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Sensational Strawberry Cake Recipe


Sensational Strawberry Cake Recipe
Sweet ripe strawberries and meringue turn a layer cake into a senstaional dessert,the whipped cream and stawberry topping is delicious

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Ingredients
  • 2 cups sifted cake flour(sift before measuring.
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/8 tsp salt
  • 1/2 cup butter,softened
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 4 egg yolks,slightly beaten
  • 3/4 cup milk
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • Meringue
  • 4 egg whites
  • sugar
  • 1 quart strawberries(washed and hulled)
  • 1 cuo heavycream,whipped
  • 1/4 cup currant jelly,melted

Directions
  1. sift flour with baking powder and salt three times;set aside
  2. Preheat oven to 375
  3. grease well and lightly flour 2 9 x1 1/2 ins layer pans.
  4. in large bowl of mixer,at med speed,cream butter until light.
  5. gradually beat in suger untillight and fluffy
  6. beat egg yolks,half ata time,beat until very light,.
  7. at low speed;beat in flour mixture(in fourths)alternately with milk (in thirds)
  8. beginning and ending with flour mixture
  9. beat just until combined,add vanilla
  10. divide evenly into cake pans,smooth tops
  11. Bake 20 to 25 min,until tops spring back when gently pressed with finger
  12. do not over bake
  13. meanwhile,in small bowl of mixer,let whites warm to room temp about 1 hour
  14. coollayers in pans on rack 5 min
  15. loosen edges with sharp knife
  16. invert onto cake racks to cool.
  17. place cooled layers on cookie sheets
  18. Preheat oven to 350
  19. at high speed beat whites till soft peaks form when beater is slowly raised
  20. Beat In 1/2 cup surgar,2 tblsp ata time,beating after each addition
  21. beat until stiff peaks form when beaters are slowly raised,
  22. spread meringue lightly on layers
  23. bake 10 to 15 min until meringue is golden
  24. let cook on racks
  25. reserve 1/2 of the berries for top of cake
  26. slice the rest into bowl.
  27. sprinkle with 1/2 cup sugar;chill
  28. to serve place one layer on cake plate
  29. top with clicked berries,spread with whipped cream
  30. place second layer on top
  31. Halve the reserved berries,arrange on cake.
  32. brush with jelly Serve at once or within several hours
  33. do not refridgerate

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