Strawberries And Cream Valentine Cake Recipes

FRESH STRAWBERRY HEART CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Line the bottom of one 8-inch round cake pan and one 8-inch square cake pan with a piece of parchment paper cut to fit. Lightly grease and flour both cake pans and set aside.
• Wash the strawberries, remove the stems and cut them into quarters. Place the strawberries in a shallow bowl and mash gently with the back of a fork until all strawberries are mashed and some juices are released. Set aside.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat the butter and sugar until smooth. Add the eggs, one at a time, and beat until well combined. Beat in the vanilla extract.
• In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, all but 1 tablespoon of the strawberry gelatin package, baking powder and salt. With the mixer on low speed, alternate adding the flour mixture and the milk, ending with the flour mixture, until well combined and batter is smooth. With the mixer on low, beat in the mashed strawberries and their juices.
• Divide batter evenly between the prepared cake pans. Bake cakes for about 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Let cakes cool in pans 20 minutes before running a knife around the edge and turning the cakes out onto a wire rack to cool completely.
• Once cakes are cooled, cut the round cake in half. Place the square cake on a large cake stand or platter so that it look like a diamond when you're looking at it. Place the half circle cakes on the top flat sides of the diamond to create a heart shape. See step-by-step images.
• To make the frosting beat the butter and cream cheese in the bowl of an electric mixer until smooth. Add the remaining 1 tablespoon strawberry gelatin and powdered sugar and mix on low speed until just combined. Turn the mixer to medium-high speed and beat frosting until fluffy. Add additional powdered sugar if frosting is too thin to spread.
• Spread frosting evenly over the top and sides of the cake. Cut and serve. Store in the refrigerator.

STRAWBERRIES & CREAM CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour 3 (9-inch) round cake pans.
• In a large bowl, combine cake ingredients. Beat with an electric mixer on medium speed until smooth.
• Divide the batter evenly between the prepared pans. Bake for 17-20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in pans for 10 minutes before turning onto wire racks to cool completely.
• Meanwhile, make the frosting: in a medium bowl, beat the heavy cream until very stiff peaks form.
• In a separate large bowl, beat the softened cream cheese with an electric mixer on high speed until light and fluffy.
• Add the sugar and vanilla to the cream cheese and beat until well combined.
• Gently fold the strawberries into the cream cheese mixture. The frosting will turn slightly pink. Mix until the frosting is a uniform color.
• Fold the whipped cream into the frosting in two batches.
• Spread 1 1/2 to 2 cups frosting over the top of one cake layer (don't be afraid to be generous). Place another cake layer on top and repeat.
• Place the third cake layer on top and frost the top and sides of the cake with the remaining frosting. Garnish with additional fresh strawberries, if desired.
• Refrigerate until serving. Keep leftover cake in the refrigerator.

STRAWBERRIES AND CREAM VALENTINE CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Set heart insert of spring form pan on a sheet of aluminum foil. Carefully fold foil up around edges tightly and securely. Be careful not to tear the foil! Place heart insert securely on the flat base of the spring form, and secure rim by tightening side clamp.
• 2. Cut up the angel food cake. Place cake cubes in large mixing bowl. In a separate medium bowl, completely dissolve gelatin in boiling water. Add semi-frozen strawberries to hot gelatin, and stir until fruit is thawed & broken apart. Pour gelatin/strawberry mixture over cake cubes and fold GENTLY until all cubes are coated and saturated. At this point, you can either: #1. pour directly into heart mold, OR #2. leave in mixing bowl and chill for just a bit (keep an eye on it!) until it is cool and reaches a barely "wobbly" congealed state, then pour into heart mold. I prefer method #2, as your liquid is less likely to eek out from under the foil around the heart insert and climb up the outsides of the foil. Whichever method you choose, then place in refrigerator to allow cake mixture to set completely, at least 1-hour.
• 3. While cake is chilling, beat room temperature cream cheese, lemon juice, lemon zest and sugar until fluffy. When cake has set and is good and cold, spread cream cheese mixture over strawberry cake base, all the way to edges. Spread whipped topping over cream cheese mixture, all the way to edges. Place back in refrigerator for at least another hour, so everything will get really cold and meld together.
• 4. When time to serve the cake, run a sharp knife around inside edges of the heart insert, taking care not to tear the foil-lined bottom. Release clamp on the outside of spring form and remove round spring form rim away from heart mold. Using 2 wide spatulas, gently lift or slide cake from foil to a serving plate. DON'T "LIFT" THE HEART OFF THE BASE -- YOUR CAKE WILL FALL THRU THE BOTTOM FOIL THAT IS AROUND THE HEART! After the cake is securely on the plate, remove the heart insert from the outside of the cake. Garnish with fresh strawberries, if desired.

STRAWBERRIES AND CREAM CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour three 9 inch round cake pans.
• In a large bowl, beat sugar, gelatin and butter until fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well with each addition. Mix flour and baking powder, and beat alternately with the milk into the sugar mixture. Fold in 1 teaspoon vanilla and pureed strawberries. Divide equally into three 9 inch round cake pans.
• Bake 25 minutes in the preheated oven, or until toothpick inserted into cake comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes in the pans, then remove from pans and cool completely.
• To make the filling: Beat whipping cream, 2 tablespoons sugar and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla on high until stiff. Fill each layer with 1/3 of the whipped cream and 3/4 cup sliced strawberries.
• To make the frosting: Beat the margarine, cream cheese, confectioners' sugar, and vanilla until creamy. Spread over the sides of the cake, and pipe an edge of frosting around the top of the cake.
• Spread remaining whipped cream on cake top. Top with quartered strawberries.