This delicious, simple and very summery strawberry cream cake combines a light, soft vanilla sponge with fresh strawberries and sweet vanilla cream.
It's so, so easy to make this lovely, fresh dessert. You'll only need only simple ingredients and basic equipment you probably already have in your kitchen.
First, you'll whisk butter and sugar together until light and fluffy, then whisk in vanilla, eggs and milk. Next, you'll sift in self raising flour and fold it into the mixture to give you a lovely, light batter.
To bake your batter, you'll spoon it into a lined tin and bake for 1 hour until well-risen, light and golden.
Once the cake is cooled, you'll slice it in half and fill it with fresh strawberries and whipped cream sweetened with a little icing sugar and a touch of vanilla. It's that simple!
Here's how to make this strawberry cream cake.
Ingredients
For the sponge
- 250 g (8.8 oz) slightly salted butter
- 250 g (8.8 oz) white caster sugar (superfine)
- 4 medium free range eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 60 tbsp whole milk
- 250 g (8.8 oz) white self raising flour (self rising flour)
For the sweet vanilla cream
- 400 ml (13.5 floz) double cream (heavy cream)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 tbsp icing sugar (powdered sugar) (plus some to dust)
To assemble
- 300 g (10.6 oz) strawberries hulled and quartered
Equipment
- Long serrated knife
- 20cm (8 inch) nonstick, loose-bottomed cake tin
Instructions
Make the sponge
Grease and double line a tall X cm (X inch) cake tin.
Preheat the oven to 180C (160C fan, 350F).
Put the sugar and butter in a large mixing bowl.
Whisk together until pale.
Add the eggs, vanilla and milk.
Whisk again
Sift in the flour.
Fold together.
Spoon into the lined tin.
Level off.
Bake for 1 hour minutes until golden. Leave to cool in the tin until safe to touch, then release onto a wire rack to cool completely.
Make the vanilla cream
Put the cream, sugar and vanilla in a large mixing bowl.
Gently whisk until slightly thickened with soft peaks.
Assemble the cake
Cut the cake into two halves using a sharp serrated knife.
Place the bottom cake half on a board, cut side up.
Top with the strawberries.
Top with the cream.
Put the second cake half on top, cut side down.
Dust lightly with icing sugar to finish.
Isn't it beautiful?
To serve, cut the cake into slices with a sharp, serrated knife.
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Strawberry cream cake
Ingredients
For the sponge
- 250 g (8.8 oz) slightly salted butter
- 250 g (8.8 oz) white caster sugar (superfine)
- 4 medium free range eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 60 tbsp whole milk
- 250 g (8.8 oz) white self raising flour (self rising flour)
For the sweet vanilla cream
- 400 ml (13.5 floz) double cream (heavy cream)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 tbsp icing sugar (powdered sugar) (plus some to dust)
To assemble
- 300 g (10.6 oz) strawberries hulled and quartered
Equipment
- Long serrated knife
- 20cm (8 inch) nonstick, loose-bottomed cake tin
Instructions
Make the sponge
- Grease and double line a tall X cm (X inch) cake tin.
- Preheat the oven to 180C (160C fan, 350F).
- Put the sugar and butter in a large mixing bowl and whisk together until pale.
- Add the eggs, vanilla and milk and whisk again
- Sift in the flour then fold together.
- Spoon into the lined tin and level off.
- Bake for 1 hour minutes until golden. Leave to cool in the tin until safe to touch, then release onto a wire rack to cool completely.
Make the vanilla cream
- Put the cream, sugar and vanilla in a large mixing bowl. Gently whisk until slightly thickened with soft peaks.
Assemble the cake
- Cut the cake into two halves using a sharp serrated knife.
- Place the bottom cake half on a board, cut side up.
- Top with the strawberries.
- Now add the cream.
- Put the second cake half on top, cut side down.
- Dust lightly with icing sugar to finish.
- To serve, cut the cake into slices with a sharp, serrated knife.
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Devya Agarwal says
Wow, This is awesome, mouth watering. looks so delicious. I will try it for sure. Thanks for sharing.
Eb Gargano says
This looks sooo good. I'm always on the lookout for recipes to make with my kids. This is definitely going on the list!
Camilla says
Well done Miss J your cake looks absolutely delicious:-)