Rezept
Zubereitungszeit ca. 1 Stunden 27 MinutenVorbereitung ca. 1 Stunden 15 MinutenKochzeit ca. 12 Minuten
Zutaten:
- 2 large eggs
- ¼ cup softened butter
- ½ cup + ½ teaspoon sugar, divided
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup whole milk
- 1 pint halved or sliced strawberries
- 2 cups heavy whipping cream, cold
- ¼ cup powdered sugar
Arbeitsschritte:
- Preheat the oven to 350 F.
- Line two 8-inch cake pans with parchment paper.
- Separate the eggs and let the egg whites come to room temperature for 30 minutes.
- While the egg whites reach room temperature, combine the butter and ½ cup sugar with a beater for at least 3 minutes.
- Add the egg yolks and vanilla and beat again to blend.
- In a medium bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, and salt.
- Add the dry ingredients and the milk to the wet ingredients, adding a small amount of each at a time, and beating to blend.
- Transfer the batter to the baking pans.
- Add the egg whites and remaining sugar to a clean large bowl and beat with clean beaters for about 3 minutes until soft peaks form.
- Spread this mixture over the top of the cake batter in each pan.
- Bake for 12-15 minutes until the top is golden and a toothpick comes out clean (they won’t rise very much)
- Cool the cakes for 30 minutes.
- While the cakes are cooling, put a metal bowl in the freezer for the whipped cream.
- Halve or slice the strawberries.
- Beat the cream and powdered sugar for about 3-4 minutes until stiff peaks form.
- Add one of the cakes to a serving plate, and add a layer of strawberries.
- Now add a layer of the whipped cream.
- Add the second cake layer.
- Spread with the remaining whipped cream.
- Top with strawberries, slice, and serve