Strawberry Lemonade Cake

Strawberries

This strawberry lemonade cake has a delicious moist sponge covered with buttercream frosting and fresh Irish strawberries and lemons.

Fruit Type

Ingredients

For the sponge
340 buttersoftened
340 caster sugar
340 self raising flour
1 lemon Zest & Juice
6 eggs
1 tbsp vanilla extract
For the strawberry coulis
250 g Keeling's strawberries
Juice from 1/2 lemon
For the buttercream frosting
450 g unsalted buttersoftened
1 kg icing sugar
60 ml strawberry coulis (see above)
Zest of 2 lemons
Juice of 1 lemon
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp salt
To assemble
250 g Keeling's strawberries
2 slices of lemonquartered

Directions

1

Preheat oven to 180°C/160° fan assisted/gas 4. Line the bottom of two 20cm (8inch) springform cake tins with parchment paper. Grease the sides of the tins with butter then dust with flour.

2

For the sponge, beat the butter, sugar and lemon zest together with an electric mixer until well creamed.

3

Add the eggs 2 at a time, adding the vanilla and lemon juice with the last 2 eggs. Beat for about 2-3 minutes with each addition, making sure to scrape down the sides of the bowl between each addition.

4

Add the flour and beat just until there is no dry flour visible in the batter.

5

Divide batter equally between the prepared baking tins then smoothen the top with a spatula. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the centre of the cakes come out clean, about 35-40 minutes.

6

Remove from oven and leave to cool in baking tins on a wire rack for about 10 minutes, then turn sponges out of tins and leave to cool completely.

7

For the coulis, puree strawberries then cook on medium heat in a saucepan until reduced by half. Stir often.

8

Set aside to cool completely.

9

For the buttercream, beat butter until smooth. Add the rest of the ingredients and beat slowly to start until ingredients are incorporated, then increase speed and beat until frosting is smooth and creamy. Scrape down the sides of the bowl as you go.

10

To assemble, set aside 8 strawberries for decorating, then cut the remaining into thick slices.

11

Place a cooled sponge on a serving plate then spread about ½ a cup of buttercream over the top but not right to the edge of the sponge. Arrange sliced strawberry slices on the buttercream, pressing them in lightly.

12

Place the second sponge on top then use the rest of the buttercream to cover the cake.

13

Finally, use a large star piping nozzle to pipe 8 rosettes on top of the cake. Press a reserved whole strawberry into each rosette and finish off with a piece of lemon.

Ingredients

For the sponge
 340 buttersoftened
 340 caster sugar
 340 self raising flour
 1 lemon Zest & Juice
 6 eggs
 1 tbsp vanilla extract
For the strawberry coulis
 250 g Keeling's strawberries
 Juice from 1/2 lemon
For the buttercream frosting
 450 g unsalted buttersoftened
 1 kg icing sugar
 60 ml strawberry coulis (see above)
 Zest of 2 lemons
 Juice of 1 lemon
 1 tsp vanilla extract
 1 tsp salt
To assemble
 250 g Keeling's strawberries
 2 slices of lemonquartered

Directions

1

Preheat oven to 180°C/160° fan assisted/gas 4. Line the bottom of two 20cm (8inch) springform cake tins with parchment paper. Grease the sides of the tins with butter then dust with flour.

2

For the sponge, beat the butter, sugar and lemon zest together with an electric mixer until well creamed.

3

Add the eggs 2 at a time, adding the vanilla and lemon juice with the last 2 eggs. Beat for about 2-3 minutes with each addition, making sure to scrape down the sides of the bowl between each addition.

4

Add the flour and beat just until there is no dry flour visible in the batter.

5

Divide batter equally between the prepared baking tins then smoothen the top with a spatula. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the centre of the cakes come out clean, about 35-40 minutes.

6

Remove from oven and leave to cool in baking tins on a wire rack for about 10 minutes, then turn sponges out of tins and leave to cool completely.

7

For the coulis, puree strawberries then cook on medium heat in a saucepan until reduced by half. Stir often.

8

Set aside to cool completely.

9

For the buttercream, beat butter until smooth. Add the rest of the ingredients and beat slowly to start until ingredients are incorporated, then increase speed and beat until frosting is smooth and creamy. Scrape down the sides of the bowl as you go.

10

To assemble, set aside 8 strawberries for decorating, then cut the remaining into thick slices.

11

Place a cooled sponge on a serving plate then spread about ½ a cup of buttercream over the top but not right to the edge of the sponge. Arrange sliced strawberry slices on the buttercream, pressing them in lightly.

12

Place the second sponge on top then use the rest of the buttercream to cover the cake.

13

Finally, use a large star piping nozzle to pipe 8 rosettes on top of the cake. Press a reserved whole strawberry into each rosette and finish off with a piece of lemon.

Strawberry Lemonade Cake
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