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Fluffy Butter Cake with Strawberries and Whipped Cream

This fabulous strawberry cake is the perfect summer dessert! The fruit is traditional but the berries can be substituted for your seasonal choice.
Course Dessert
Cuisine California Greek
Keyword cake, dessert, strawberries, whipped cream
Servings 8
Author La Cucina Magazine- May Issue

Ingredients

Cake

  • 1/2 cup butter, unsalted
  • 2 cups cake flour, not self-rising
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 3 large eggs
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 3/4 cups milk

Filling

  • 5 1/2 tablespoons sugar
  • 1/4 cup limoncello
  • 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
  • 1 pound strawberries, trimmed
  • 1 1/2 cups whipping cream

Instructions

For Cake

  1. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease 2 (8 or 9inch)cake pans with butter, and dust with flour.

  2. In a medium bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, and salt.
  3. In a mixer bowl beat butter together with sugar on medium speed until fluffy.
  4. Add the eggs one at a time and beat until combined, then add vanilla.

  5. With the mixer on low add the flour and milk in four batches. Beat just until combined.

  6. Divide batter between cake pans. Bake for 20-25 minutes.(tops will be pale in color) Cool 5 minutes.

  7. Then invert onto rack and cool completely.

For Filling

  1. In a small saucepan combine the 3 tablespoons sugar, limoncello, lemon juice and 1 tablespoon water.

  2. Heat and whisk over medium heat until sugar is dissolved. Remove from heat.

Assemble Cake

  1. With tops of cakes facing up, poke cakes with a fork leaving a 1/4 border around the edges of the cake. Brush with syrup.

  2. Slice half of the strawberries.
  3. In a mixer bowl whip the cream and 2 1/2 tablespoons of sugar together until stiff peaks form.

  4. Cover 1 cake with 1/2 of the whipped cream, leaving a 1/4 inch border. Add the sliced strawberries.

  5. Top with second cake layer. Cover with remaining cream and whole strawberries.

  6. Can be served immediately or placed in the refrigerator.

Recipe Notes

Limoncello is an Italian liquor available in liqueur departments. Can be substituted with a simple lemon syrup.