Ingredients
- 2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup butter
- 1 ½ cups sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¼ teaspoon red food color
- 3 large eggs
- 1 quart strawberries, hulled and mashed
- Whole Strawberries, if desired
- White Chocolate Frosting
Directions
- Heat oven to 350°F. Spray bottom and sides of two 9-inch baking pans and line bottoms with parchment paper. Dust sides with flour.
- In a small bowl, stir together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
- In a large mixer bowl, beat butter until creamy. Add sugar, vanilla and food color beating about 2 minutes until well blended.
- Beat in eggs, one at a time until blended. Gradually add flour mixture and strawberries on LOW speed beating for 1 minute or until blended.
- Pour mixture evenly between prepared pans.
- Bake 35 to 40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 minutes on wire racks.
- Remove from pans; cool completely on wire racks.
- Place one cake layer on cake plate; spread top of layer with 1 cup White Chocolate Frosting. Top with remaining layer; frost side of top of cake. Garnish with whole strawberries, if desired. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
Serves: 16
