Strawberry Pound Cake – Baker by Nature

March 28, 2024

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This gorgeous Strawberry Pound Cake recipe contains a buttery almond pound cake that’s lined in fluffy white chocolate buttercream. A swirl of strawberry jam, contemporary strawberries, and sliced almonds make it a complete showstopper! This cake requires some persistence with the meeting, however is completely well worth the effort.

How Fairly is that this Strawberry Cake?

I not too long ago attended a bridal bathe the place they served essentially the most DELICIOUS strawberries and cream cake! And it wasn’t simply scrumptious, as a result of it was additionally drop-dead-gorgeous. It had sliced almonds pressed across the edges and strawberry halves topped with strawberry glaze on prime. I used to be so impressed I ate 2 slices!

In my line of labor, if you eat a cake that spectacular, you instantly begin considering of how to recreate it! In order quickly as I received dwelling I began testing this recipe. And over the previous few months I’ve endlessly tested-and-perfected this cake recipe to make sure it’s well worth the effort. And at last, it’s prepared for you!

I like this cake as a result of it’s a complete bombshell showstopper, but additionally straightforward sufficient for nearly anybody to bake! And it doesn’t require you to bake a number of truffles and/or frostings. The right show-off cake for smaller events and occasions like Easter, Mom’s Day, or any summer season or spring celebration!

Components for Strawberry Pound Cake

All-Goal Flour: Be sure you measure your flour by weighing it or evenly spooning it into the measuring cup. By no means pack your flour into the measuring cup. Utilizing an excessive amount of flour will lead to a dry and dense cake.
Baking Powder: Be sure you use contemporary baking powder, and by no means sub it for baking soda.
Salt: A small quantity of salt balances the sweetness and helps improve the opposite flavors within the cake.
Butter: For finest outcomes, use unsalted butter. And ensure it’s at room temperature. When mixed, the butter and sugar and cream cheese will cream collectively and get tremendous fluffy.
Cream Cheese: Use brick-style full-fat cream cheese. And ensure it’s at room temperature.
Granulated Sugar: I don’t counsel utilizing another number of sugar for the cake. And don’t scale back the quantity of your cake will unfastened taste and moisture.
Almond Extract: I discover almond extract compliments the strawberry taste. However if you happen to’re allergic or not a fan, omit it.
Vanilla Extract: For the most effective taste, use actual vanilla, not synthetic vanilla or imitation vanilla.
Eggs: Use giant eggs and ensure to convey them to room temperature earlier than including them to the cake batter. Be sure you add the eggs one by one.
Milk: Entire milk aka full-fat milk works finest for this recipe. Be sure you convey it to room temperature earlier than use.
Oil: I counsel utilizing a impartial oil comparable to canola or vegetable oil. However melted refined coconut oil may also work.
Strawberry Preserves: Seems to be so fairly and provides additional strawberry taste. Use your favourite strawberry jam model. I don’t counsel utilizing strawberry puree, which could weep out the edges of the cake and make a large number.
Recent Strawberries: You’ll want at the very least 2 kilos of contemporary strawberries to cowl your complete cake like I did. However strawberries are costly, so be at liberty to make use of much less!
Sliced Almonds: Once more, when you’ve got an almond allergy or simply don’t like them, be at liberty to omit this ingredient.

Let’s Speak White Chocolate Buttercream

Right here’s what you’ll must make this scrumptious frosting:

Butter: Use unsalted butter and ensure it’s at room temperature earlier than use!
Confectioners’ Sugar: Aka powdered sugar. You could want greater than referred to as for to get the precise consistency you’re in search of.
Salt: Only a pinch will assist scale back the sweetness and improve the white chocolate taste.
Heavy cream: Aka whipping cream; don’t sub milk or half and half.
White Chocolate: Don’t use white chocolate chips, high-quality white chocolate is important right here.

In a big mixing bowl beat the butter till tremendous easy. Then add within the sugar, step by step, so it doesn’t fly throughout your kitchen. Add within the salt and heavy cream, then lastly beat within the white chocolate. Viola!

Methods to Make a Strawberry Pound Cake

Prep your Pan: You’ll want a 9×9-inch pan and parchment paper for this recipe. Be certain that your pan is at the very least 2.25-inches deep. Don’t use a spherical pan or bundt pan for this recipe.
Make the Cake Batter: You’ll want an electrical hand mixer or stand mixer for this recipe. Don’t use a meals processor to make the batter. Be sure to don’t over combine the batter when you’ve added within the dry substances. Scrape the batter into the ready baking pan and easy the highest.
Bake for Cake: This can be a giant and heavy cake. It has an extended bake time, round 60 to 65 minutes. Or till the cake is golden brown AND a toothpick inserted into the middle of the cake comes out clear! This might take 70 to 75 minutes relying in your pan and oven.
Cool the Cake: Permit the cake to chill within the pan, set on a wire cooling rack, for 10 minutes. Then invert the cake onto the rack and funky fully, about 2 hours.

Assembling the Cake

Assembling this cake might sound daunting, however I promise, it’s doable! Learn the recipe twice and be sure you have sufficient time to do all of the steps as referred to as for. Together with the cooling time, which some individuals are inclined to over look!

Use a protracted serrated knife to trim off the highest of the cake. You need it to be an excellent floor.
Then use the identical knife to fastidiously minimize the cake in half, in order that it’s two layers. Fastidiously elevate off the highest layer and set it apart.
Place the underside layer on a big plate or serving platter. Unfold some buttercream on prime of the cake, then unfold some strawberry preserves on prime of the buttercream.
Place the highest layer of the cake on prime of the icing/jam. Unfold the remaining buttercream on the highest and sides of the cake.
Press the sliced almonds on the edges of the cake and organize the halved berries on prime of the cake.
Place within the fridge for 20 minutes (this helps it agency up so that you get good clear slices) then slice and serve.

You’ll be able to wrap any leftovers with plastic wrap and retailer them within the fridge for as much as 3 days.