Description
This is a light, fluffy, layer cake with a definite strawberry flavor. Decorate with fresh strawberry slices.
Ingredients
- 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ⅔ cup milk
- 1 tablespoon white vinegar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 ½ cups white sugar
- ½ cup lard
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup pureed fresh strawberries, or more to taste
- 1 (16 ounce) container vanilla buttercream frosting
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour two 9-inch cake pans.
- Combine flour
- baking powder
- baking soda
- and salt in a bowl.
- Combine milk
- vinegar
- and vanilla extract in another bowl.
- Beat sugar and lard together in a mixing bowl using an electric mixer until creamy. Add eggs and beat to combine. Beat in flour mixture alternately with milk mixture and strawberry puree
- making 3 dry and 2 wet additions. Beat for 1 minute. Pour evenly into the prepared pans.
- Drop cake pans 2 to 3 times on the countertop to break any air bubbles.
- Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the centers of the cakes comes out clean
- 30 to 40 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool on wire racks for 10 minutes. Turn cakes out onto the rack to cool completely
- 15 to 30 minutes more.
- Ice cooled cake using vanilla frosting between the layers and on the top and sides.
Prep Time: 20 mins
Cook Time: 30 mins
Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins
Servings: 12