Strawberries and Cream Cake

This strawberry cream cake truly lives up to its name! Three yellow cake layers are filled with strawberry-studded whipped cream, covered with a fluffy cream cheese frosting and topped with more strawberries.

• Preparation Time: 60 mins
• Cooking Time: 25 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins
• Calories: 867 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 cups white sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 cup milk
• 4 eggs
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 4 cups confectioners' sugar
• 1 (3 ounce) package strawberry flavored Jell-O®
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 0.5 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 0.5 cup margarine, softened
• 1.5 cups heavy cream
• 2.5 teaspoons baking powder
• 2.75 cups cake flour
• 0.5 cup strawberries, pureed
• 1.5 cups fresh strawberries, sliced
• 1.5 cups quartered strawberries

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Bake 25 minutes in the preheated oven, or until toothpick inserted into cake comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes in the pans, then remove from pans and cool completely.

Step 2

Spread remaining whipped cream on cake top. Top with quartered strawberries.

Step 3

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour three 9-inch round cake pans.

Step 4

In a large bowl, beat sugar, gelatin, and butter until fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well with each addition. Mix flour and baking powder, and beat alternately with the milk into the sugar mixture. Fold in 1 teaspoon vanilla and pureed strawberries. Divide equally into the three 9-inch round cake pans.

Step 5

To make the filling: Beat whipping cream, 2 tablespoons sugar, and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla on high until stiff. Fill each layer with 1/3 of the whipped cream and 3/4 cup sliced strawberries.

Step 6

To make the frosting: Beat margarine, cream cheese, confectioners' sugar, and 2 teaspoons vanilla until creamy. Spread over the sides of the cake, and pipe an edge of frosting around the top of the cake.