Strawberry Cake
Three layer strawberry cake
Cake 4 1/2 cups cake flour 3 cups sugar 5 1/4 teaspoons baking powder 3/4 teaspoon salt 3 sticks (12 ounces) unsalted butter, at room temperature 2 cups pureed strawberries 8 egg whites 2/3 cup milk 1 to 2 drops red food dye
Preheat the oven to 350F. Butter three 9-inch round cake pans.
Put the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl and mix well. Add the butter and strawberry puree and mix until combined. Raise the speed to medium and beat until it is fluffy.
In another large bowl, whisk together the egg whites, milk and food dye. Now incorperate the egg whites little by little. Divide the batter among the three prepared pans.
Bake the cakes for 30 to 34 minutes. Allow the layers to cool in the pans for 15 minutes before taking it out of the pans. Then place the cakes on wire racks and let them completely cool. Then cut off the edges.
Now that the cake is cooled you can decorate it with whatever frosting and filling you like. I used stabilized whipped cream. Yum!
