For the Love of Strawberries Cake Recipe

This cake is bursting with Strawberries and flavor! I love Strawberries and for Easter lunch this year I made this from scratch Strawberry cake with Strawberry Frosting. This cake is so packed with Strawberries that I thought the perfect name has to be "For the love of Strawberries Cake". Anybody who loves fresh strawberries needs to make this cake. This cake turned out so good that it is now a staple for me to make at least once every Spring. I hope you have a wonderful Monday and I will be back here all week!

For the love of Strawberries Cake:

Ingredients:

Approx. 8 oz strawberries, either fresh or frozen

1/4 cup milk, at room temperature

4 eggs, at room temperature

2 tsp vanilla extract

2 1/4 cup cake flour

1 3/4 cup sugar

4 tsp baking powder

1 tsp salt

12 Tbsp unsalted butter (1 1/2 sticks), at room temp

1 (8 oz) pkg cream cheese

½ cup butter, room temp

3½ cup confectioners' sugar

¾ cup fresh strawberries, mashed or chopped fine

 

Directions:

1. Place strawberries in a food processor or blender and process until completely smooth.  Measure ¾ cups of strawberry puree and return to the blender

2. Add egg, vanilla, and milk to the blender and mix on medium speed until smooth and creamy and set aside.

3. In the bowl of a stand mixer, combine cake flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt and mix to combine. Continue beating at slow speed and add butter.

4.  Mix until combined and resembling moist crumbs.

5. Add strawberry mixture and beat at medium speed for about 1 minute.

6. Stop mixer and scrape down the sides of the bowl, mix for 30 seconds more.

7. Divide the batter evenly among the pans or cupcake tins.

8. Bake for about 25 minutes for layer cakes or 18 minutes for cupcakes.

9. Let cakes rest in pan for about 10 minutes and turn out onto wire racks.

10. Let cakes cool completely before frosting.
11. Mix 1 1/2 stick butter and cream cheese together until smooth.

12. Mix in the rest of the butter and the confectioner's sugar.

13. Lastly mix in the strawberries until it is smooth and tasty.

14. Frost your cake and top it with any extra strawberries you have left over.

 

See you tomorrow with a tasty recipe to help celebrate Cinco De Mayo!

 

 

Lots of Love,  Natalie

Week/Weekend Favorites

- This past week was off to a good start with the Easter basket or I should say Easter cooler my mother gave me for Easter! -

- Enjoying a mid week pizza date with Jay at Old Venice -

- Thursday started off amazing because it was the Aspen Bay tent sale. Of course I went a little overboard as jay would say but I think it was perfectly fine! -

- The weekend began Thursday night when I hosted a Double Birthday Party Fiesta at my house. Don't worry there will be more about this later this week! -

 

Honorable Mentions:

- Cooking out Friday night with friends -

- Getting to go layout Saturday and finally get a little sun -

- This weekend ended with Jay and I going to see "The Other Woman" on Sunday -

Lots of Love,  Natalie

Easter Weekend Recap

I hope everyone had a wondeful Easter weekend because I know I did! I enjoyed getting to spend time with family and be home for a few days. Also, who does not love a visit from the Easter Bunny. Happy Tuesday! 

 

 

Lots of Love,  Natalie

Grown-Up Easter Basket

Items: Eos Sweet Mint Lip Balm, Us Weekly Magazine, Blue Diamond Roasted Salted Almonds, and Maybelline Falsies Mascara

I would EGGstatic if these things were in my Easter basket Sunday morning!! I would much rather have practical everyday things that I can use instead of lots of candy. I also do not need any more candy because I still have two bags of dark chocolate from my birthday last week. My other options of items for a grown up Easter basket would be lipstick, face lotion, body lotion, candles, nail polish, jewelry, or a gift card. I hope everyone is getting ready for Easter!

Lots of Love,  Natalie

Easter Decorating