Strawberry Cake

By Trix

Ingredients

• Prep Time: 35 minutes
• Cook Time: 25 minutes
• Total Time: 1 hour
• Makes: 12 to 16 servings
• 2cups2 cups all purpose flour
• 1teaspoon1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2teaspoon1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/8teaspoon1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/3cups1 1/3 cups low fat buttermilk
• 1teaspoon1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2cup1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1 1/2cups1 1/2 cups sugar
• 44 egg whites
• 2lbs.2 lbs. fresh strawberries, sliced
• 1/4cup1/4 cup sugar for strawberries
• 1 1/2cups1 1/2 cups heavy whipping cream (*see note below)
• 3Tablespoons3 Tablespoons sugar for whipping cream

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350° F.
Grease two 9-inch round cake pans. Line bottoms with parchment paper & grease paper.
Sift dry ingredients onto wax paper & set aside.
Combine buttermilk & vanilla & set aside.
Beat butter & sugar in a large bowl for one minute.
Beat in egg whites one at a time.
On low speed, alternate adding flour mixture & buttermilk mixture, ending with the flour.
Spread into pans & bake 20-25 minutes.
Cool 10 minutes and remove from pans to cooling rack.
While cake is baking, put strawberries and sugar into a large bowl, stirring occasionally, mashing a little.
Whip the cream with sugar until firm.
Layer half the berries & juices on bottom cake & cover with cream.
Place the second cake layer on top and cover with remaining berries & their juice. Cover the whole cake with remaining cream.
Note: It may be easier to cover the cake using 2 cups (1 pint) of whipping cream. I've done it with 1 1/2 cups but sometimes it's a tight squeeze. So feel free to use an additional 1/2 cup of whipping cream (one pint total) with an additional tablespoon of sugar.