Strawberry Layer Cake

Ingredients

Cake

• 1 cup butter, at room temperature
• 1 3/4 cups granulated sugar
• 5 large eggs
• 1 Tablespoon pure vanilla extract
• 3 cups cake flour
• 1 Tablespoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 cups buttermilk
• Strawberry Whipped Cream
• 1/2 cup water
• 2 teaspoon gelatin
• 2 cups heavy cream
• 2 Tablespoons confectioners' sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• 1 pint fresh strawberries
• Serves 6 - 8

Directions

Cake

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Grease and flour 2 - 9 inch round cake pans with butter.
3. Beat together butter and sugar until light and creamy. Add eggs one at a time, beating after each addition.
4. Mix in vanilla.
5. In a separate bowl whisk together flour, baking powder and salt.
6. Add flour mixture to sugar mixture, along with buttermilk. Mix until well incorporated.
7. Pour batter into prepared pans and bake for 30 - 35 minutes, or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean. Set to cool, once cool to touch turn cakes out of pans and let cool completely on a wire rack.
8. Strawberry Whipped Cream
9. In a small pot place water and gelatin, let gelatin soften for 5 minutes. Heat up on low heat and stir until gelatin dissolves. Remove from heat.
10. Whip heavy cream to soft peaks. Stir in sugar and vanilla until its incorporated. Continue to whip cream and gradually add gelatin until its fully incorporated and has formed stiff peaks.
11. Slice strawberries in half and fold into whipped cream.

Assembly

1. Spread whipped cream in between and on top of layers of cake. Serve.