Description
Just 6 ingredients are needed to make this cake. Quite quick. Very easy. Very simple. Very delicious. What more could you ask for? Decorate the top as you like!
Ingredients
- cooking spray
- 8 eggs, at room temperature
- 1 ¼ cups white sugar
- 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour, sifted
- 2 ½ cups chilled heavy whipping cream
- ½ cup confectioners’ sugar, or to taste
- 1 cup fresh strawberries, sliced
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease two 9-inch round cake pans with cooking spray.
- Beat eggs with an electric mixer on medium speed until pale and fluffy
- about 4 minutes. Add white sugar gradually
- continuing to beat on medium speed until fully incorporated
- about 6 minutes. Add flour slowly
- using a spatula. Beat the batter for 1 minute on low speed.
- Divide batter between the prepared cake pans.
- Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean
- 25 to 30 minutes. Cool for 5 minutes in the pans. Invert onto a wire rack to cool completely
- about 25 minutes.
- While cakes are cooling
- beat heavy cream with clean beaters until soft peaks form. Add confectioners’ sugar slowly
- continue to beat until stiff peaks form.
- Lay strawberries evenly over 1 cooled cake layer. Spread enough whipped cream over the strawberries to cover them completely. Lay second cake layer on top. Frost with remaining whipped cream.
Prep Time: 20 mins
Cook Time: 25 mins
Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins
Servings: 12