Angela and I watching our boys in the pink.
Strawberry Swirl Cake
adapted from recipe found at: allrecipes,com
Oven: 350 Bake Time: 35 minutes
1 cup butter
1 1/2 cup sugar
1 package strawberry jello
4 eggs, separated
2 3/4 cup sifted cake flour*
2 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1 cup milk
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup strawberry puree
*1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
*extra strawberries for decoration and/or filling
Preheat oven to 350.
Beat butter, sugar and jello until light and fluffy.
Add egg yolks one at a time, beating after each addition.
Stir in vanilla.
*Sift 3 cups of flour into a large bowl. Measure 2 3/4 cup of sifted flour.
Lightly whisk sifted flour, baking powder, and salt.
Alternate flour mixture and milk, beginning and ending with flour.
Blend in strawberry puree.
Beat egg whites until stiff peaks form.
Fold in egg whites until just incorporated.
Chocolate swirl:
Reserve 1 cup of batter and place in small bowl.
Melt chocolate chips in microwave for 1 minute, stirring every 30 seconds.
Mix chocolate with reserved batter.
Pour strawberry batter into prepared cake pans.
Place a few dollops of chocolate batter on top of strawberry batter.
Using a knife swirl the chocolate batter through the strawberry batter.
Transfer to oven and bake for 30 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
Transfer cakes to cooling rack. Let sit for 15 minutes before removing cakes to completely cool.
This Strawberry Swirl Cake goes perfectly with a fresh strawberry filling and Cream Cheese Icing.
Cream Cheese Icing
1/2 stick butter, softened
8 oz. cream cheese, softened
1 tsp vanilla
1/4 cup whipping cream
3 cups powdered sugar
Beat butter and cream cheese until blended and smooth. Mix in vanilla. Continue to beat in powdered sugar and whipping cream until smooth and creamy.
Assembly: Split each layer of cake (ending up with 4 layers of cake) and alternate filling with fresh strawberry puree and cream cheese icing. Cover with remaining cream cheese icing.
Happy Baking!