Strawberry Dream Cake

Name: Strawberry Dream Cake
Yield: Serves 8 to 10
Cuisine: US & Canada
Ingredients: 10 ounces (283 grams) frozen, whole strawberries (2 cups); 3/4 cup, whole milk, room temperature; 6 , large egg whites, room temperature; 2 teaspoons, vanilla extract; 2 1/4 cups (9 ounces/255 grams), cake flour; 1 3/4 cups (12¼ ounces/347 grams), granulated sugar; 4 teaspoons, baking powder; 1 teaspoon, salt; 12 tablespoons, unsalted butter, cut into 12 pieces and softened; 10 tablespoons, unsalted butter, softened; 2 1/4 cups (9 ounces/255 grams), confectioners' sugar; 12 ounces (340 grams), cream cheese, cut into 12 pieces and softened; Pinch , salt; 8 ounces (227 grams), fresh strawberries, hulled and sliced thin (about 1 1/2 cups)

Desserts or Baked Goods
US & Canada
Fruits & Vegetables
Fruit
Cakes

Appears in Cook's Country June/July 2011, Cook's Country TV

Getting real fruit flavor into this strawberry layer cake took some wide-awake testing.

A cookbook recipe exclusively for All-Access members from The Perfect Cake

SERVES 8 to 10

TIME 1¾ hours, plus 2 hours cooling

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