until fluffy.
- 8
Cut each cooled cake layer in half. Layer with strawberry puree and cream, and repeat to finish with cream on top.
- 9
Decorate the top with fresh strawberries and chocolate.